Treyarch Head Mark Gordon Steps Down from Call of Duty Studio

Treyarch workplace caput Mark Gordon volition beryllium leaving the workplace aft 22 years.

Treyarch announced the quality connected its socials, confirming that Gordon is leaving to statesman the adjacent section of his career, which has yet to beryllium announced. Yale Miller and Kevin Hendrickson volition instrumentality implicit arsenic co-studio heads going forward. Miller and Hendrickson person been with Activision for years, with galore respective credits connected the Call of Duty franchise.

Gordon's departure comes conscionable a fewer years aft Treyarch's workplace plan director, David Vonderhaar — who was champion known for overseeing the multiplayer modes successful the Black Ops franchise — near to commencement his ain studio.

Treyarch isn't expected to person a caller Call of Duty crippled for different 2 years, truthful agelong arsenic determination aren't immoderate large changes oregon disruptions to the Call of Duty improvement cycle. Infinity Ward volition merchandise Modern Warfare 4 aboriginal this year, and Sledgehammer Games is expected, though not confirmed, to merchandise a caller introduction successful the franchise adjacent year.

It's unclear if Treyarch is producing different Black Ops game. Although Black Ops 6 was a success, Black Ops 7 was considered a commercialized disappointment and marked a autumn from grace for the series. In the meantime, determination are each kinds of rumors that suggest Activision and Treyarch are readying to re-release Black Ops 1 and 2 for modern hardware. Activision has yet to corroborate anything, but fans recovered listings for the games successful PlayStation's backend.

Treyarch besides precocious updated Black Ops 7 with a caller playlist known arsenic Black Ops Classic. The playlist features old-school Black Ops maps and makes large changes to the gameplay to beryllium much successful enactment with the archetypal Black Ops games. Some speculated it whitethorn beryllium planting seeds for the re-releases.

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