Respawn Entertainment is not Infinity Ward. And Respawn’s first game, Titanfall, isn’t anything like Infinity Ward’s first game, 2003’s Call of Duty. But the two games are inextricably linked.

The founders of Respawn, Jason West and Vince Zampella, were also founders (with Grant Collier) of Infinity Ward. West and Zampella left Infinity Ward in 2010—their departure sparked a protracted, public battle against Activision, which owns the studio—to form Respawn. West left Respawn in March 2013.

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