Treyarch

Treyarch
	File:Treyarch Logo.jpg
Industry	Video games
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, United States
Key people	Mark Lamia; Dave Anthony; David Vonderhaar; John Rafacz
Owner	Activision Blizzard
Number of employees	250
Parent	Activision
Website	Treyarch website

Treyarch is an American video game developer company, founded in 1996 by Peter Akemann and Doğan Köslü (aka Don Likeness), and acquired by Activision in 2001. It is located in Santa Monica, California. Treyarch is an award winning game development studio, with multiple blockbuster titles, including Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and most recently, Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Background

In 2005, Gray Matter Interactive was merged into Treyarch.

As part of the 2007 Leipzig Games Convention, Activision announced that Treyarch would be one of three developers behind their first James Bond based title, Quantum of Solace. The game was released on October 31, 2008 in Europe and November 4, 2008 in North America. Vicarious Visions developed to DS version and Eurocom developed the PlayStation 2 version. Treyarch is also a major developer in the Call of Duty series. They have made Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II held the record for the largest ever entertainment launch in history in any form of entertainment, breaking the record within 24 hours of its release.^[2] Sales from the game worldwide reached US$650 million within five days after its release.^[3] Treyarch is currently at work on the Downloadable Content Season for Call of Duty: Black Ops II with Black Ops II Vengeance DLC, the third of four DLC map packs for the game. They are also working on the Wii U version of Call of Duty: Ghosts, in order to optimize it for the console.^[4]

Games developed

Year	Game	Platform(s)
1998	Olympic Hockey Nagano '98	Nintendo 64
	Die by the Sword	Microsoft Windows
	Die by the Sword: Limb from Limb	Microsoft Windows
1999	Triple Play 2000	PlayStation, Nintendo 64
2000	Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm	Dreamcast
	Triple Play 2001	PlayStation
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater	Dreamcast
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Dreamcast
2001	Triple Play Baseball	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2
	Spider-Man	Dreamcast
	Max Steel: Covert Missions	Dreamcast
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X	Xbox
2002	NHL 2K2	Dreamcast
	Spider-Man	GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
	Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
	NHL 2K3
	Minority Report: Everybody Runs
2004	Spider-Man 2
2005	Ultimate Spider-Man
2005	Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
2006	Call of Duty 3	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360
2007	Spider-Man 3	PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
2008	Quantum of Solace	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
	Call of Duty: World at War	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex	Wii
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Wii
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360
2013	Call of Duty: Ghosts	Wii U

References

^ Full interview with Treyarch’s Josh Olin on making Call of Duty Black Ops
^ The Associated Press (November 11, 2010). "CBC News – Technology & Science – Call of Duty breaks sales record". CBC. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
^ Staff Writer (November 18, 2010). "Call of Duty Black Ops Sales Hit $650M". socalTECH. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
^ McElroy, Griffin (July 25 2013). "Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed for Wii U launch on Nov. 5 (update)". Polygon. Retrieved 30 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] Full interview with Treyarch’s Josh Olin on making Call of Duty Black Ops

[2] The Associated Press (November 11, 2010). "CBC News – Technology & Science – Call of Duty breaks sales record". CBC. Retrieved November 16, 2010.

[3] Staff Writer (November 18, 2010). "Call of Duty Black Ops Sales Hit $650M". socalTECH. Retrieved November 22, 2010.

[4] McElroy, Griffin (July 25 2013). "Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed for Wii U launch on Nov. 5 (update)". Polygon. Retrieved 30 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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