Hopes that former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella might announce their first project together as Respawn Entertainment at E3 this year turned out to be short lived. In fact, EA has revealed that they haven't even decided for sure yet what the game will be. EA Partners head David DeMartini indicated that he's looking forward to whatever they show up with, though, which comes as no surprise given that they used to head the studio that made "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."
"It's like the Pope coming from the group of cardinals," DeMartini told Eurogamer. "You just wait for the smoke to come up and they share with you. We're sitting there waiting for the smoke to come up and when it does we'll call you."
DeMartini credited his patience to the professional reboot West and Zampella went through establishing their new studio.
"The thing everybody needs to remember is they were starting at absolute zero," he explained. "This is two guys who really know what they're doing having to go find a place for the team, buy chairs and desks and furniture, find new technology from the ground up, and pull a team together. I need to get HR people and contracts. There are all kinds of things and administration that need to take place."
DeMartini downplayed the public drama that's taken place since EA and Respawn first announced their partnership. Still, West and Zampella may face their biggest challenge in living up to "Modern Warfare 2" fans' expectations, and if those fans are as outspoken as they are in the multiplayer arena on Xbox Live, that's a crowd Respawn will definitely want a positive reaction from.
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