{"id":2209788,"date":"2025-12-23T13:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2209788"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:53:57","slug":"vince-zampella-head-of-respawn-entertainment-dies-in-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/vince-zampella-head-of-respawn-entertainment-dies-in-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Zampella, head of Respawn Entertainment, dies in car accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tragedy has suddenly struck in the video game world. Vince Zampella, head of Respawn Entertainment, has died following a car accident in Los Angeles. Zampella was 55 years old. He is known today as the CEO and one of the co-founders of Titanfall and Apex Legends studio Respawn Entertainment, but he will also be remembered by many as one of the driving forces at Infinity Ward and one of the faces behind the Call of Duty boom that has defined a generation.<\/p>\n

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The news came from NBC Los Angeles<\/a>, which reported that the crash occurred on Sunday at roughly 12:45 p.m. PT. According to the California Highway Patrol, Zampella hit a concrete barrier on Pacific Coast Highway. He was trapped in the ensuing car fire and died from his injuries.<\/p>\n

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Zampella was one of the driving forces behind the modern military shooter FPS, going back to his time with Infinity Ward. Zampella first worked on the Medal of Honor series with Electronic Arts. Shortly after, alongside Jason Ward, Zampella co-founded Infinity Ward and was hired by Activision to help create a Medal of Honor competitor. That competitor would ultimately become Call of Duty, a series that would continue to set sales records for Activision for over a decade. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 helped define the military first-person shooter, taking the genre into the modern day after spending years in the World War II setting.<\/p>\n

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