Eurogamer
has a response from Activision to rumors that surfaced today suggesting Infinity
Ward was in negotiations to become the sole developer of the Call of Duty
series, which has had contributions from Treyarch, Spark Unlimited, and Gray
Matter. Word is: "A spokesperson for the publisher told Eurogamer it was a total
fabrication, and that Treyarch and Infinity Ward would still alternately create
installments in the shooter series."
I really wish publishers would stop milking their franchises. Don't they realize that if you taint a series with crappy installments, the perception of that franchise only grows more negative? Refer to Tomb Raider for an example.
Corrected: Many of whom have now left Treyarch and are now working on other games.
There are still a couple of talented people left over there from the GMI days (I'm looking at YOU, cacabunny!), but they are mostly scattered around by now.