Ex-Call of Duty Designer "Who Survived the Crunch" in Order to Launch Black Ops 1 & 2 Calls Out Executives "Raking It in" From Sales of Remasters
Gavin Goslin says legacy game creators should share in the windfall as the two $40 re-releases sold 11.2 million copies in July, analysts estimated.
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Call of Duty Developer Recalls Brutal Crunch While Calling for a Share of Black Ops Re-Release Revenue
Former Treyarch developer Gavin Goslin has urged Activision and Microsoft to share the financial benefits of Black Ops re-releases with the teams who created the original games.
Ex-Call of Duty designer "who survived the crunch" in order to launch Black Ops 1 & 2 calls out executives "raking it in" from sales of remasters
A former long-time Call of Duty developer has called out Activision executives profiteering from the re-release of games like Black Ops 1 and 2, whereas the developers who contributed "blood, sweat, and tears" to make them gained nothing.
'They Are Printing Money Off of Work Completed Over a Decade Ago' — Former Call of Duty Dev Says 'It's Hard to Watch' Xbox Make Money From Black Ops PlayStation Ports
A former Call of Duty designer has argued that developers should get royalties when older games are ported to new systems, saying it's "hard to watch" Xbox make money from the recently released and hugely successful Black Ops 1 and 2 ports on PlayStation.
A former, long-time developer of Call of Duty has been sharply critical of Activision's leadership, which would massively contribute to the new releases of games such as Black Ops 1 and 2. On the other hand, the developers who worked on the titles with "blood, sweat and tears" went completely empty. more
A member of the original Black Ops 1 and 2 team complains that Activision executives take advantage of the revenue generated by the ports of both games.
Activision may be celebrating the success of the classic Call of Duty games, but one of their creators has a bitter thought. A Treyarch veteran believes the developers who created Black Ops and Black Ops 2 should also receive a share of the money earned from their work. The statement, which states that Activision is "printing money based on work done over a decade ago," was published by GRYOnline.pl on October 20, 2026.
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