Treyarch Is All Call Of Duty, All The Time

Unless Activision gives Treyarch the green light to drop a grouchy and unkempt Peter Parker or Tony Hawk in the middle of a campaign during a period of armed hostility, it appears as if we won't see the developer give Spider-Man, or really any other not-Call-of-Duty series like Tony Hawk, another go. In a recent conversation with CVG, Treyarch boss Mark Lamia confirmed that the studio is a "100-percent Call of Duty Studio." 

"Treyarch is a 100-percent Call of Duty studio--and it has been for a long time now, long before any of [the Infinity Ward] events occurred," Lamia said.

The events Lamia are referring to are the dismissal of Infinity Ward president Jason West and company CEO Vince Zampella, as well as, assumedly, the subsequent departures of several members of the studio that built the Modern Warfare series. Zampella and West have since founded Respawn Entertainment.

"We focused all of our efforts on creating the best Call of Duty game we possibly can and what that meant is not working on anything else," Lamia continued. "We are a multiple team studio and focusing on Call of Duty and Call of Duty gameplay meant focusing all of our teams on that."

Treyarch is currently developing Call of Duty: Black Ops, a FPS title that has flame-spewing shotguns. Jeff recently got a chance to check out the game. You can read his impressions here. Spoiler, though: it sounds radical.

Do you think Treyarch should be all Call of Duty, all the time? Or would you rather it be able to develop whatever it wanted, whenever? Tell us in the comments and on the boards!