1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comTom Goldman Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/tomgoldman/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HdlWR393HU"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/pachter-ex-iw-heads-have-no-prayer-of-recapturing-modern-warfare/">Pachter: Ex-IW Heads Have “No Prayer” of Recapturing <i>Modern Warfare</i></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/pachter-ex-iw-heads-have-no-prayer-of-recapturing-modern-warfare/embed/#?secret=HdlWR393HU" width="600" height="338" title="“Pachter: Ex-IW Heads Have “No Prayer” of Recapturing <i>Modern Warfare</i>” — The Escapist" data-secret="HdlWR393HU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> No matter how hard Jason West and Vince Zampella try, Michael Pachter doesn’t think the law will relinquish Modern Warfare over to them. The lawsuit ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella brought against Activision, from which they were fired in March 2010, was recently amended with fraud charges. If upheld, the pair could reportedly regain partial control over the Modern Warfare brand they created. According to industry analyst Michael Pachter, that’ll never happen. “West and Zampella have no prayer of obtaining control of the brand,” Pachter told IndustryGamers. He reasons that West and Zampella only claimed creative control, […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/34/34585.jpg