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 delivery 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 mission at a special studio however didn’t go into specifics in his put up. 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.

Right this moment 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 all the time questioning the best way to enhance what we design and the way we produce it.

Thanks to the Name of Responsibility group to your ardour and enthusiasm. That power has usually fueled our willpower as a studio and people. I’ll all the time be thankful for the chance to work together with so a lot of you straight on-line and in individual. This power 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 few uncommon and distinctive alternative. I’ll replace you as quickly as attainable.

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 newest entry was 2020’s Name of Responsibility: Black Ops Chilly Warfare.

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