Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward is a little bit smaller today, as two more longtime employees have left the embattled studio. Veteran programmer Jon Shiring and designer Mackey McCandlish have parted ways with the home of Modern Warfare.
Shiring announced his resignation from the Encino-based Infinity Ward via Twitter, as spotted by 1UP, saying âAfter almost 6 years at Infinity Ward, I resigned today. Iâm incredibly proud of everything we accomplished and Iâm going to miss everyone.â He follows fired co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampellaânow leading Respawn Entertainment, and recently departed lead designer Todd Alderman and lead software engineer Francesco Gigliotti.
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The bleeding of key talent at the Modern Warfare developer doesnât stop there, as weâve been told another development lead on the team has also quit the studio. Modern Warfare 2 lead designer Mackey McCandlish gave his goodbyes to his Infinity Ward cohorts earlier today via Facebook. McCandlish was with the developer for eight years, one of the IW team members credited with additional writing duties.
That makes Infinity Ward at least six longtime employees shorter as of March 1 way beyond a trend.
Update: This story has been updated to reflect the departure of former Infinity Ward staffer Mackey McCandlish.
