Vince Zampella, the game designer who was at the forefront of military shooters, has died in a car accident
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Sad news for gamers in general and Call of Duty fans in particular. As reported by NBC Los Angeles, Vince Zampella died on December 21 after veering off the road while exiting a tunnel and crashing his Ferrari into a concrete barrier.

At the time of his death, the well-known game designer was 55 years old. He began his career at GameTek, where he worked in graphic design and digital video.

Zampella later moved to Atari, but true fame came to him after the success of his developed Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and the founding of Infinity Ward. It was at IW that Vince created a new flagship military shooter — Call of Duty.

Later, together with another co-founder of Infinity Ward, Jason West, Zampella established a new studio — Respawn Entertainment. There they developed the subsequently iconic mech shooter Titanfall, the Soulslike duology Star Wars Jedi, and Apex Legends.

Vince's last project was the military shooter Battlefield 6, for which he became the head of the DICE division in Los Angeles.