The big name behind the industry’s most popular FPS games
NBC tells us this evening that Vince Zampella died following a terrible accident in his car on a highway in Southern California, north of Los Angeles, alongside another person in the same vehicle. The passenger was reportedly ejected and died in hospital from his injuries, while the driver was trapped in the vehicle fire. It’s unclear where Vince Zampella was, but authorities
Known as the co-creator of the license Call of Duty at Infinity Ward (studio he co-founded) after working on Medal of Honorhe had become the face of Respawn Entertainment, a studio to which we owe the games Titanfall, Apex Legends as well as the Star Wars Jedi. For five years, he had been working at DICE and aimed to straighten out the license Battlefieldbeing one of the main architects of Battlefield 6. Suffice to say that the mission was accomplished, since this episode is one of the greatest successes of the saga. Electronic Arts has not yet reacted to this news.
Vince Zampella was a highly recognized executive in the industry, whose name carried a lot of weight, even among the public. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.