Epic Games hires Infinity Ward and Respawn co-founder Jason West
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-hires-infinity-ward-and-respawn-co-founder-jason-west/
Epic Games has signed another big name, but this time it's not a game but a person: Jason West, who co-founded Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward with Vince Zampella and Grant Collier in 2002, and then split with parent company Activision (under less-than-pleasant circumstances) to launch Titanfall and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment with Zampella in 2010.
Word of the surprise hiring came from Game Awards creator and ever-present man on the inside Geoff Keighley, who just tweeted it out:
Epic Games hires Infinity Ward and Respawn co-founder Jason West
Apr 12, 2019, 5:38pm UTC
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-hires-infinity-ward-and-respawn-co-founder-jason-west/
> Epic Games has signed another big name, but this time it's not a game but a person: Jason West, who co-founded Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward with Vince Zampella and Grant Collier in 2002, and then split with parent company Activision (under less-than-pleasant circumstances) to launch Titanfall and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment with Zampella in 2010.
> Word of the surprise hiring came from Game Awards creator and ever-present man on the inside Geoff Keighley, who just tweeted it out: