Name of Responsibility Veteran Broadcasts He’s Leaving Activision

After 18 years, David Vonderhaar, the studio design director at Treyarch, introduced he’s leaving Activision after transport eight Name of Responsibility 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 undertaking at a unique studio however didn’t go into specifics in his publish. He additionally thanked his former coworkers at Treyarch and the Name of Responsibility followers which have performed the studio’s video games through the years.

As we speak I’m sharing that I’ve left Activision and Treyarch after an unimaginable 18 years and eight Name of Responsibility 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 at all times questioning find out how to enhance what we design and the way we produce it.

Thanks to the Name of Responsibility group in your ardour and enthusiasm. That vitality has typically fueled our dedication as a studio and people. I’ll at all times be pleased about the chance to work together with so a lot of you straight on-line and in particular person. This vitality will at all times be an enormous a part of me.

I’m staying within the video games trade, engaged on an undisclosed undertaking I can’t focus on but, however I’m excited a couple of uncommon and distinctive alternative. I’ll replace you as quickly as potential.

Vonderhaar’s Name of Responsibility portfolio is synonymous with the Black Ops sequence, which has been a part of the army shooter’s rotating secure of sub-franchises because the first one launched in 2010. The latest entry was 2020’s Name of Responsibility: Black Ops Chilly Battle.

Earlier this week, Activision and Sledgehammer Video games unveiled that the following Name of Responsibility recreation shall be known as Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III, to not be confused with Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 3, as the brand new recreation is a part of the rebooted Fashionable Warfare sub-series that started in 2019.