{"id":109735,"date":"2020-02-28T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/358954"},"modified":"2020-02-28T23:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T23:10:00","slug":"longtime-call-of-duty-dev-and-co-studio-head-jason-blundell-departs-treyarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/longtime-call-of-duty-dev-and-co-studio-head-jason-blundell-departs-treyarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Call of Duty dev and co-studio head Jason Blundell departs Treyarch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Blundell, a longtime force behind<em> Call of Duty<\/em>\u2019s various Zombies modes, has announced his departure from Treyarch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter thirteen fantastic, action-packed years, I am moving on from Treyarch,\u201d writes Blundell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my time at the studio, I\u2019ve been privileged to work on a variety of projects, wearing many hats along the way, with my time on the Zombies team proving to be quite special. It&#8217;s a team comprised of some of the most creative and talented developers in the industry, many of whom you never see because they&#8217;re behind the scenes shaping the direction of each experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blundell joined the team during the development of <em>Call of Duty 3 <\/em>and has lent his talents as a producer and game director to a total of seven <em>Call of Duty <\/em>releases to-date.<\/p>\n<p>Many of his efforts have seen him at the head of each entry\u2019s Zombies mode, most recently for <em>Call of Duty: Black&nbsp;Ops 3<\/em>, while 2018 saw him assume&nbsp;the role of co-studio head alongside&nbsp;Dan Bunting&nbsp;and Mark Gordon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We wish to thank Jason for his many contributions to Treyarch. We\u2019ve enjoyed our journey together and wish him the very best going forward! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tb8o36VWb2\">pic.twitter.com\/Tb8o36VWb2<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Treyarch\/status\/1233512200859463680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Blundell, a longtime force behind Call of Duty\u2019s various Zombies modes, has announced his departure from Treyarch. \u201cAfter thirteen fantastic, action-packed years, I am moving on from Treyarch,\u201d writes Blundell. \u201cDuring my time at the studio, I\u2019ve been privileged to work on a variety of projects, wearing many hats along the way, with my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}