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Veteran Call of Duty developer and Studio Manager at TreyarchMark Gordon, has stepped down after an impressive 20-year career spearheading some of the franchise's biggest hits. Mark Gordon's departure from Treyarch comes after a flurry of notable departures from various Xbox studios following announcements of layoffs coming to several departments.
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Announced on Twitter on June 15, 2026, developer Mark Gordon has retired from his role as Studio Head at Treyarch after an incredible 22 years at the company. The post from Treyarch's official Twitter account notes that Gordon's work spans some of the Call of Dutys greatest hits, including Call of Duty 2: Big Red One in 2005, World at warand whole Black Ops series culminating in the most recent one Black Ops 7. In his place, Treyarch's Kevin Hendrickson and Yale Miller, who have both been with the company for about a decade, will be Co-Studio Heads. No explicit reason was given as to why Gordon is leaving, except that he would like to “focus on his next chapter.”
