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[jm89]

 

[Mr Moose]

Treyarch are making the next next CoD (the non-DLC CoD). Weird timing.

 

[Sticks]

He's gonna work on Sony's CoD killer.

 

[Luipadre]

Even he got tired of CoD. Cant blame the guy.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Damn that's a big loss

 

[gothmog]

So was this the big news. I'm guessing yes?

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[onQ123]

I don't even know who that is

 

[Seesh]

Absolutely massive L for Activision. Treyarch was my favorite developer of theirs. David is a legend. Hopefully he's moving onto greener pastures and will be working on something killer. Hopefully for PlayStation.

 

[Mr Moose]

I don't even know who that is

David Vonderhaar AKA Gigi D'Agostino.

He does Treyarch CoDs. Also a DJ.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Expecting big shake ups and lay offs after MS has acquired them.

 

[SlimySnake]

lol lead designer at Treyarch so basically responsible for all the black ops games.

I prefer the black ops games over stuff made by Respawn so this is a big loss. The guy understood that CoD after MW 2007 turned into a shitty luck based shooter and brought back some semblance of balance with longer TTK, three lane maps, and less OP killstreaks.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Damn that's a big loss

Not really he sucked big time.

 

[Bernoulli]

Not really he sucked big time.

Love eighttoughts

his outro gets me all the time

 

[jm89]

This guy

 

[TexMex]

Not David Vonderhaar

 

[Tarnpanzer]

He had a good run in MP except Cold War, but his SP-campaigns were shit after BO1 in my opinion.

 

[tmlDan]

He's gonna work on Sony's CoD killer.

....maybe? lol

 

[Arsic]

Big loss. He is likely a key component to making Treyarch CoDs be relevant .

I hope he isn't going to go work on some NFT or mobile shit…

 

[StealthGoblin]

I do wonder whether that interaction between Jim Ryan and Chris Deering will play out the way they envisaged.

Of Sony's $3.6B they spent on Bungie, they used $1.2B of that for talent retention as they knew they'd need key staff to keep Destiny going, launch Marathon, develop Matter and develop their MOBA.

So far as I know, none of the money Microsoft is paying for ABK is going on talent retention so I believe Ryan and Deering are right that there'll be a significant exodus of talent from ABK.

 

[Zheph]

there'll be a significant exodus of talent from ABK.

It's already pretty thin at Blizzard

 

[mitch1971]

Don't need to read it. Same old, same old. Great company, great collegues, left in good hands....blah blah blah.

 

[666]

The guy with the meme sunglasses and joint showing the MTN DEW reveal of black ops 3?

 

[Vox Machina]

I do wonder whether that interaction between Jim Ryan and Chris Deering will play out the way they envisaged.

Of Sony's $3.6B they spent on Bungie, they used $1.2B of that for talent retention as they knew they'd need key staff to keep Destiny going, launch Marathon, develop Matter and develop their MOBA.

So far as I know, none of the money Microsoft is paying for ABK is going on talent retention so I believe Ryan and Deering are right that there'll be a significant exodus of talent from ABK.

I sure hope so. The gigantic amount of, let's say, "PR Friendly" hires they made after the scandals/lawsuits really watered down the talent, particularly at Blizzard. I hope the ones that leave are replaced with actual talent.

 

[ChoosableOne]

We will start seeing soon the news of an "amazing" F2P FPS game from a veteran Call of Duty dev.

 

[StueyDuck]

good on him, although most these "head of X goes to make new game" haven't been slam dunks, so we'll see

 

[coffinbirth]

Treyarch are making the next next CoD (the non-DLC CoD). Weird timing.

Yeah, they always have the most feature filled games at launch, and a large part of that was because of David. This isn't good news.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Sony can really mitigate the impact of MS x ABK acquisition with smart hiring and talent poaching.

Studios are nothing on their own; it's the talent that makes big, popular games. If the real ABK talent shifts to PlayStation, they can create their own "COD killer."

 

[RoboFu]

oh no!!! Not another one of these guys who gone on to make amazing triple AA titles elsewhere while COD has fallen…

/s

 

[poppabk]

This guy

18 years and 'iconic phrases' is apparently a key contribution?

 

[jm89]

18 years and 'iconic phrases' is apparently a key contribution?

Good thing he probably has 18 years of actual work to prove his contribution then what is said in a tweet or some linkedin post, right?

 

[StealthGoblin]

Sony can really mitigate the impact of MS x ABK acquisition with smart hiring and talent poaching.

Studios are nothing on their own; it's the talent that makes big, popular games. If the real ABK talent shifts to PlayStation, they can create their own "COD killer."

They'll need a better location.

Deviation Games had Sony backing but it was a revolving door because staff just went to other studios and some of their talent went to Deviation Games. That resulted in a muddied vision and missing milestones.

 

[SHA]

I don't even know who that is

Unfortunately, they only get mentioned when they leave or d.

 

[M.W.]

Later, king. You made the best COD's after 2010.

 

[Zok310]

I do wonder whether that interaction between Jim Ryan and Chris Deering will play out the way they envisaged.

Of Sony's $3.6B they spent on Bungie, they used $1.2B of that for talent retention as they knew they'd need key staff to keep Destiny going, launch Marathon, develop Matter and develop their MOBA.

So far as I know, none of the money Microsoft is paying for ABK is going on talent retention so I believe Ryan and Deering are right that there'll be a significant exodus of talent from ABK.

MS is just buying the ip, they dont want the talent, they dont even keep their own people, they contract most of their work force.
This is a massive loss for treyarch.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

....maybe? lol

Which studio?

 

[jm89]

Which studio?

Someone asked him the same on twitter and zuby techs reply is a bit odd.



Maybe he knows something, if not that is weird to welcome somebody without official confirmation

 

[solidus12]

Jim Ryan was right.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Someone asked him the same on twitter and zuby techs reply is a bit odd.



Maybe he knows something, if not that is weird to welcome somebody without official confirmation

Oh, I meant Pat Dwyer. Since in the tweet I quoted it says they joined PS Studios. Thanks for the update on David Vonderhaar though.

 

[jm89]

Oh, I meant Pat Dwyer. Since in the tweet I quoted it says they joined PS Studios. Thanks for the update on David Vonderhaar though.

Yeah that tweet reply i posted was about pat dwyer.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Yeah that tweet reply i posted was about pat dwyer.

Gotcha. Thanks!