Sledgehammer Games Joins Call Of Duty Development Team

Activision Adds Sledgehammer Games To Call Of Duty Development Studio 

February 7th, 2014, by Maya Mayfield

Sledgehammer Games will now join two other studios already working on the Call of Duty franchises with each studio working on a different game every 3 years. Eric Hirshberg CEO and President of Activision made the announcement yesterday during the companies earnings call, revealing Sledgehammer Games will now be working on Call of Duty's yet to be announced 2014 game.

Infinity Ward and Treyarch were the two main studios developing the Call of Duty series with each studio bringing a new title every year. With Sledgehammer Games now apart of the studio, Eric Hirshberg said players will see an increased level of quality to the franchise, stating this was the fundamental reason for the change. This third studio will now give each developing team time to polish their games, making sure the fans get the best possible experience in the COD universe each and every year.

Eric Hirshberg also said that with the increase in development time each studio will now have more time to work on DLC content for their COD titles and is confident that based on previous Sledgehammer Games the studio will bring a new and fresh approach to the already popular title.


We think this is a very smart move by Activision, considering the recent Battlefield 4 fiasco of rushing their un-prepared game to market.  This 3 year cycle will undoubtedly give each studio time to produce the type of quality, players should come to expect especially when they are being asked to pay up to $59.99 for Triple A games.