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Read More »Sledgehammer’s senior creative director, Bret Robbins, leaves to establish Ascendant Studios
Sledgehammer co-founders to leave the studio but remain at Activision
Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield will take over “new executive duties” at Sledgehammer’s parent company
Read More »Call of Duty is returning to WWII
The rumours were true – Call of Duty will be returning to the past for the series’ next instalment. Activision has confirmed that this year’s CoD will go by the name of Call of Duty: WWII. It is being developed by Sledgehammer Games. Last year’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare …
Read More »Sledgehammer co-founder: Call of Duty community is not toxic or misogynistic
Misogyny is not common within Call of Duty’s online community, Sledgehammer’s co-founder and head of development Michael Condrey has said. "Like a lot of areas of society there are examples of people behaving poorly," he told the BBC. "I certainly wouldn’t characterise the community of fans I know and had …
Read More »MCV @ GAMESCOM: Call of Duty devs hired eSports experts for Advanced Warfare
ESportswill play a major role in this year’s Call of Duty once again, and developer Sledgehammer has even hired competitive gamers to help. However, lead multiplayer designer Greg Reisdorf says that they didn’t always take the feedback on-board, because the game has to be fun for all of its fans. …
Read More »Pre-order Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, play it a day early
Activision hopes to boost pre-orders of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare by letting customers play the game 24-hours early. By pre-ordering the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Day Zero Edition, fans can play the game from November 3rd, that is 24 hours from release. The SKU also comes with two …
Read More »Sledgehammer says Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare approaches photorealism
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare looks so good that some people are going to mistake it for TV. That’s the claims by developer Sledgehammer in a new video, which you can see below, as reported by GameSpot. "Because our subject matter is very advanced and technical, and we’re kind of …
Read More »Sledgehamer would like to return to cancelled third person Call of Duty: Vietnam
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer has revealed that it worked on the cancelled third person Call of Duty titles for up to eight months. Indeed, so impressed was Activision with the Vietnam-themed 10-15 slice of the game that the team created that it offered the studio to jump …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare platforms confirmed; Sledgehammer not making PS3 and 360 versions
The next Call of Duty won’t be released on Wii U, it seems. Amazon listings confirm Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC but not for Nintendo’s machine. We already knew the game will be released on November 4th. "Call of Duty: Advanced …
Read More »Activision teases new Call of Duty 2014 screenshot
An image from this year’s Call of Duty title has been released. The picture shows a highly detailed character model. It was shown off by Sledgehammer Games at a panel at this year’s Games Developers Conference and was uploaded today by IGN. This year’s Call of Duty title, made by …
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