Tag Archives: Treyarch

Back in August last year, we reported that David Vonderhaar – the long-time lead at Treyarch – announced his departure from the studio after more than 18 years. At the time, Vonderhaar opted not to share his future plans, though we now know that the industry veteran has opened up …

Though the franchise once had a clear rotation of game developers working on each successive Call of Duty title, the past few years have seen Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games all working together in various ways to maintain COD’s annual release schedule. Following the release of Modern Warfare III …

Future instalments in the Call of Duty franchise are often a terribly kept secret, with the next game typically leaking before, or around the time of release as the current title. In keeping with that tradition, Call of Duty 2024 has now leaked, shortly following the release of Modern Warfare …

As Call of Duty has gotten further along in its years, we have seen Activision bring back many of its older entries to modern platforms in various forms. The upcoming Modern Warfare III is set to include the entire suite of multiplayer maps from the classic 2009 MW2 at launch. …

While Call of Duty is no longer seen by many to be the industry juggernaut that it once was, the annual FPS franchise continues to be one of the best selling games of the year every single year. One of the lead minds at Treyarch during the rise of Call …

Call of Duty's Zombies mode has become a staple for the franchise, especially from developers Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Despite nearly every single Activision studio working on COD, the upcoming Call of Duty Vanguard will not be feature complete at launch – with the zombies mode being cut down significantly …

Call of Duty is one of the biggest franchises in all of video games, with over 400 million copies sold. This doesn't even include Warzone and COD mobile, each of which have over 100 million players. In order to keep up with its size and scope, Activison will be tripling …

Treyarch’s Call of Duty titles are often just as enjoyed for its Zombies mode as it is for its single player campaign and multiplayer. This year’s Call of Duty will be no different, as the studio previously confirmed that Zombies would be returning. Though we have yet to see any …

After months of rumours, the new Call of Duty for 2020 was revealed to in fact be another entry in the Black Ops series set during the Cold War. While the blowout reveal event is set to take place on Wednesday the 26th of August, Treyarch have released a new …

Though Call of Duty: Modern Warfare continues to dominate the charts, there is always another Call of Duty around the corner. Footage of the upcoming first-person shooter has now leaked, showcasing snippets of gameplay, yet revealing a lot about what fans can expect from Treyarch’s 2020 offering. The footage, which …

Though unsurprising, Activision has officially confirmed that a new Call of Duty title is set to release “this fall”. Since the release of Call of Duty 2, a new title in the series has come out on an annual basis. Still, this announcement differs somewhat from previous years’, as Activision …

Call of Duty’s last several releases have been mired in a number of controversies surrounding the players’ movement abilities. Starting with Advanced Warfare in 2014, players were given ‘enhanced’ movement capabilities in the form of jetpacks – with each following game tweaking the way in which movement worked. After the …

Call of Duty has suffered many controversies with regards to its loot boxes. For a number of years, the First person shooter would launch without any microtransactions in sight, only to add them in later, once sales began to slow down. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare seems to be breaking …

The conversation surrounding video game developer crunch continues, this week with Treyarch in the spotlight. According to current and former studio workers bringing their concerns to the public, year-long crunch at Treyarch was sustained during the development of Black Ops 4 and QA testers are treated particularly poorly. As usual, …

For many years now, Call of Duty has been on a three-year development cycle. Infinity Ward, Treyarch and Sledgehammer take turns on a predictable cadence but a wrench has been thrown into the works for Call of Duty 2020, with development reportedly switching back to Treyarch for Black Ops 5. …

After several weeks of rumours and leaks, Activision has officially announced Black Ops 4 as this year's Call of Duty game. The publisher has even given the game an earlier release date than usual, in an effort to get out before Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, which is expected to …

After the success of Call of Duty: WWII and the return to ‘boots on ground' style gameplay, we've been left wondering what's next for the series. This year's Call of Duty installment will be handled by Treyarch and not so surprisingly, this has led to rumors of Black Ops 4. …

Treyarch has said plenty of times in the lead up to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 that it is setting out to make an excellent PC game. Now, it seems that the studio is going the extra mile to make good on that, by announcing mod support and custom …

Much like how you can skip through scenes on a DVD, Treyarch will be giving gamers the option to play through the Black Ops 3 campaign in any order they choose. From the very beginning, the campaign will be fully unlocked, allowing players to either make their way through chronologically, or …

Treyarch has said in the past that it is aiming to make a solid PC title this year with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, it even gave us a list of system requirements and PC-specific features way ahead of time. Now, after a proper beta test back in August, …

It's the 26th of August, which means that the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 beta has arrived on the PC. While it was initially thought that we would need to pre-order the game in order to play the beta this week, we now know a bit differently. It turns …

Treyarch is back this year with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and the fan favourite series is about to open up for beta access this month. The multiplayer beta kicks off on the 19th of August for PS4 players and opens up to PC and Xbox One players later …

Treyarch is returning this year with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, set to launch in November this year. This week at Gamescom, attendees had the chance to check out the game for themselves on the PC, with the developer giving a more detailed breakdown of what to expect from …

Back at E3 it was revealed that Activision had switched sides in the console race, choosing to support Sony and the PS4 this generation with early access to Call of Duty betas and DLC. We know that Black Ops 3 will have a beta on the PlayStation 4 next month …

Call of Duty has a history of including out of the box items in its collectors editions. In the past we have seen Modern Warfare 2 launch with night vision goggles, Call of Duty: Ghosts launch with a 1080p ‘tactical camera' and Black Ops 2's collector's edition included a flyable …

This year, Treyarch returns to the Call of Duty series with Black Ops 3 and it looks like some may get to try out the new multiplayer a little early as a beta test is scheduled to take place in August. Today Treyarch announced that on the 19th of August …

If you could pick one game franchise for politicians to take notes from in order to potentially affect policy changes, what would you pick? Maybe Gone Home for its positive message of accepting different sexualities, or the Walking Dead for the way it lets you empathise with people from all …