Robert Bowling, the community manager-turned-lead on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and most publicly well-known holdover from the Vince Zampella/Jason West era of Infinity Ward, resigned from the company today. "Today, I resign from my position as Creative Strategist of Call of Duty, as a lead of Infinity Ward, and as an employee of Activision," he wrote on his Twitter account.
Further details surrounding Bowling's departure are unknown at this time, though the term "resign" certainly opens up speculation that this isn't your regular, everyday accepting of a position at another company.
So what does this mean for the future of Call of Duty at Infinity Ward? That remains an unanswerable question as well, though we imagine Activision will have no shortage of applicants for Bowling's job...
More on this story as it developers.
[SOURCE: Robert Bowling resigns from Infinity Ward, Activision (Twitter)]
SpiralGray
March 28, 2012 at 8:58am
Every time I've switched jobs I have always used the term resign in my resignation letter. I don't see why the use of that word would raise any flags.
PorkchopPorkins
March 27, 2012 at 5:24pm
my favourite COD game was probably 2 or 4and you should check out the community responsehttp://gamingbolt.com/shameful-reactions-of-call-of-duty-players-to-robert-bowlings-resignation
JDHarbs19
March 26, 2012 at 6:58pm
I hadn't enjoyed a CoD game since Call of Duty 2 which was a launch title for the 360. Every CoD after that was just a copy of the last with only small improvements made to multiplayer with each future title. While I can agree that CoD4 was definitely a refreshing experience compared to the dry well that was WW2 games back then, it just didn't feel like the CoD that I was used to playing. I know everyone is sick of WW2 games, but the entire thing is just perfect for a video game and could be even better with all of the enhancements technology has gone through since WW2 games began to die out. When was the last time we had a AAA WW2 game? 2007? That was 5 years ago.
ArrowDawgX
March 26, 2012 at 5:17pm
COD 4, the original Modern Warfare, was the only one worth owning, It was intense, original, and just had a great and compelling story that wasn't over-the-top. The sequels, however, have been pure Hollywood mindless garbage. Oh yeah, the multiplayer is all good and stuff, but after a few hours it becomes nothing but the same old mindless multiplayer that you get with almost any game. Infinity Ward abandoned quality story-telling, and it's a shame.
