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Senior Staff Leave Infinity Ward

Lead designer Todd Alderman and lead software engineer Francesco Gigliotti depart troubled Modern Warfare developer.

Two lead staff have left Infinity Ward, shortly after the forced departure of studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella.

The LinkedIn profiles of lead designer Todd Alderman and lead software engineer Francesco Gigliotti have been updated to show that they are no longer working at the Modern Warfare developer (via Kotaku). They were employed at the Activision-owned studio for over eight years and seven years respectively.

Last month, Infinity Ward co-founders West and Zampella sued Activision for wrongful dismissal. The pair said that they were let go just weeks before they were due to receive substantial royalty payments.

Sources said at the time that Infinity Ward staff were “on edge", describing the mood between the studio and Activision as "tense".

Activision acquired Infinity Ward in 2003. Most recently the studio developed the record breaking Modern Warfare 2.