Developer Infinity Ward has reportedly lost another four members of staff.
A pair of Modern Warfare 2's lead designers, Steve Fukuda and Zied Reike, departed the studio yesterday. Fukuda had been with the California-based studio since 2002, while Reike joined when it was formed the year before, reports Kotaku.
Programmer Rayme Vinson and lead artist Chris Cherubini have also left the studio, according to the site.
The foursome follow veteran programmer Jon Shiring, lead designers Mackey McCandlish and Todd Alderman, and lead software engineer Francesco Gigliotti in walking away from Infinity Ward in the wake of Activision’s decision to dismiss studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella.
Earlier this week, West and Zampella established a new independent development studio and issued a recruitment call for staff.
Activision also said this week that Infinity Ward retains a “deep bench of proven talent”, but that assertion is looking weaker by the day. According to the studio’s website, “The IW team is made up of just under 100 employees.” Including West and Zampella, Infinity Ward is known to have lost at least ten members of staff since early March. Assuming the 100 employee figure is accurate and the site hasn't been updated recently, ten per cent of the developer's workforce has now departed the company in the last month and a half.