Treyarch Co-Head Jason Blundell Announces Departure From Studio

Recently, Treyarch in a letterhead posted on Twitter revealed that studio co-head Jason Blundell will be leaving the company after working at the Call of Duty developer for more than a decade. Rounding to 13 years exactly, Blundell has been involved with the first-person shooter series since the development of Call of Duty 3 back in 2006.

Blundell is most noted for his involvement with the Black Ops franchise, more specifically in the Zombies subgenre that launched with each installment. Working on the third entry as the Game Director for story campaign and undead horde mode, his position carried over to the fourth game even after the single player portion was cut from production.

You can read the full letterhead submitted in the tweet below:

In result from the departure of Blundell points towards speculations as for what the future will be for the next Call of Duty coming from Treyarch. It was reported back in May that due to complications in direction for Sledgehammer Games’ initially scheduled installment in collaboration with Raven Software ultimately went south and repositioned the team to work as a support developer once again.

The report also dictated that Treyarch would be taking the timeslot from Sledgehammer Games in 2020 and is supposedly prepping ‘Black Ops 5.’ While no official word has been disclosed on the matter, there is some more direct detail that emerged this year in regards to the upcoming Call of Duty. Back in January, Treyarch Design Director David Vonderhaar disclosed utter denial that the newest entry will not feature jetpacks; a plus for fans who want the series to reroute to the original elements of Call of Duty.

Related to Call of Duty studio heads leaving their respected team, both Sledgehammer Games’ Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield departed from the developer in 2019. Shofield revealed to be working at the newly founded Striking Distance under PUBG Corp. whilst Condrey is helming 2K Silicon Valley.

Do you think this year’s Call of Duty might be altered with Blundell leaving?