Treyarch facts for kids
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Treyarch Invention LLC (1996–2001) |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1996 |
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| Products | Call of Duty series (2005–present) |
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200 (2010) |
| Parent | Activision (2001–present) |
Treyarch Corporation (pronounced TRAY-ark) is an American company that makes video games. It is located in Santa Monica, California. Peter Akemann and Doğan Köslü started the company in 1996. Later, in 2001, a bigger company called Activision bought Treyarch.
Treyarch is very well known for its work on the Call of Duty game series. They develop these popular games along with other studios like Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software.
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Company History
Treyarch started in 1996 as Treyarch Inventions. In 2001, Activision bought the company. A few years later, in 2005, another game studio called Gray Matter Studios joined Treyarch.
Making James Bond Games
At a big game event in 2007, Activision announced that Treyarch would help make their first game based on James Bond. This game was called 007: Quantum of Solace. It came out in Europe on October 31, 2008, and in North America on November 4, 2008. Other companies helped make different versions of the game for other consoles.
Developing Call of Duty
Treyarch is a very important developer for the Call of Duty series. They have made many games in this popular series.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II was a huge success. When it was released, it broke records for the biggest entertainment launch ever. It earned over US$650 million in just five days! Later, another game called Grand Theft Auto V broke that record. Treyarch also helped make the Wii U version of Call of Duty: Ghosts, making sure it worked well on that console.
In August 2023, David Vonderhaar, who was a studio design director, announced he was leaving Treyarch after working there for 18 years.
Games Developed by Treyarch
Treyarch has created many exciting games over the years. Here is a list of some of them:
| Year | Game | Platform(s) | Note(s) |
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| 1998 | Olympic Hockey '98 | Nintendo 64 | |
| Die by the Sword | Microsoft Windows | ||
| Die by the Sword: Limb from Limb | |||
| 1999 | Triple Play 2000 | Nintendo 64 | |
| 2000 | Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm | Dreamcast | |
| Triple Play 2001 | PlayStation | ||
| Max Steel: Covert Missions | Dreamcast | ||
| 2001 | Triple Play Baseball | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 | |
| 2002 | NHL 2K2 | Dreamcast | |
| Spider-Man | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows | ||
| Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, macOS | ||
| NHL 2K3 | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox | ||
| Minority Report: Everybody Runs | PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube | ||
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube | |
| 2005 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube | |
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube | ||
| 2006 | Call of Duty 3 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360 | |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, macOS, OS X | |
| 2008 | Spider-Man: Web of Shadows | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 | Co-developed with Shaba Games |
| 007: Quantum of Solace | |||
| Call of Duty: World at War | Wii version co-developed by Exakt Entertainment | ||
| 2010 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | Assisted by FXVille, Nerve Software, Pi Studios, Raven Software and Certain Affinity | |
| 2012 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 | |
| 2015 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Assisted by Raven Software |
| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | Assisted by Beenox and Raven Software | |
| 2020 | Call of Duty: Warzone | Co-developed with Infinity Ward & Raven Software | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Co-developed with Raven Software, assisted by High Moon Studios, Beenox, Activision Shanghai and Sledgehammer Games | |
| 2021 | Call of Duty: Vanguard | Zombies and Ranked Play modes, assisted Sledgehammer Games | |
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | Ranked Play mode, assisted Infinity Ward | |
| Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 | Ranked Play mode, assisted Infinity Ward and Raven Software | ||
| 2023 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III | Zombies and Ranked Play modes, assisted Sledgehammer Games |
Ports Developed by Treyarch
Treyarch has also helped bring games to different consoles. This is called "porting" a game.
| Year | Game | Platform(s) | Developer(s) |
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| 2000 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | Dreamcast | Neversoft |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | |||
| 2001 | Spider-Man | ||
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x | Xbox | ||
| 2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex | Wii | Infinity Ward |
| 2011 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | ||
| 2013 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | Wii U |
