From the Wikipedia link in first post:
I have read before that they have allready signed up with Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood, so they are probably heading for a new direction, at leased business wise. I guess they are still thinking FPS (refering to their company name, Respawn Entertainment).
It could be they have done something excelent, but I don't think so. Losing all their best co-workers means it won't be the same. Allmost every movie coming from Hollywood these days are just crap. Everything is just 100% animation and FX. Could be that kinda thinking is good for games but since I don't like Hollywood films anymore then my guts tells me this will just be another poop flushed down the toilet.
The thing that is for sure, firing IW's top heads is no good business for Activision. But if the rumors are true, then I would've done the same. The rumors says they where "talking" to rival studios, which isn't a good thing. It's like being criminal. You won't snitch on yo homie, right?
Anyways, a countersuit was filed the April 6 on them by Activision. A case management conference for West And Zampella vs Activision is scheduled for June 21, 2010 so we will see then what the real reason was for firing Zampella and West.
@Him Himself - If you are thinking about MW2 for PC then I agree. The multiplayer was crap. A FPS game without dedicated servers was a big mistake. SP was pretty good tho. Since tWm. has an xbox tag then I guess he is playing MW2 MP on Xbox, which was alot better than the PC version. MW1 was pretty good.
The upcoming Call of Duty's are CoD 7 (Treyarch), CoD "Untitled" (Sledgehammer Games) and CoD: Modern Warfare 3 (game was announced right after release of MW2 and has never been "officially closed").
I agree that Treyarch has not delivered any good titles so far but everyone gains experience. We should give them a chance. Sledgehammer was behind Dead Space so we know they have quality. MW3 is probably closed or at leased put on hold until they find someone else to take over IW's work, if not IW is still working on it, since they are claiming that the MW serie are theirs.