It seems like one of Activision’s studios is escaping from the Call of Duty mines, with a rumored RPG potentially on the way
Activision has almost exclusively focused its efforts on producing Call of Duty . Year in and year out, we get basically nothing else out of its three main studios (Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, and Infinity Ward), and we haven't for a very, very long time. But that could be about to change, with Activision giving some attention to ideas and projects removed from its established arcade shooter formula and letting Sledgehammer develop an "action RPG" with lots of lore and worldbuilding. This is drawn from the LinkedIn profile of Ben Wanat , former creative director at Sledgehammer Games, who worked (naturally) on various Call of Duty projects during his tenure. The studio he was part of had a few games of its own in the franchise, but mostly supported other, bigger teams in making their own mainline entries like Modern Warfare and Black Ops . Sledgehammer Games has almost exclusively worked on CoD over the past few years. Image via Sledgehammer However, Wanat hi...