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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 14, 2012

Law firms, agents court video game developers

As studios and record labels continue to adjust to the harsh realities of an online world, many Hollywood agents have turned their energies to the growing video game business.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In August 2009, an agent at one of Hollywood's largest talent agencies met with an up-and-coming creative star - "Call of Duty" video game developer Vince Zampella.


What happened after that is up for debate, and litigation rages on between members of Zampella's tech team and their former bosses at Activision Publishing Inc., who fired the developers for allegedly entertaining o...

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