GamesBeat Summit Digital speakers: John Smedley, Glen Schofield, and Jessica Chobot
We’re taking GamesBeat Summit 2020 into a digital online-only format. And today, we’re revealing three new speakers for the event: John Smedley, head of...
Glen Schofield: How to build a new triple-A game studio in the midst of a pandemic
I had a nice conversation with Glen Schofield, the former co-head of Sledgehammer Games and now founder of Striking Distance Studios. I asked him if...
The DeanBeat: The game industry rolls with the punches of the coronavirus
Another week has gone by, and the game industry has rolled with the punches of the coronavirus. It demonstrates how resilient game companies are...
Sledgehammer Games cofounder Glen Schofield leaves Activision
Glen Schofield, co-creator of several Call of Duty games, announced today on Twitter that he was leaving Sledgehammer Games, the game studio he cofounded...
Call of Duty: WWII documentary invites players to remember history
Call of Duty: WWII could be a way for a new generation of young people to learn the history of the Second World War....
Sledgehammer’s founders want to make Call of Duty: WWII memorable
Some gamers may adamantly feel like Call of Duty games aren’t creative. But Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield, the founders of Sledgehammer Games, don’t...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit conversations on the Metaverse, AR’s future, and Hollywood envy
We just hosted our third annual GamesBeat Summit at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif. It was a beautiful place and a great backdrop for...
Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer wrestled over doing Advance Warfare 2 or WWII
Making games is a huge group effort, and oftentimes the people that make up those groups don’t agree on what to do next. One notable...
Sledgehammer grapples with playing the Germans in Call of Duty: WWII
Slegehammer Games announced its Call of Duty: WWII first-person shooter today, and it acknowledged that in multiplayer combat, players will be able to fight as...
Why Sledgehammer’s founders wanted to take Call of Duty back to World War II
Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey feel like Call of Duty: WWII is a personal passion project for the employees in their studio. Sledgehammer Games...