Former CoD developer confirms new game studio and first project

After spending 18 years at Treyarch and helping create several Call of Duty titles, David Vonderhaar announced a new studio and an AAA game to go with it.

In August 2023, Vonderhaar left Treyarch. The innovative dev started as an online manager for CoD: Big Red in 2005 before working as a Multiplayer design director for CoD: 3 and World at War. Then, Vonderhaar led the charge on the competitive mode and the campaign for the Black Ops series and would later help pave CoD’s future in the battle royale genre by overseeing the development of Blackout and the original Warzone.