Activision denies reports that Jason Blundell was fired from Treyarch
Activision has denied the reports that Jason Blundell has been fired from Treyarch.
The company sent out a statement to CharlieIntel today denying reports that went up earlier that Jason Blundell has left Treyarch after being part of the studio for years.
Here’s the statement that Activision sent:
While we typically don’t comment on rumor, as a personnel matter we feel it’s important to address. Jason has not been fired, and in fact, he continues to direct the zombies experiences for Black Ops 4. In addition, Jason, along with a handful of developers, are working with Activision to develop new creative opportunities.
Activision says in the statement that Blundell is working at Activision with ‘a handful of developers‘ as well for ‘new creative opportunities‘ at the publishing company. The company did not elaborate his exact role at Treyarch right now.
Jason Blundell was promoted to Co-Studio Head of Treyarch in 2016 to serve on the leadership team of the studio alongside Mark Gordon and Dan Bunting. He still at the studio, but it’s not sure if he remains Co-Studio Head.
In terms of Zombies, the studio launched Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 with the most content ever in Zombies with four new maps included on Day 1 – something the team hasn’t done before. The game’s Zombies mode was met with negative response over constant crashes leading many die hard Zombies fans unable to complete Easter Eggs for weeks as Treyarch worked to fix the issues.
Treyarch has released three out of the four Zombies DLC maps for the title thus far with the first two continuing the new Chaos Story and now the last two wrapping up the Aether Story in Zombies. Black Ops 4’s Zombies is still missing the promised feature of Factions, which was announced for the game back in May 2018 at the game’s reveal event. There’s still no indication as too when this feature will arrive.
Craig Houston, writer of Zombies, has been showcasing himself as a prominent Zombies team member as part of the studio live streams the past few months. Blundell has been absent in the public eye.