Since Activision is fishing around for papers detailing that Zampella and West were trying to leave Activision, the former employee's lawyer has stated that "any suggestion that they were in talks with EA (or any other company) to leave or start their own team is known to Activision to be completely false and, therefore, an irresponsible comment for Activision to be making. They are fishing, and there are no fish in the sea."
When asked about what the contract between Activision and the ousted heads of IW, Schwartz said, "[West and Zampella] have a contract that spells out their rights to control future Modern Warfare games, after Modern Warfare 2."
