Zempella is ”one of the few” in the industry he’d call ”a visionary,” said Heinig. He’s got ”a powerful vision” and helps any team to see it.
”Vince’s history in the game development business should already be legendary,” said Heinig’s LinkedIn profile, reports G4TV. The recommendation popped up when Zempella and Jason West were fired from the studio by Activision.
”I had the pleasure of working briefly for Vince and seeing his skills first-hand,” he said. Heinig is now a freelance writer for RPG maker WhiteWolf.
”How he, Grant Collier, and Jason West forged Infinity Ward by turning around the talent from a team that was overworked and unhappy with their previous conditions.”
”Vince is one of the few professionals that I’d call a visionary, in the most fundamental sense of the word: He has a powerful vision and he organizes a team to see it through.”
”He’s able to juggle different divisions seamlessly, handle high-level meetings and interfaces between the team on the ground and the demands of the production studio, and still keep an eye on the final product.”
It’s here that Heinig also revealed a telling industry rumour, that publisher EA put out a huge million dollar bounty to snap up any Infinity Ward leads should the opportunity arise. Have Call of Duty games from Infinity Ward been the best shooters ever?
