While lawyers argue about the boring stuff in the ongoing legal drama between Activision and ex-Infinity Ward men Vince Zampella and Jason West, somebody has leaked the contract between the publisher and Bungie which was apparently included in the documentation for just this sort of thing.
According to the contract, Bungie is signed up for a four game deal to develop a series of “massively multiplayer style (i.e. client-based mission structures with persistent elements), sci-fantasy, action-shooter games” titles, codenamed Destiny, including DLC.
The first game is scheduled to launch as an Xbox exclusive – either the Xbox 360 or the next-gen successor – with a PS3 version to follow if it’s up to “quality and feature parity.”
The contract also puts Bungie down for a $2.5 million annual pay cheque, and an additional bonus of $2.5 million if the first game makes it to 90 or better on critic aggregate site Gamerankings.
The first game is expected next year.
Source: LA Times (via CVG)
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