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[ bloomsberries ] Beyond a statement released by ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella’s lawyer yesterday detailing the lawsuit the two are filing against Activision, we’ve seen little in the way of back history on the various events that lead us to the debacle we’re seeing this week. This morning, though, Joystiq obtained the entire 16-page court document (gallery-ized below for you) that details, among many other things, the ex-employees’ complaints about Activision in the wake of their untimely departure. The initial claim of unpaid royalties is represented in the documents, even going as far as to claim that the publisher fired West and Zampella just weeks before having to pay out said royalties

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Activision/Infinity Ward court documents detail ex-studio heads’ many, many complaints

Activision has issued a response to the lawsuit filed by former Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West, dismissing the claims in the lawsuit as “meritless” and expressing the company’s “disappointment” in the decision to file suit. Activision notes in the statement that it provided the capital required to start Infinity Ward, and the continued financial and creative support given over the development of the Call of Duty franchise, and that the two execs failed to “honor their obligations to Activision,” justifying their dismissal. With the mentions of the company’s “enormous patience” and its eventual “disappointment,” the full statement (which you can read after the break) sounds oddly parental .

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Activision ‘disappointed’ by Zampella and West’s lawsuit, calls it ‘meritless’

The lawsuit filed against Activision by two ex-Infinity Ward leads alleges that the publisher of its Modern Warfare games carried out an “Orwellian,” “pre-ordained” investigation designed to “manufacture a basis to fire” them in order to avoid paying them bonuses. That suit, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on March 3, was filed by founders Jason West and Vince Zampella in an attempt to be paid royalties earned from the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and to regain rights to the Modern Warfare line of games.

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Ex-Infinity Ward Heads Claim "Orwellian" Moves By Activision [Activision]

Filed under: Hacks Former Infinity Ward heads Vince Zampella and Jason West are bringing a lawsuit against Activision for breach of contract and other claims, after Activision terminated their employment on March 1. The press release announcing the suit claims that Activision was scheduled to pay “substantial royalty payments,” but fired them before the date of the payment

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Ousted Infinity Ward founders file suit against Activision

We’ve never been great counters, but we’d say there are three studios working on major Call of Duty games now. A recent internal memo (as reported by G4 ) apparently confirms that Infinity Ward — despite all of the recent stuff going down there — will remain “central” to the franchise. So, counting that studio and Treyarch , along with Sledgehammer Games and its own Call of Duty title , that’s ..

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Alleged Activision memo: Infinity Ward remains central to Call of Duty’s future

If there’s anything that all the chaos between Activision and Infinity Ward in the past 24 hours has taught us, it’s that no one is safe and dry under Bobby Kotick ’s umbrella.

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Activision report lists World of Warcraft as a ‘risk factor’

Activision Blizzard will release new games in the Call of Duty first-person shooter series in 2010 and 2011, plus a game that takes the series into the action-adventure genre, it said Tuesday. The details of the blockbuster war-game franchise follow the shocking news that Jason West and Vince Zampella, the top execs at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward, were ousted from the company

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Activision Confirms Departures, Announces 2 Call of Duty Games

Amid the roar of Call of Duty news today, Activision has confirmed that Treyarch’s next entry in the series will be released this fall. Assuming Activision adheres to its thus far rock-solid Call of Duty schedule, a November release seems likely.

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Activision: Treyarch’s next Call of Duty this fall; pair of Modern Warfare 2 map packs this year

As we continue to wait for official comment from Activision, Infinity Ward or any of the reported players affected by the alleged ousting of Infinity Ward executives , a related story has gained significant traction and deserves some attention.

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Analysts: No cause for concern over reported unpaid Modern Warfare 2 bonuses