EA Games president Frank Gibeau claims that the company's deal with Respawn -- you know, the hot new company started by former Infinity Ward creators -- is a happy little coincidence that's a result of fortuitous timing. As many of you know, one of the alleged reasons behind Activision's termination of Jason West and Vince Zampella was that the pair was meeting with EA behind its publisher's back. That makes the EA/Respawn deal seem awfully...convenient. Gibeau told Gamasutra that it's all on the up and up: