CEO of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, stated that thirty five others have left the creator of the Modern Warfare 2 video-game, Infinity Ward, since Activision has fired the two lead executives. More are expected to follow.

Bobby Kotick explained that a few more people are expected to leave as well, and that many of these people have been recruited by other studios because of how talented they are. He also said that they are obviously disappointed about this, and that they wish they could have convinced some of these incredibly talented people to stay.

The drama with Activision and Infinity Ward continues once again. Thirty-eight ex and current Infinity Ward employees have filled a lawsuit against the publisher of the popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 first-person shooter, Activision, as reported by the LA Times. The Infinity Ward employees are claiming that they are owed between seventy-eight and one hundred and twenty-five million “United States Dollars (USD)” in royalties in addition to potential damages.

Seventeen of the employees that filled the lawsuit still work at Infinity Ward, and also, the thirty-eight ex-Infinity Ward employees represent around forty percent of the Modern Warfare 2 team.

Microsoft revealed that one of the hottest young rugby talents in the United Kingdom, Dylan Hartley, will be recruiting all Xbox LIVE fans available from across the United Kingdom for a unique Game with Fame event.

In order to celebrate the launch of the downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Stimulus Package, Dylan will be playing the first multiplayer maps. The maps will be available for download on 30th of March exclusively on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE .

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses One Billion USD in Worldwide Retail Sales

The Game Continues to Set Retail Sell Records

Activision Blizzard Inc. announced today that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to make retails sales crossing the One Billion USD mark worldwide, since its launch in November.

In the first five days of the game’s launch, it sold an estimated 550 million USD worldwide, surpassing five-day worldwide gross figures for such movies as Avatar, Harry Potter and others, according to the internal Activision estimates and box office mojo.

Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii game consoles and MAC OS X and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. Published by Activision, the game was released in November 2007 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, September 2008 for Mac OS X and November 2009 for the Nintendo Wii.

The game is followed by its sequel – Call Of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 and is the fourth installment of the Call of Duty Franchise.