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Robert Bowling possibly reveals why he left Infinity Ward & Activision

Robert Bowling has all but revealed why he left Call of Duty, Infinity Ward and Activision following his sudden departure.

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NYC_Gamer4453d ago

Guess he's tired of being limited to Call of Duty

GraveLord4453d ago

No, don't be such a troll. He's tired of working on the same franchise for years.(Anyone would be)

He will be creating indie games from now on if I read his tweets correctly.

@JohnnyMann420
He already played BF3. Didn't need to quit his job to do it.

MaxXAttaxX4452d ago

Don't know why you called him a troll.
You both said the same thing about him being "tired of COD".

BuLLDoG9094452d ago

maybe he quit from all the pi55-taking he took at work, after that teabagging at the vga's =p

bunt-custardly4453d ago

Perhaps there was no innovations left for the franchise and he just got bored of regurgitating the same game in different clothing each time.

There's a genuine desire to be passionate about games again from what he said.

Cosmo8114453d ago

If there's one thing that can be said about Robert Bowling, it's that he's passionate about video games. It seems he's lost his passion for Call of Duty, and honestly I don't blame him, most people have. I think, and it seems to be the case, that he's decided it's time to move on to greener pastures and to try and create something truly lasting. All the best to him.

badz1494452d ago

"there was no innovations left for the franchise"

there's no limiting innovation but the dev themselves! if CoD is not innovative, it's because the dev including Bowling himself is not innovative!

bubwright4453d ago

Take my hat off to the guy. Wanting to get further and create better things but the greedy companies want to keep pushing the same stuff out there! Good on you dude!

floetry1014453d ago

Bowling took years of bombardment from the world's most insanely rabid gaming fan-base. The job he did as community manager there, regardless of what you might think of the series, was gargantuan in helping Activision and Infinity Ward sell their product. He tirelessly replied and communicated to millions via twitter, taking the flak when Call of Duty was at its absolute worst despite not having directly developed the game in any way.

His outlook here is absolutely right. He must be more exhausted with Call of Duty than anyone on the planet, and that's saying a lot. It's indicative of the current player base for the game. Why limit yourself to just one experience?

Best of luck to Bowling in the future. The dude worked his ass off in a thankless role. He deserves a break.

Parasyte4453d ago

Insanely rabid or rabidly insane?

Anyway, I completely agree with what you said. I would get bored working on the same thing year after year after year getting hate mail and death threats from a bunch of immature people.

Best of luck to your future endeavors, Mr. Bowling.

NeXXXuS4453d ago

"Insanely rabid or rabidly insane?"

I'd say a combination of the two.
mother of god...

Whore_Mouth4452d ago

Not many people could put up with the fan base as long as he did.

Also, MF DOOM is the shit.

matgrowcott4453d ago

It doesn't seem there are any hard feelings here, so it'll be nice to see where he goes from here.

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COD Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 Pride Month Freebies Released; Gundam Mobile Suit Collab Launched

Activision has not launched the Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 Gundam collab cosmetics, and also freebie skins in celebration of Pride month.

Ninjamonkey827d ago

Wish the hadn't put them among the event camos.

VenomUK6d ago

Reset Era regulars are delighted at this news.

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Elda7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Nice to have inclusivity. Happy Pride Month to the Puerto Rican community & the LGBTQ community here in NYC.

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anast6d ago

Who downvotes a comment like this?

Storm236d ago

Yeah...the internet sucks.

Huey_My_D_Long6d ago

Welcome to the N4g. Where the gamers complain about gamer stereotypes while acting like gamer stereotypes.

Elda6d ago

Bigots & there are plenty on this site.

just_looken6d ago

The down votes because this is call of duty a first person shooter not pride month parade #45

I used to play first person shooter's for the military on military action not to watch someone with a pride flag stapled onto a cat shooting a gun from the boys on a map from my little pony.

Now you first up a game its all over your splash screen almost like a porn game can i just play a quick game like it was on the ps3 era ffs.

Elda6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

It's an article that's talking about COD & Pride freebies that coincides Pride month. June is the month of Pride & in the city & state of NY Puerto Rican heritage is celebrated including the LGBTQ community. You know where you can take your BS bigotry.

just_looken5d ago

@ ELDA

Go bang a dude or be a trans i do not care just do not spread that crap in my face 24/7

I do not care if its dung beetal month i am just sick on tired of it being everywhere like the fury shit or in the old days were church's went door 2 door preaching like gtfo with your cult crap.

Elda5d ago

It goes to show how immature you are because the article didn't look for you you decided to enter the article yourself knowing you knew what the article was about from the get go. Your ignorance shows through knowing Pride month isn't just for the LGBTQ but for all cultures & communities. No one put a gun to your head to enter this article you decided to enter the article just to spew your negative bigoted BS or just maybe you entered the article out of curiosity because you're a closet case.

just_looken5d ago

I entered the article because its about call of duty a videogame because we are on a videogame website

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Daeloki6d ago

Happy Pride to you too, and have my upvote to at least try offsetting the downvotes!

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A 13-year mystery around a secret Call of Duty MW3 ending is over

Captain Price's fate at the end of 2011's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 could've been very different, as this new post-credits scene reveals.

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CoD devs share temporary fix for dev error 5433 plaguing MW3 after Season 3 Reloaded update

The developers have provided a little band-aid while PlayStation players attempt to get back into MW3.

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