Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind megahit Call of Duty, dies at 55

Three versions of Activision’s Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif., in 2011. Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind the best-selling video games, has died at age 55. Paul Sakuma/AP

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Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind bestselling video games such as Call of Duty, has died. He was 55.

Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose his cause of death.

In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA,

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