Ex-Call of Duty designer "who survived the crunch" in order to launch Black Ops 1 & 2 calls out executives "raking it in" from sales of remasters
A former Treyarch developer, Gavin Goslin, has criticized Activision executives for profiting from re-releases of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2, games he and his colleagues worked tirelessly on. Goslin highlighted the disparity between executives receiving substantial financial windfalls from these older titles and the original creators receiving no compensation, calling it a fundamental flaw in the industry's valuation of talent. The re-releases have reportedly been highly successful, selling millions of copies.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Activision
- Topic: Industry Ethics
- Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops 1
- Topic: Crunch Culture
- Company: Treyarch
- Person: Gavin Goslin
- Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
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