After 18 years, David Vonderhaar, the studio design director at Treyarch, introduced he’s leaving Activision after transport eight Name of Obligation video games since 2004.
Vonderhaar made the announcement on his private LinkedIn account, the place he confirmed he’s moved on to a brand new mission at a unique studio however didn’t go into specifics in his submit. He additionally thanked his former coworkers at Treyarch and the Name of Obligation followers which have performed the studio’s video games over time.
At present I’m sharing that I’ve left Activision and Treyarch after an unimaginable 18 years and eight Name of Obligation video games.
To my co-workers at Treyarch, I’m immensely grateful for the time we invested working to enhance our craft, by no means sitting on successes, and all the time questioning find out how to enhance what we design and the way we produce it.
Thanks to the Name of Obligation neighborhood to your ardour and enthusiasm. That vitality has usually fueled our dedication as a studio and people. I’ll all the time be pleased about the chance to work together with so lots of you immediately on-line and in particular person. This vitality will all the time be an enormous a part of me.
I’m staying within the video games trade, engaged on an undisclosed mission I can’t focus on but, however I’m excited a couple of uncommon and distinctive alternative. I’ll replace you as quickly as doable.
Vonderhaar’s Name of Obligation portfolio is synonymous with the Black Ops sequence, which has been a part of the army shooter’s rotating steady of sub-franchises for the reason that first one launched in 2010. The newest entry was 2020’s Name of Obligation: Black Ops Chilly Conflict.
Earlier this week, Activision and Sledgehammer Video games unveiled that the subsequent Name of Obligation sport will likely be known as Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare III, to not be confused with Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 3, as the brand new sport is a part of the rebooted Fashionable Warfare sub-series that started in 2019.
