If that happens, Blizzard better not fall with them.

@EyeamTJ: You quoted him just for that off-topic question?

Pulls up chair.  Grabs popcorn.  Sits down to watch proceedings.   This is getting good.

Activision must feel pretty confident of thier evidence to pull EA into this.  EA will bring a small army of lawyers.

Incorrect.  Even in a material breach, the breachor is entitled to some compensation under the contract for (non-gratuitious) services rendered, albeit minus the damages caused by the breach.

Remember, contract law does not care about who the "bad guy" is, it cares about economic efficiency.  Morality only enters the equation in contract law when the violator has done something incredibly egregious.  Screwing over your employer rarely, if ever, reaches that level.

EA's lawyers are only going to give a crap about EA's interests, not West and Zampelli.  There is the danger that EA's expanded resources will let them find something in discovery that W & Z's lawyers couldn't, and which will benefit all the defendants, but the more likely outcome here is that EA loses or manages to get itself dismissed as a party.  And considering that Z & W are supposed to be quite wealthy individuals, EA's added resources might ultimately be irrelevant.

That has roughly zero to do with anything.  Countersuits routinely result in victories.

Screw activision, I have loved COD since 4, but a new game every year is finally getting old. I played 4 the least, played waw way more, played mw2 the most and played black ops a lot less than mw2 even though it is the better game. COD is getting banal. Still screw Activision forever.

Wasn't suggesting EA would defend West & Zampelli, actually that'd almost be admitting they were together in the first place.   EA's laywers would clearly only argue on behalf of EA but that adds to Activisions legal costs as well.   Zack & Wiki...er.. Zampelli and West are on their own.

First EA response (they dismiss it naturally)

In an email to the L.A. Times, EA spokesman Jeff Brown stated, ""This is a PR play filled with pettiness and deliberate misdirection. Activision wants to hide the fact that they have no credible response to the claim of two artists who were fired and now just want to get paid for their work."

http://www.examiner.com/console-gaming-in-national/ea-shoots-back-calls-activision-lawsuit-petty

Now it get's more interesting.

EA and RE VS ACT and COD.

LOL, this is just like an episode of The Good Wife. Where's Julianna Margulies when you need her?