Activision pressured Infinity Ward to make a Call of Duty game in which Iran invaded Israel
, by Thibaut
On Wednesday, the White House posted images of air strikes on social media with elements from the Call of Duty interface. The clip caused quite a stir and also led to a rather unexpected revelation.
On X, Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward, revealed a surprising request made by Activision after former members of the studio created Respawn Entertainment. The publisher had asked the developers to create a Call of Duty game in which Iran invaded Israel.
"This doesn't surprise me. I remember after Activision took over post-Respawn formation there was a very awkward pressure from Activision for us to make the next CoD about Iran attacking Israel. Luckily the vast majority of our devs were disgusted by the idea and it got shot down."
It should be noted that in 2010, Activision fired the founders of Infinity Ward for “insubordination.” Together, Jason West and the late Vince Zampella went on to found Respawn Entertainment (Titanfall, Apex Legends).