Treyarch is "100% Call of Duty"

Logan Westbrook

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Treyarch is "100% Call of Duty"


Treyarch's days of making anything other than Call of Duty games are done, according to studio head Mark Lamia.

While Treyarch might be best known for its Call of Duty games, it has developed a bunch of other titles in the past, such as Quantum of Solace [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/690-Quantum-of-Solace] and Spider-Man: Web of Shadows [http://www.gamestop.com/browse/search.aspx?N=0&Ntk=TitleKeyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=Spider-Man:%20Web%20of%20Shadows]. But those days are over, as Treyarch is now completely focused on the Call of Duty series, according to studio head Mark Lamia.

"Treyarch is a 100 percent Call of Duty studio -- and it has been for a long time now, long before any of [the Infinity Ward] events occurred," Lamia said, "We focused all of our efforts on creating the best Call of Duty game we possibly can and what that meant is not working on anything else."

"We are a multiple team studio and focusing on Call of Duty and Call of Duty gameplay meant focusing all of our teams on that," Lamia continued, and added that there is now a team dedicated to the multiplayer portion of the game, something that was missing for previous titles. Analysts are predicting that Black Ops's [http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=77793] sales will number around 10 Million [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100973-Treyarch-Says-Infinity-Ward-Mess-Wont-Be-a-Distraction] mark, and with an entire company now working on it, maybe that's more true than we previously thought.

Source: 1up [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179558]



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JourneyThroughHell

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I like them, I really do and I hope that they get the MW franchise if IW is shut down.
But, guys, don't you want to do something that is your own?
 

Jack and Calumon

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Isn't this a bad thing? Focusing solely on one franchise? Call of Duty will diminish, and I think that time is soon. My friends are stopping, and soon, they all will.

Calumon: You don't hear about Halo anymore...
 

WrongSprite

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Jack and Calumon said:
Isn't this a bad thing? Focusing solely on one franchise? Call of Duty will diminish, and I think that time is soon. My friends are stopping, and soon, they all will.

Calumon: You don't hear about Halo anymore...
Well yeah, but once they're done with call of duty, then they'll start a separate project. They're just concentrating on one thing at a time, which can only be a good thing.

Oh and Calumon...has Reach gone under your radar? XD
 

Onyx Oblivion

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They didn't make Web of Shadows alone...they worked with Shaba Studios.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Web_of_Shadows

But I really like Treyarch. Much more so than I ever liked IW.

Still, it's good to see they have a focus. But I want to see something fresh next time. Maybe...a new IP?
 

Acidwell

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Wow so now they might actually make a new game instead of modding infinity ward games into older time periods.
 

Jharry5

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I'm looking forward to Black Ops; I thought WaW got an unnecessarily harsh reception. Now that Treyarch are focusing just on one game at a time, surely that'll make for a more polished game.
 

Adzma

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I'm sure future generations will enjoy the milk you can squeeze from this already dead franchise. I admire their optimism however.
 

MadMechanic

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I know someone's probably going to give me flak for this but...
Am I the only person who wants IW/Respawn to get CoD back? I grew up playing IW's versions and loved them. I played trey's first attempt, and really disliked it. I played WaW, and it was ok. Nothing great. Average.
I've always considered IW to be the better game to play, but Treyarch make the better looking games.

Why do I want Trey & Activision to loose CoD?
So they can make some new freaking games!

As unlikely as that is. It appears games have gone the same way of hollywood, and are incable of creating new ideas.

[sub]All my opinion. You don't have to agree with it. I just happen to prefer IW's games over Trey.[/sub]
 

Outlaw Torn

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More evidence that the Call of Duty franchise is stone dead forever if ever there was any.

And ShadowKirby, that's because there is going to be 500% more Call of Duty per year from now on.
 

JaredXE

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Awww, no more of the GOOD Spider-Man games then, just more brown/green fps' populated by dicks.

Ah well.
 

heyheysg

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How are they going to hire talented people?

HR: Welcome to Treyarch, you'll be working on Call of Duty games for the rest of your life.

Game Designer: NOooooo!!
 

Outlaw Torn

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Delusibeta said:
Activision is milking Call of Duty to death: confirmed.
That was confirmed when they announced they were having two studios work on it at the same time so they could have annual releases, CoD3 never should have happened and it all went downhill from there.