Treyarch studio head Mark Gordon might be leaving the studio after 22 years.
Treyarch announced the news on its socials, confirming that Gordon is leaving to start the subsequent chapter of his profession, which has but to be introduced. Yale Miller and Kevin Hendrickson will take over as co-studio heads going ahead. Miller and Hendrickson have been with Activision for years, with quite a few respective credit on the Call of Duty franchise.
Gordon’s departure comes only a few years after Treyarch’s studio design director, David Vonderhaar — who was finest identified for overseeing the multiplayer modes within the Black Ops franchise — left to begin his personal studio.
Treyarch is not anticipated to have a brand new Call of Duty sport for one more two years, as long as there are not any main modifications or disruptions to the Call of Duty growth cycle. Infinity Ward will launch Fashionable Warfare 4 later this 12 months, and Sledgehammer Video games is anticipated, although not confirmed, to launch a brand new entry within the franchise subsequent 12 months.
It is unclear if Treyarch is producing one other Black Ops sport. Though Black Ops 6 was successful, Black Ops 7 was thought of a industrial disappointment and marked a fall from grace for the collection. Within the meantime, there are all types of rumors that counsel Activision and Treyarch are planning to re-release Black Ops 1 and a pair of for contemporary {hardware}. Activision has but to substantiate something, however followers discovered listings for the video games in PlayStation’s backend.
Treyarch additionally lately up to date Black Ops 7 with a brand new playlist referred to as Black Ops Basic. The playlist options old-school Black Ops maps and makes main modifications to the gameplay to be extra in keeping with the unique Black Ops video games. Some speculated it might be planting seeds for the re-releases.
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