Dan Amrich: more will leave Infinity Ward, lose bonus

The war of words between Activision and the fired heads of Infinity Ward continues, with Activision's Dan Amrich saying bonus money will come to IW employees... if they're willing to stick around. The takeaway? He expects more people to leave.

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[Seraphiel]

Let me make sure I have this right:

So in order to entice people to stay in the "Infinity Ward" offices (let's be honest, IW pretty much walked out the door), Activision is saying that anyone leaving the remains of the studio is walking away from contractually-defined bonuses that Activision itself is currently trying to avoid paying.

"If you leave, we won't pay you the money we owed you already. You know: the money you had to sue us over, that we're going to spend hundreds of very expensive corporate lawyer billable hours to get out of paying you. But, if you stay indefinitely, and we lose in court against your lawyers several years from now, you might get millions of dollars."

What the hell?