14 DAY TRIAL // Activision boss Bobby Kotick has once again highlighted the major contribution development studio Treyarch brought to the company's extremely successful Call of Duty franchise, even if the series was originally developed by Infinity Ward.
Activision, seeing as how it is in the midst of some fierce legal battles against former Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella, has been actively praising the Treyarch studio for its involvement with Call of Duty.
Now, Kotick once again hyped up the new studio, saying that it was largely responsible for the franchise's top notch multiplayer, even on titles that were made by Infinity Ward.
"Multiplayer has been largely developed by Treyarch," Kotick told CNN.
"I don't think Treyarch got their due for how much they contributed in the production and polish to the multiplayer," he added.
This isn't the first time Kotick praised Treyarch, as the Activision boss also said that it was wrong to consider the studio as the company's second Call of Duty team.
“That’s an unfair view of Treyarch. You know it’s not really an objective view. Treyarch contributed so significantly to the multiplayer technology that’s in Modern Warfare 2 and they didn’t really get the credit for that," said the executive last month.
Treyarch definitely proved itself with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops, which went on to break the sales records set last year by Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2.
In-between praising Treyarch, Activision also went to great lengths to prove that Infinity Ward has been restructured, and that the studio still has a lot of great talent that is working on a new Call of Duty title.
The most recent news, however, is that Activision has updated the lawsuit towards West and Zampella, and now includes rival company EA, saying that it tried to sabotage the series and wants $400 million in damages.