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Vince Zampella\u2014the co-founder and former head of Infinity Ward<\/a>, co-founder and head of Respawn Entertainment<\/a>, and head of Ripple Effect Studios\u2014died in a car crash on Southern California\u2019s Angeles Crest Highway on December 21, according to an NBC4 Investigates report<\/a>. He was 55 years old. <\/p>\n The single-vehicle accident was reported at about 12:45 p.m. The car veered off the road, hit a concrete barrier, and a passenger was ejected, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver was trapped in the car fire and died at the scene, while the passenger died at the hospital.<\/p>\n Details about why the car veered off the road have yet to be determined.<\/p>\n Update 4:40 p.m.:<\/strong> Electronic Arts<\/a> has provided Kotaku<\/a> the following statement on Zampella\u2019s death:<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an unimaginable loss, and our hearts are with Vince\u2019s family, his loved ones, and all those touched by his work. Vince\u2019s influence on the video game industry was profound and far-reaching. A friend, colleague, leader and visionary creator, his work helped shape modern interactive entertainment and inspired millions of players and developers around the world. His legacy will continue to shape how games are made and how players connect for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.gematsu.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vince Zampella\u2014the co-founder and former head of Infinity Ward, co-founder and head of Respawn Entertainment, and head of Ripple Effect Studios\u2014died in a car crash on Southern California\u2019s Angeles Crest Highway on December 21, according to an NBC4 Investigates report. He was 55 years old. The single-vehicle accident was reported at about 12:45 p.m. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2209998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Infinity-Ward-and-Respawn-Entertainment-co-founder-Vince-Zampella-killed-in.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209999,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209997\/revisions\/2209999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n