Treyarch Corporation ( ; formerly Treyarch Invention LLC) is an American
video game developer
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based in
Santa Monica, California
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. Founded in 1996 by Peter Akemann and Doğan Köslü, it was acquired by
Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one o ...
in 2001. The studio is known for its work for the ''
Call of Duty
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'' series, which it develops alongside
Infinity Ward
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,
Sledgehammer Games
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, and
Raven Software
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.
History
Treyarch was founded in 1996 as Treyarch Inventions and was acquired by
Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one o ...
in 2001. In 2005,
Gray Matter Studios
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History
Drew Markham and his business partner Barry Dempsey founded Xatrix Entertain ...
was merged into Treyarch.
As part of the 2007
Leipzig Games Convention
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, Activision announced that Treyarch would be one of three developers behind their first
James Bond
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based game, ''
007: Quantum of Solace''. The game was released on October 31, 2008 in Europe and November 4, 2008 in North America.
Vicarious Visions
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developed the
Nintendo DS
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version and
Eurocom
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developed the PlayStation 2 version. Treyarch is a major developer in the ''
Call of Duty
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'' series.
''
Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' held the record for the largest entertainment launch in history in any form of entertainment, breaking the record within 24 hours of its release until it was surpassed by ''
Grand Theft Auto V
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''. Sales from the game worldwide reached US$650 million within five days after its release. Treyarch worked on the
Wii U
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The W ...
version of ''
Call of Duty: Ghosts'', in order to optimize it for the console.
Treyarch's latest video game is ''
Call of Duty: Vanguard'', which was developed with
Sledgehammer Games
Sledgehammer Games, Inc. is an American video game developer company formed in 2009 by Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey. The pair formerly worked at Visceral Games and are responsible for the creation of ''Dead Space (2008 video game), Dead Sp ...
. The game was released on November 5, 2021
Dan Bunting, who had been co-lead of Treyarch since around 2003, was named in an investigative report by ''
The Wall Street Journal
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'' related to the
lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard by the state of California over workplace misconduct and discrimination. Bunting had reportedly mistreated an employee in 2017, but was kept on by Activision Blizzard's CEO,
Bobby Kotick
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. After the ''Wall Street Journal'' began their investigation, Bunting was let go.
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