Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward has been haemorrhaging staff for the last two months, but according to publisher Activision, things are still going very well for the developer.

Things don't seem to be going as well as Activision asserts they are though...

While Activision’s decision for fire two of the developer’s most senior staff has led to the company gradually seeing more and more staff involved in the development of the record breaking most recent addition to the Call of Duty have been leaving the company. Now that the first two to have left Infinity Ward have started up their own developer (the appropriately named Respawn Studios), it seems that the rate at which staff are leaving Infinity Ward has been kicked up a notch.

Still, it seems that Activision isn’t at all worried about the situation with Infinity Ward, at least outwardly. While many have suggested that Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, could well be remembered as the man who killed the goose that laid the golden egg, the company line seems to be that everything is just fine at Infinity Ward. Indeed, in a recent LA Times interview, the developer responded to questions about the state of its developer, saying,

“Q: What’s going to happen at Infinity Ward? Word on the street is that the studio lacks leadership and direction.

Tippl: We have interim leadership in place. We have two senior execs currently: Steve Pearce, our chief technology officer, and Steve Ackrich, who is the head of production for the company. We are currently in the process of configuring the new leadership team there. Infinity Ward still has nearly 100 people. They’ve built a deep bench, and the change of guard will provide an opportunity for some of the rising stars to put their own stamp on the Call of Duty franchise. In addition, we will provide them with all the resources internally and recruit talent from the outside.”

Of course, the phrase that we’ve heard doing the rounds wasn’t quite as pleasant as ‘lacks leadership and direction.’ The pronouncement from last week was, “Infinity Ward is dead.”

If you’re at all curious, you’d do well to check out the full interview over at the LA Times.