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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 28, 2011

Jury to decide video game fight

A showdown between two leading companies in the exploding video game industry will be decided in part by a jury, a state judge has ruled.

By Erica E. Phillips
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES -- A showdown between two leading companies in the exploding video game industry will be decided in part by a jury, a state judge has ruled. After Activision Publishing Inc., the company behind the smash hit "Modern Warfare" series, fired developers Jason West and Vince Zampella last March, the duo launched a wrongful termination suit against their former employer. Activision responded with a countersuit alleging We...

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