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Vince Zampella killed in Ferrari crash
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- Title
- Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash
- Authors
- Dennis Broad, Jonathan Lloyd
- Published
- Dec 22 2025
- Word count
- 235 words
Don't know how he was as a person, but it feels like everytime he's come up in industry news, it's mostly on the receiving end of bad situations. Fired after Modern Warfare 2 through to having both Titanfall releases being poorly supported by EA and having to clean up after Battlefield 2042.
But he had a hand in creating a ton of amazing moments for a lot of people. And for that, I think we're greatful for he's commitment to the craft.
Unsure how to tag this, as I don't usually post threads too often.
Unfortunate news. Titanfall 2 was pretty great and one I've been meaning to replay for awhile now, as it's been several years.
Weird timing. I just uninstalled this game yesterday after having it on my hard drive since launch. It was a great game, I just finally admitted I wasn't going to play it again.
There's a video of the crash making the rounds: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WUIYLmIZVfE
Shows the crash from a distance and someone getting pulled out still in the seat. No gore or blood, but you're obviously still watching a car crash with two confirmed deaths, discretion advised.
According to reports Zampella died still in the vehicle and the other person was flung out.
What a pointless death.
I watched it, against my better judgement. Nothing too terrible, but yeah, knowing two died during that is rough.
That said, it seems like too much car and too little driver. Not to judge, because I did lots of stupid things in cars and lost control doing so; I only ever knocked tires off rims, nearly put a car into a ditch and also hit a pile of snow and crashed into someone else who did the same, thankfully both of us only suffered minor injures. But from 17 to 24, I was repeatedly taught the lesson of how easy it is to lose control of a vehicle; it just sucks someone also experienced this and didn't walk away like I did.
Yeah absolutely. Apparently Zampella was an avid car enthusiast with racing track experience, but the video makes it seem like exactly what you describe. A gross miscalculation in a car and with speed that permits none.
Access Denied, link doesn't work at all... maybe too local news?
Apropos for EA, the article about Zampanella's death is paid content.
Don't websites typically have a pop-up or something? This was a legit full white page with access denied on it
Odd. I'm on Firefox with AdBlock and even in a private window, the page works? Here's an archive link.