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|name = Treyarch
  
|name = Treyarch
 
|logo = [[File:Treyarch logo.png|200px]]
  
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|type = Subsidiary of Activision
  
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|key people = Mark Lamia, Dave Anthony and David Vonderhaar, Jason Blundell
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|key people = Mark Lamia, David Vonderhaar, Jason Blundell, Dan Bunting
 
|location = Santa Monica, California, USA
  
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'''{{w|Treyarch}}''' is a video game developer company located in Santa Monica, {{w|California}}. It was founded by Peter Akemann and Don Likeness in 1996.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyarch</ref> Treyarch has developed many games in the [[Call of Duty series|''Call of Duty'' series]]. Activision has owned Treyarch since 2001. In 2005, former employees of [[Gray Matter Interactive Studios]] were merged to Treyarch.
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'''{{w|Treyarch}}''' is a video game developer company located in Santa Monica, {{w|California}}. Treyarch is one of the primary studios working on the ''[[Call of Duty (series)|Call of Duty]]'' franchise.
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==History==
  
==History==
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When Treyarch released ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'', it did not fare nearly as well as Infinity Ward's two previous installments, ''[[Call of Duty]]'', and ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''. After ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'' was released to huge success, Treyarch took some ideas from it and combined it with their own to make ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]], ''which once again did not fare as well as Infinity Ward's previous game. However, in 2010, Treyarch released ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' and broke the record for most entertainment items sold in 24 hours that was set by ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'' the previous year. This record was beaten by ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' in 2011. The record was again, broken by Treyarch's ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''.
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Treyarch was founded by Peter Akemann and Don Likeness in 1996<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyarch</ref> and acquired by [[Activision]] in 2001. The studio wasn't originally dedicated to the ''Call of Duty'' franchise when it developed with [[Gray Matter Interactive Studios]] ''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' released in 2005. Treyarch and Gray Matter then merged together and the studio released ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' the next year, in 2006. Both ''Big Red One'' and ''Call of Duty 3'' used an in-house engine called [[Game Engine#Treyarch_NGL|Treyarch NGL]] based on the [[Id Tech 3]] engine used in the first ''[[Call of Duty]]''.
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In 2008, Treyarch released ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' using the [[IW engine]] from ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''. It was the first Call of Duty game by Treyarch released on PC. After ''World at War'', Treyarch was entirely dedicated to the ''Call of Duty'' franchise and became the second primary studio, alternating with [[Infinity Ward]].
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In 2010, Treyarch released ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' set during the Cold War. The game was a success, earning $360 million on its launch day and $650 million within its first five days of release, surpassing records held by ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''. After a month and a half, ''Black Ops'' crossed $1 billion worldwide. Two years later, Treyarch released ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]'' in 2012 set place in the near-future in 2025, with some parts of the campaign set in the 1980's. The game was very successful and broke several records held by ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'', grossing over $500 million on its launch day and became the fastest-grossing entertainement product to reach $1 billion in 15 days. Both records were later broken by ''{{w|Grand Theft Auto V}}'' in 2013.
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In 2014, Dave Anthony, director of ''Black Ops'' and ''Black Ops II'' campaigns, left Treyarch. The same year, [[Jimmy Zielinski]], Creative Director for the [[Zombies (Treyarch)|Zombies]] mode since ''Black Ops'', left the company and was replaced by [[Jason Blundell]].
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Treyarch released ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]'' in 2015, which set place in the far future in the 2060's and the 2070's. The game grossed over $550 million within its first three days of release. ''Black Ops III'' became one of the best-selling games of the eighth generation of consoles. Treyarch also assited Infinity Ward during the developement of ''[[Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare]]'' in 2016. The same year, [[Mark Lamia]] became Chairman of Treyarch and [[Dan Bunting]], Jason Blundell and Mark Gordon became co-Studio Heads.
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In 2018, Treyarch released ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4]]'' which featured the first Battle Royale mode of the series, outside of ''[[Call of Duty Online]]'' only available in China, [[Blackout (Black Ops 4)|Blackout]]. ''Black Ops 4'' grossed over $500 million within its first three days of release.
   
