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In a shocking revelation about the modern gaming industry, Vince Zampella (co-CEO of EA and current overseer of the Battlefield series) has said that the Call of Duty series would never have existed had it not been for the rift he had with EA more than 20 years ago.
In a new interview with GQ,Zampella explained:
The only reason Call of Duty exists is because EA acted like assholes.
For those who don’t know the story, Zampella was one of the minds behind the development of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault in the early 2000s, a game he worked on with Steven Spielberg that was a huge success at the time, but after sharp disagreements with EA management, Zampella left the company in 2002 to found Infinity Ward with his new team under the Activision umbrella. The series that changed the face of shooters forever was born: Call of Duty.
Many years later, Zampella returned to EA to lead huge projects such as Titanfall, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Apex Legends and now he is overseeing the development of Battlefield 6, which brought the series back to its former glory after the failure of Battlefield 2042 with over 750,000 concurrent players on launch day.
Zampella is one of the most recognizable names in the modern shooter industry, having helped build three major series that have influenced gaming history:
- Medal of Honor (the beginning)
- Call of Duty (Renaissance)
- Battlefield (Resurgence)
His latest statement highlights a rare paradox in the gaming world: That a management dispute just two decades ago gave rise to one of the greatest gaming series of all time, and while Battlefield 6 continues to turn heads with innovative features like the ability to delete a story mode after finishing it, the rivalry between Call of Duty and Battlefield seems to have finally regained its footing. Can you imagine a gaming world without Call of Duty if Zampella hadn’t left EA?
