Lead designers Zied Reike and Steve Fukuda, as well as programmer Rayme Vinson, have left ailing Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward, according to "sources close to the studio" speaking with Kotaku. Additionally, lead artist Chris Cherubini is confirmed to have left the studio. And yes, folks, this is the second story we've written today about developers exiting the Activision-owned dev house, bringing the number of employee departures since studio co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella were fired up to nine in total.

As with other developers that left IW recently, little information has been given as to where everyone will end up -- none have been confirmed as moving to West and Zampella's newly formed Respawn Entertainment as of yet. Regardless, if previous reports about low studio morale and unpaid royalties were true, we wouldn't be surprised to see quite a few more IW departures in the near future.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/report-four-more-infinity-ward-employees-leave-studio/

How many people are in IW?

How much you want to bet they will end up at the new studio?

I bet Activision sues them too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Ward

accourding to this nearly 100 and now 7 are gone.

You're article says (9) are gone.

Almost 10% of the staff, and it seems like these are IW's big guns.

They just raked in like hundreds of millions of dollars, even billions, what the hell are they doing?

Haven't you heard that IW hasen't reviced any money from MW2.

They're dropping like flies! good job actibitchin.