The video of the terrible accident that killed Vince Zampella, one of the creators of Call of Duty

Recently there was news of the death of Vince Zampella The video game’s creator was credited for bringing the saga to life Call of dutyin one Traffic accident.

A video is now circulating that shows the exact time of the incident, which occurred in the southwest USA.

A look back at Zampella’s life and the most important ones Video games that he has developed.

This Sunday, December 21st, Vince Zampella had it 55 years old and three small childrenwas involved in a fatal traffic accident while traveling through the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angelesin California.

According to local media, the accident occurred around 12:45 p.m. (local time) while Zampella was driving his Ferrari 296 with a passenger on the Angeles Crest Highway.

The video, which went viral on the networks, was filmed by a witness and would have contributed to the investigation of the incident.

It shows how the vehicle, which was estimated to have been traveling at more than 150 kilometers per hour, drives through a tunnel and suddenly turns to the right hits a concrete barrier.

Seconds later, as people at the scene screamed, the car burst into flames.

Against this background, some of those present run to help the injured. They find Zampella’s companion on the ground as he was thrown from the car and take him away from the scene.

However, the creator of the video game was trapped in the Ferrari and died because of the fire. It was later learned that his companion had also died.

The authorities are now trying to determine the reasons for the accident.

Vince Zampella was born in California in October 1970. Tried to study at university Broward College from Florida, but eventually gave up and started working as a repair technician.

After that, he first got into the world of virtual gaming when a friend helped him get a job at a local company answering calls and testing game launches. He then worked for Panasonic Interactive Media/Ripcord Games and SegaSoft, where he met Jason West, Who would be his partner later?

In September 1999, Zampella was hired by developer 2015 Inc. There he gained fame and became known as the main designer of the Medal of Honor: Allied attack (Medal of Honor: Allied Assault), the popular video game released in 2002.

But in the same year Vince left the company and foundedtogether with Jason West, Infinity Ward. Initially, the pair worked on developing a war video game they would call MOH killer, in reference to the fact that they wanted it to surpass the Medal of Honor.

In 2003, Infinity Ward became a subsidiary studio of the video game publisher following a major purchase activation. It was in October when the game prototype they developed was launched under that name Call of duty.

After the impressive success of this game, the studio led by Zampella decided to make a saga and over the years released the Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare And Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

According to the weekly newspaper diversity, Call of duty With more than 500 million copies and around 100 million monthly players, it is one of the most successful video game series of all time after Mario and Tetris and the third best-selling franchise in the world.

Despite everything, Vince and West were fired from Infinity Ward in 2010 due to contractual conflicts.

The couple sued Activision for wrongful termination, but did not sit idle and founded Respawn entertainment.

This studio released two action games called Titanfall and in 2017 it was acquired by Electronic Arts. The games were produced under this management Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order And Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

However, Zampella’s biggest challenge came in late 2021 when Electronic Arts hired him to helm the recently released Battlefield 2042, known as Battlefield 6.

With this track record, Vince had an enviable career. However, the gaming world is mourning his loss because, as Geoff Keighley put it, he was expected to release a new game that was better than all the previous ones.

“Although he created some of them games the most influential of our time, I have always felt that the best was still ahead of us“, the executive producer and host of The Game Awards.