Call of Duty team riled up by Christopher Judge's shade at Game Awards

At The Game Awards, God of War voice actor Christopher Judge's joke about the length of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's campaign sparked reactions among CoD developers. In his speech, Judge quipped that his previous year's speech was longer than Modern Warfare 3's campaign. Developers from Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games voiced their frustrations over social media, highlighting CoD’s success metrics and lamenting the disrespect from a fellow industry professional at a celebratory event. Additionally, developers touched on the challenging development cycle of Modern Warfare 3, which involved crunch time due to a compressed 18-month development period instead of the usual three years. The game, initially intended as an expansion to Modern Warfare 2, faced a difficult launch due to these production issues and received a low score in reviews for its campaign.

Call of Duty developers expressed their displeasure on social media, defending the franchise's success and criticizing the joke made about the short length of Modern Warfare 3's campaign, especially considering the game’s development leaks and reports of crunch.