 
==Games developed for the ''Call of Duty series''==
  
==Games developed for the ''Call of Duty series''==
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{| style="vertical-align:middle; width:100%; border:1px solid #71D1EF;-moz-border-radius:10px;clear:both"
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*''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'' (2005)
  
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:COD2 BRO.jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty 2: Big Red One]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2005)''</center>
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*''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' (2006)
  
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Callofduty3 Cover.jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty 3]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2006)''</center>
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* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]] '' (2008)
  
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Cod-waw.png|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2008)''</center>
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* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' (2010)
  
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* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]'' (2012)
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:CoD Black Ops cover.png|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2010)''</center>
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* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]'' (2015)
  
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:BO2 RP Boxart.png|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2012)''</center>
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Game cover art BOIII.jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2015)''</center>
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Cover Art BO4.jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4]]'''<br />''(Oct. 2018)''</center>
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==Games developed as an assistant for the ''Call of Duty series''==
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{| style="vertical-align:middle; width:100%; border:1px solid #71D1EF;-moz-border-radius:10px;clear:both"
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 box art.png|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2011)''</center>
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Call of Duty Ghosts cover.jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Ghosts]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2013)''</center>
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Game cover art IW.jpg|120px]]</center><center>'''[[Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare]]'''</center><center>''(Nov. 2016)''</center>
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==''Call of Duty'' games ported to different consoles==
  
==''Call of Duty'' games ported to different consoles==
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{| style="vertical-align:middle; width:100%; border:1px solid #71D1EF;-moz-border-radius:10px;clear:both"
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*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition]]'' (a port of ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'' to the Nintendo Wii)
  
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*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' (Nintendo Wii version)
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:CoD-MW-RE PAL.jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2007)''<br />(Wii)</center>
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 box art.png|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2011)''<br />(Wii)</center>
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*''[[Call of Duty: Ghosts]]'' (Nintendo Wii U version)
  
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| style="padding: .3em .3em .3em" |<center>[[File:Call of Duty Ghosts cover.jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Call of Duty: Ghosts]]'''<br />''(Nov. 2013)''<br />(Wii U)</center>
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*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]'' (Nintendo Wii U version)
  
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== Employees==
  
== Employees==
 
*[[Mark Lamia]] - Chairman
  
*[[Mark Lamia]] - Chairman
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*[[Jason Blundell]] - Co-Studio Head and Zombies Head
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*[[Jason Blundell]] - Co-Studio Head
 
*[[Dan Bunting]] - Co-Studio Head
  
*[[Dan Bunting]] - Co-Studio Head
 
*[[David Vonderhaar]] - Studio Designer Director
  
*[[David Vonderhaar]] - Studio Designer Director
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*[[Neil Masiclat]] - Lighting Artist
  
*[[Neil Masiclat]] - Lighting Artist
 
*Adam Alcini - Graphics Engineer
  
*Adam Alcini - Graphics Engineer
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==Former Employees==
  
==Former Employees==
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*[[Jimmy Zielinski]] - Creative/ Design Director, Zombies
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*Reza Elghazi - Producer, Zombies
 
*[[Josh Olin]] - Community Manager
  
*[[Josh Olin]] - Community Manager
 
*[[Jason McCord]] - Designer
  
*[[Jason McCord]] - Designer
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*[[Sean Slayback]] - Designer
  
*[[Sean Slayback]] - Designer
 
*[[Zach Volker]] - Animator
  
*[[Zach Volker]] - Animator
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*Gary Spinrad - Senior Sound Designer
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*[[Gary Spinrad]] - Senior Sound Designer
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*Jason Schoonover - Designer
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==Videos==
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<gallery>
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Official Treyarch Logo Animatic
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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**All the [[Combat Training]] multiplayer bots in ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'' and ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' use "3arc" as their clan tag. As well as them all having the names of Treyarch employees.
  
**All the [[Combat Training]] multiplayer bots in ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'' and ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' use "3arc" as their clan tag. As well as them all having the names of Treyarch employees.
 
**If one tries to change their clan tag to "3arc" and they are not a Treyarch employee, it will not work.
  
**If one tries to change their clan tag to "3arc" and they are not a Treyarch employee, it will not work.
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*Treyarch appears in the end credits of ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'', ''Call of Duty: Ghosts'' and ''Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare''.
   
 
==External links==
  
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*[http://www.treyarch.com/ Treyarch's Official Website]
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*[http://www.treyarch.com/ Treyarch's official website]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyarch Treyarch's Wikipedia Page]
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*[http://twitter.com/treyarch Treyarch's Twitter account]
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*[http://twitter.com/#!/treyarch Treyarch's Twitter account]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/user/Treyarch Treyarch's Youtube channel]
   
 
==Sources==
  
==Sources==
 
{{Reflist}}
  
{{Reflist}}
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{{CoD Devs}}
  
{{CoD Devs}}
 
[[Category:Game Developers]]
  
[[Category:Game Developers]]

Revision as of 13:56, 4 October 2019

The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty 3. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: World at War. The subject of this article appeared in Zombies mode The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Ghosts The subject of this article appears in Extinction mode The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 The subject of this article appears in Blackout The subject of this article exists in or is relevant to the real world.

