17 Mar
Call of Duty lead designer Todd Alderman was one of many developers who departed Infinity Ward when Activision fired the studio’s co-founders in 2010. However, today it has been announced that he is returning as the studio’s new multiplayer project director. “This is about hiring the best talent for the right position. Todd’s accomplishments speak […]
16 Jul
A group of former Infinity Ward developers have formed a new studio called Reload Studios, and they plan to release a virtual reality shooter in 2015. The studio has been co-founded by James Chung and Taehoon Oh. Two other Infinity Ward devs, Pete Blumel and Hougant Chen are also joining the studio, along with Disney […]
11 Jul
Neversoft is officially no more, and has now fully merged with fellow Activision studio Infinity Ward. To mark their last day in the office, Neversoft employees burned an effigy of the studio’s iconic eyeball logo. Additionally, Neversoft founder Joel Jewett gave each employee a knife with the studio’s logo engraved on it. Activision announced in […]
06 May
According to an internal memo acquired by Giant Bomb, Infinity Ward and Neversoft will be merged into one studio. According to the memo sent by Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg, after Neversoft helped with the development of Extinction Mode on Call of Duty: Ghosts, “it seemed like a single ‘super-studio’ could emerge,” and so the […]