A former Infinity Ward developer has levied some harsh criticism against the perennially popular Call of Duty franchise, claiming it's growing stale. The first-person shooter titan has released a mainline game every single year since 2005's Call of Duty 2, and the original CoD only released two years prior to that.
Speaking with Oklahoma's News 9 (via Polygon), Tulsa native Chance Glasco spoke about creating the Call of Duty franchise and his experience working on some of the series' most iconic installments after being a founding member of Infinity Ward. He said that Call of Duty has "been around so long that it feels like they've run out of ideas at times. It kind of wandered into left field." Glasco pointed to the series' foray into multiplayer as the turning point where "it became huge."
Glasco got in on the ground floor at Infinity Ward after being an intern working on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. Activision then poached key developers to form Infinity Ward. Of the series' earlier days, Glasco said, "I wouldn't say it peaked at Modern Warfare 2, but that was probably the best game we made." Glasco admitted to still playing Warzone, and said...
