Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55

Vincent Zampella, 1 of the creators down specified best-selling video games arsenic "Call of Duty," has died astatine 55

Vince Zampella, 1 of the creators down specified best-selling video games arsenic “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55.

Video crippled institution Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The institution did not disclose a origin of death.

In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA, and helium besides was the erstwhile main enforcement of video crippled developer Infinity Ward, the workplace down the palmy “Call of Duty” franchise.

A spokesperson for Electronic Arts said successful a connection connected Monday that Zampella's power connected the video crippled manufacture was “profound and far-reaching."

“A friend, colleague, person and visionary creator, his enactment helped signifier modern interactive amusement and inspired millions of players and developers astir the world. His bequest volition proceed to signifier however games are made and however players link for generations to come,” a institution spokesperson wrote.

One of Zampella's crowning achievements was the instauration of the Call of Duty franchise, which has sold much than fractional a cardinal games worldwide,

The archetypal idiosyncratic shooter crippled debuted successful 2003 arsenic a World War II simulation and has sold implicit 500 cardinal copies globally. Subsequent versions person delved into modern warfare and determination is simply a live-action movie based connected the crippled successful accumulation with Paramount Pictures.

In caller years, Zampella has been astatine the helm of the instauration of the enactment escapade video games Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

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