Has Activision Just Shot "Modern Warfare" in the Head?

With the creative heads ousted and the franchise's future uncertain, is Activision destroying the most popular shooter of all time?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a controversially gory video game that achieved record sales, leading us to admire the innovation from the game's developers, Infinity Ward. But admiration--and a billion dollars in sales--wasn't enough to save the jobs of the franchise's outspoken creators.

Activision has fired the two leads at Infinity Ward, Jason West (the...