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Infinity Ward

Jason West and Vince Zampella of Infinity Ward presenting Modern Warfare 2 live at Microsoft's E3 2009 press conference

Infinity Ward was founded in 2002 by Grant Collier, Jason West and Vince Zampella, who had worked at 2015, Inc. Its first Call of Duty, in 2003, ran on id Tech 3; Activision bought the studio the day after release. Its own IW engine has run Call of Duty since Call of Duty 2 and is shared with Treyarch and Raven.

History

  • May 2002. Infinity Ward founded by Grant Collier, Jason West and Vince Zampella, ex-2015 staff.
  • October 2003. Call of Duty released; Activision bought the rest of the studio the next day.
  • November 2007. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare released to critical and commercial success.
  • 1 March 2010. Activision released Jason West and Vince Zampella; they formed Respawn Entertainment in April 2010.
  • 3 May 2014. Neversoft was merged into Infinity Ward.
  • 2019. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot released.
  • 13 October 2023. Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, making Call of Duty part of Xbox.

Engines

  • IW engine (in-house): Call of Duty 2 (2005) onward; rebuilt with Infinity Ward Poland for the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot and Warzone
  • id Tech (licensed): Call of Duty (2003) used id Tech 3 from Quake III Arena

In their words

Too much ‘pew pew’ not enough new new

Robert Bowling, Creative strategist of Call of Duty, Infinity Ward, March 2012. Source: Wikipedia.

Infinity Ward games on Gamenator

Each game links to its article; engines and genres link to our pages.

GameEngineGenre
Call of DutyIW engine, id Tech
Call of Duty 2IW engine
Call of Duty 4: Modern WarfareIW engine
Call of Duty: GhostsIW engine
Call of Duty: Infinite WarfareIW engine
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)IW engine
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2IW engine
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)IW engine

Read the story: Call of Duty still runs on Quake’s family tree.

At a glance

Founded
2002
Founders
Grant Collier, Jason West, Vince Zampella
Headquarters
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Owner
Activision, a subsidiary of Xbox (Microsoft) since October 2023
Status
Active

Sources

Checked .

  1. Infinity Ward — Wikipedia
  2. IW engine — Wikipedia
  3. Infinity Ward — infinityward.com
  4. Activision Blizzard — Wikipedia
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