Breaking: Activision, EA Reach Settlement

<p>Activision and Electronic Arts say they have settled their law suit which was filed by the <em>Call of Duty <&sol;em>publisher in 2012&period; Activision added EA to a countersuit against Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella&comma; accusing EA of trying to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hijack” its top talent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In December 2010&comma; Activision’s filing stated that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Electronic Arts set out to destabilize&comma; disrupt and to attempt to destroy Infinity Ward&comma;” allegedly by attempts to poach employees responsible for creating the <em>Call of Duty&colon; Modern Warfare<&sol;em> games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two companies announced they have settled their legal differences&comma; which leaves the <em>Call of Duty<&sol;em> publisher free to focus efforts on ex-Infinity Ward heads West and Zampella&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Activision and EA have agreed to put this matter behind them&comma;&&num;8221&semi; reads a joint statement from the publishers&period; Details of the settlement have not been disclosed by EA or Activision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Activision’s suit against West and Zampella and the Infinity Ward Employee Group heads to court on May 29&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2012&sol;5&sol;16&sol;3025139&sol;activision-and-ea-reach-settlement-in-call-of-duty-lawsuit"><strong>The Verge<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;