Among the finest-known Call of Duty builders, David Vonderhaar, is making a brand new recreation that’s “not a Call of Duty killer” however is as an alternative one thing that sounds fairly completely different.
It is going to be a shooter, however Vonderhaar instructed Bloomberg it is “undoubtedly not” one other navy simulation-type recreation. As a substitute, folks can consider it as “if David Lynch made shooters.”
Gamers will work collectively to battle environmental challenges and in addition one another, the report mentioned, suggesting will probably be some sort of PvPvE recreation.
Invoking Lynch’s identify is certain to convey consideration to Vonderhaar’s undertaking, as the long-lasting filmmaker made a number of the most surreal motion pictures and TV reveals, chief amongst them being Twin Peaks. He died in 2025, however his legacy lives on, clearly, and his distinct fashion led to folks describing works like his as “Lynchian.”
Alan Wake and Management developer Treatment, for instance, cited Lynch as an inspiration for most of the studio’s initiatives. In reality, the interior code identify for Alan Wake 2 was “Large Fish,” which was a reference to Lynch’s autobiography, Catching the Large Fish.
Vonderhaar is not any stranger to surrealism, as his former Call of Duty studio, Treyarch, was recognized for instilling mind-bending and trippy narrative options within the Black Ops video games through the years.
Vonderhaar is creating this new undertaking at his studio, BulletFarm, which is funded partially by GreaterThan Group (GTG), after the studio beforehand misplaced funding from NetEase.
Vonderhaar instructed Bloomberg he hopes to complete this new recreation in about three years, and fewer than 50 persons are presently engaged on it. He mentioned he would not essentially wish to ramp up his studio partially as a result of, “Cash would not make it good. Individuals make it good.”
Vonderhaar labored on Call of Duty for almost 20 years, spending all of that point at Treyarch. He give up in 2023 and began BulletFarm in 2024. After leaving the Call of Duty sequence behind, Vonderhaar mirrored that Treyarch “can solely achieve this a lot” with the juggernaut FPS sequence as a result of its legions of followers need largely the identical issues every year.
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