[STEAM] Treyarch Head Mark Gordon Steps Down from Call of Duty Studio

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Treyarch studio head Mark Gordon will be leaving the studio after 22 years.

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, confirming that Gordon is leaving to begin the next chapter of his career, which has yet to be announced. Yale Miller and Kevin Hendrickson will take over as co-studio heads going forward. Miller and Hendrickson have been with Activision for years, with numerous respective credits on the Call of Duty franchise.

Gordon's departure comes just a few years after Treyarch's studio design director, David Vonderhaar — who was best known for overseeing the multiplayer modes in the ****** Ops franchise — left

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Treyarch isn't expected to have a new Call of Duty game for another two years, so long as there aren't any major changes or disruptions to the Call of Duty development cycle. Infinity Ward will release Modern Warfare 4 later this year, and Sledgehammer Games is expected, though not confirmed, to release a new entry in the franchise next year.

It's unclear if Treyarch is producing another ****** Ops game. Although ****** Ops 6 was a success, ****** Ops 7 was considered a commercial disappointment and marked a fall from grace for the series. In the meantime, there are all kinds of

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for modern hardware. Activision has yet to confirm anything, but fans found listings for the games in PlayStation's backend.

Treyarch also recently

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. The playlist features old-school ****** Ops maps and makes major changes to the gameplay to be more in line with the original ****** Ops games. Some speculated it may be planting seeds for the re-releases.

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