Overview
- Treyarch announced on Monday that Mark Gordon is retiring after 22 years and that Kevin Hendrickson and Yale Miller will serve as co-studio heads.
- Gordon joined Treyarch in 2005, became studio head in 2016, and is credited by the studio with shaping many Call of Duty entries including the full Black Ops series.
- Hendrickson and Miller are longtime Treyarch veterans who will inherit day-to-day oversight of Black Ops 7 Season 4 and Treyarch’s contributions to future Call of Duty releases.
- The leadership change comes while Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard after the 2023 acquisition, and some outlets have separately reported possible Xbox studio cuts that have not been confirmed for Treyarch.
- Watch for signs of how the new co-heads manage live-service demands and team continuity, and expect official updates from Treyarch or Microsoft before drawing links between this retirement and broader Xbox restructuring.