Update: Activision has denied TheGamingRevolution’s claim. The company says Jason Blundell is still working at Treyarch.
Original Story: According to YouTuber TheGamingRevolution, Treyarch’s Jason Blundell was fired after the pre-Black Ops 3 and 4 campaign disasters. Black Ops 3 campaign is underwhelming, to say the least, and there are rumors that they axed Black Ops 4 story mode in favor of Blackout Battle Royale. The story mode never came together with the way the development team wanted.
There were issues with the development of both games but the final straw is something else. Jason keeps drinking and giving out Black Ops 4 leaks under the influence, TheGamingRevolution claims.
Activision fired around 10 Treyarch employees, including Jason Blundell. They’re pissed & fed up with Treyarch.
Jason’s departure was mainly a result of the pre-BO3/BO4 campaign disasters & the last straw was that he kept drinking & giving away leaks whilst under the influence.
— TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevoYT) July 24, 2019
It’s really sad, Jason was such a passionate guy and hopefully he’s doing okay and Treyarch can recuperate.
He made mistakes, but I don’t think he deserved to be banished althother, he’s done so much for the community & was a greatly valued team member.
— TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevoYT) July 24, 2019
I’ve known about this for a little while but I wasn’t planning on taking about it because I felt like it was too personal and not my place to say, but since the news is already out there I guess it’s okay to say now.
— TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevoYT) July 24, 2019
At this point, people don’t care about Black Ops 4 leaks but reportedly Activision didn’t take it well.
The thing is the stuff he told people was obvious stuff anyways that we knew was coming but I guess Activision don’t see it like that.
— TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevoYT) July 24, 2019
Along with Jason, 9 other executives lost their jobs. No one knows exactly what’s going on but the word on the street is, Activision had enough of the lackluster Call of Duty products. Earlier reports say that Zombies mode leaks had a role to play but now we are hearing the scrapped campaign is also the main cause. Of course, combine these two and Activision had a valid reason to fire him.
This is a developing story, we will have more for you once further details arrive.