Vince Zampella, the creator of video game Call of Duty, has been killed in a car crash in Southern California.
Zampella, 55, was travelling along a scenic road in the San Gabriel Mountains – north of Los Angeles – on Sunday afternoon when the vehicle he was in veered off the road and hit a concrete barrier, KNBC reported.
The car became engulfed in flames and trapped the driver, who died at the scene. A passenger was ejected from the vehicle and died at a nearby hospital.
The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation. It is unclear at this time if Zampella was the driver or passenger.
The multi-millionaire video game tycoon is the head of Respawn Entertainment, which he co-founded in 2010.
The studio was acquired by EA seven years later and is best known for its games Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Apex Legends and STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order.
Before launching Respawn, he served as the CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio that created the Call of Duty franchise.
He spearheaded the creation of the first-person shooter game after having worked as a designer on the Medal of Honor series in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Call of Duty creator Vince Zampella, 55, (pictured earlier this month) has died in a car crash
