Sledgehammer Games
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American video game development company
Key facts
- Company type
- Subsidiary
- Industry
- Video games
- Founded
- July 21, 2009 ; 16 years ago ( 2009-07-21 )
- Founders
- Michael Condrey , Glen Schofield
- Headquarters
- Foster City, California , US
- Number of locations
- 4 (2024)
- Key people
- Aaron Halon ( studio head ) , Andy Wilson ( COO ) , David Swenson ( creative director )
- Products
- Call of Duty series (2011–present)
- Number of employees
- 450+ (2021)
- Parent
- Activision
- Divisions
- Sledgehammer Games Melbourne , Sledgehammer Games Toronto , Sledgehammer Games Guildford
- Website
- sledgehammergames .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Sledgehammer Games, Inc. is an American video game developer formed in 2009 by Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey. The pair formerly worked at EA Redwood Shores and are responsible for the creation of Dead Space. The company is based in Foster City, California. The studio has developed and co-developed various video games in the Call of Duty series. The company is owned by Activision.
In 2024, Sledgehammer Games closed its office in California, and employees were to be working from home until the end of that year. In that year, thirty percent of employees were also laid off as part of a restructuring within Microsoft Gaming.
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