How Activision CEO aims to make blockbusters out of Destiny 2 and Call of Duty: WWII
Three years ago, Sledgehammer Games and Activision were deciding what to do about 2017’s Call of Duty game. They had veered off into science fiction...
Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer will have land, air, and sea combat
Sledgehammer Games showed off the latest trailer for multiplayer combat in Call of Duty: WWII. And it will give a new meaning to “boots...
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 Games is creating realistic art that evokes emotion in Call of Duty: WWII
Activision unveiled the trailer and other details of Call of Duty: WWII this week. In this year’s Call of Duty installment, you’ll return to...
Animating the faces of fear and courage in Call of Duty: WWII
I remember the days when Call of Duty games didn’t show the face of a soldier who was talking, mainly because the facial animations...
How Sledgehammer Games re-created the sounds of war for Call of Duty: WWII
It isn’t easy re-creating the sounds of a distant war, but that’s what Sledgehammer Games had to do for Call of Duty: WWII, the...
Call of Duty: WWII’s beta test is a preorder bonus
You don’t have to wait until November to play the new Call of Duty game … as long as you preorder it. Activision did...
Call of Duty: WWII’s story will show the honest side of heroism
Believe it or not, Call of Duty isn’t all about shooting and cool graphics. Sledgehammer Games is trying to ensure that its newly revealed...