Treyarch studio head Mark Gordon is retiring from the Call of Duty studio after 22 years, ten of which he spent as studio head.<\/p>\n
In a post today on Twitter from the official Treyarch account, the studio made the announcement, saying Gordon would be retiring from his role \u201cto focus on his next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMark\u2019s impact on the franchise has been immeasurable, from Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 3, to World at War and the entirety of the Black Ops series,\u201d the statement continues.<\/p>\n
Thank you, Mark. \ud83e\udde1 pic.twitter.com\/ZhgY5mXeWc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Treyarch (@Treyarch) June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Gordon started in the gaming industry as a programmer, and was hired at Treyarch in 2005 initially as CTO, the same year Treyarch released its first Call of Duty game, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. He became studio head in 2016 alongside Dan Bunting and Jason Blundell. Blundell departed in 2020 to found the since-shuttered Deviation Games, and Bunting departed in 2021 following a Wall Street Journal investigation<\/a> into a sexual harassment claim filed against him years before, leaving Gordon the sole studio head through the releases of Call of Duty: Vanguard, Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops 6, and Black Ops 7, all of which Treyarch either co-developed directly or supported on.<\/p>\n Current COO Kevin Hendrickson and director of production Yale Miller will take on Gordon\u2019s role together as co-studio heads. Both are long-time veterans of the Call of Duty series, both through Treyarch and Activision before it.<\/p>\n