Treyarch is a video game developer company located in Santa Monica, California. Treyarch is one of the primary studios working on the Call of Duty franchise.

History

Treyarch was founded by Peter Akemann and Don Likeness in 1996[2] and acquired by Activision in 2001. The studio wasn't originally dedicated to the Call of Duty franchise when it developed with Gray Matter Interactive Studios Call of Duty 2: Big Red One released in 2005. Treyarch and Gray Matter then merged together and the studio released Call of Duty 3 the next year, in 2006. Both Big Red One and Call of Duty 3 used an in-house engine called Treyarch NGL based on the Id Tech 3 engine used in the first Call of Duty.

In 2008, Treyarch released Call of Duty: World at War using the IW engine from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It was the first Call of Duty game by Treyarch released on PC. After World at War, Treyarch was entirely dedicated to the Call of Duty franchise and became the second primary studio, alternating with Infinity Ward.

In 2010, Treyarch released Call of Duty: Black Ops set during the Cold War. The game was a success, earning $360 million on its launch day and $650 million within its first five days of release, surpassing records held by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. After a month and a half, Black Ops crossed $1 billion worldwide. Two years later, Treyarch released Call of Duty: Black Ops II in 2012 set place in the near-future in 2025, with some parts of the campaign set in the 1980's. The game was very successful and broke several records held by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, grossing over $500 million on its launch day and became the fastest-grossing entertainement product to reach $1 billion in 15 days. Both records were later broken by Grand Theft Auto V in 2013.

In 2014, Dave Anthony, director of Black Ops and Black Ops II campaigns, left Treyarch. The same year, Jimmy Zielinski, Creative Director for the Zombies mode since Black Ops, left the company and was replaced by Jason Blundell.

Treyarch released Call of Duty: Black Ops III in 2015, which set place in the far future in the 2060's and the 2070's. The game grossed over $550 million within its first three days of release. Black Ops III became one of the best-selling games of the eighth generation of consoles. Treyarch also assited Infinity Ward during the developement of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in 2016. The same year, Mark Lamia became Chairman of Treyarch and Dan Bunting, Jason Blundell and Mark Gordon became co-Studio Heads.

In 2018, Treyarch released Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 which featured the first Battle Royale mode of the series, outside of Call of Duty Online only available in China, Blackout. Black Ops 4 grossed over $500 million within its first three days of release.

Games developed for the Call of Duty series

COD2 BRO
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
(Nov. 2005)
Callofduty3 Cover
Call of Duty 3
(Nov. 2006)
Cod-waw
Call of Duty: World at War
(Nov. 2008)
CoD Black Ops cover
Call of Duty: Black Ops
(Nov. 2010)
BO2 RP Boxart
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
(Nov. 2012)
Game cover art BOIII
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
(Nov. 2015)
Cover Art BO4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
(Oct. 2018)

Games developed as an assistant for the Call of Duty series

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 box art
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
(Nov. 2011)
Call of Duty Ghosts cover
Call of Duty: Ghosts
(Nov. 2013)
Game cover art IW
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
(Nov. 2016)

Call of Duty games ported to different consoles

CoD-MW-RE PAL
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition
(Nov. 2007)
(Wii)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 box art
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
(Nov. 2011)
(Wii)
Call of Duty Ghosts cover
Call of Duty: Ghosts
(Nov. 2013)
(Wii U)

Employees

Former Employees

Videos

Trivia

  • Much like Infinity Ward, Treyarch makes references to their company name many times throughout their games, often with the word "3ARC", or "III ARC".
    • An example includes a Computer Code in Call of Duty: Black Ops which is "3ARC UNLOCK", this unlocks the Zombies maps "Five" and "Dead Ops Arcade", but also disables the Stand Down achievement/trophy.
  • Treyarch's logo is available as an Emblem in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, unlocked by getting a Final Killcam with a Stealth Bomber.
  • Treyarch employees often use the clan tag "3arc" in the multiplayer modes of Call of Duty.
    • All the Combat Training multiplayer bots in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II use "3arc" as their clan tag. As well as them all having the names of Treyarch employees.
    • If one tries to change their clan tag to "3arc" and they are not a Treyarch employee, it will not work.
  • Treyarch appears in the end credits of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

External links

Sources

  1. ↑ https://venturebeat.com/2012/05/01/mark-lamia-interview-call-of-duty-black-ops-ii/view-all/
  2. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyarch
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