Call Of Duty: Warzone -- Sledgehammer Also Contributed To The Battle Royale Game

It appears Call of Duty: WWII developer Sledgehammer Games contributed to the development of Call of Duty: Warzone, the free-to-play standalone battle royale game launching very soon.

Software engineer Josh Caratelli works at Sledgehammer's new office in Melbourne, Australia. He said on Twitter about his involvement with Warzone, "We've all put a lot of hard work into this."

It's not a big surprise to learn that Sledgehammer is working with Infinity Ward on Warzone, as the developer also contributed to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. It was confirmed at Modern Warfare's launch that Sledgehammer was a support studio on Modern Warfare, alongside Beenox, High Moon, and Raven Software. This was notable because it was the first time one of the "main" Call of Duty studios helped out with a different studio's Call of Duty game.

The other "main" Call of Duty teams include Infinity Ward and Treyarch.

For its part, Rockstar Games has shifted its development process so that each of its studios around the world contributes to new releases as a unit. For Red Dead Redemption 2, every Rockstar Games studio around the world pitched in.

According to a report, Sledgehammer will also work on 2020's Black Ops 5 as a support studio for Treyarch. The game is said to be set during the Cold War.

The last Call of Duty game that Sledgehammer was a lead developer on was 2017's Call of Duty: WWII. Studio bosses Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield have both quit the developer.