Jeff Sawyer

Modern Warfare: Call of Duty Makers Say Competitor's Anti-Call of Duty Talk Harms the Gaming Industry(via @Kotaku)

It’s hard to believe that Riccitiello of EA would say he wants Call of Duty to “rot from the core”. That’s a bold statement and it’s nice to see such a strong and well-positioned response from Activision’s CEO, Eric Hirshberg.

— Both games are great. They’re different and there’s room for both.

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EA CEO John Riccitiello, head of the company making this fall’s premiere Call of Duty competitor, Battlefield 3, recently said he hopes that he hopes Call of Duty would “rot from the core.” In Germany, this week, Riccitiello’s counterpart at Actvision, CEO Eric Hirshberg, fired back, defending not…