Deviation Games

Deviation Games
Type	Private
Foundation	c. 2020
Defunct	March 2024
Founders	Dave Anthony Jason Blundell
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people	Dave Anthony (chief executive officer) Patrick Doane (chief technology officer) Val An (chairman of the board) Kriste Stull (chief HR & Operations officer) Louis Castle (senior VP of development)
Number of employees	~100 (2022)
Divisions	Deviation Games Canada

Deviation Games was an American video game development studio based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2020 by Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, former veterans of Activision's Call of Duty series.

In June 2021, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced its partnership with Deviation Games on an exclusive new intellectual property for the PlayStation 5. In September 2022, Blundell left Deviation under undisclosed circumstances. Deviation was shutdown in March 2024.

History

Deviation Games was founded in 2020 by Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, veterans of Activision's Call of Duty franchise; both men worked at Activision's subsidiary Treyarch and directed several entries within the studio's Call of Duty works. Anthony left Activision in 2014, while Blundell left Treyarch in February 2020 after serving as co-studio head since November 2016.

Deviation Games announced a partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment at Geoff Keighley's Summer Game fest conference in June 2021; as part of the partnership, Deviation would develop a new intellectual property for Sony's PlayStation 5 console. At the time of the partnership, Deviation was around 100 people.

In September 2022, Jason Blundell announced his departure from Deviation. In his place, Deviation Games appointed fellow Treyarch alumin Tony Flame to serve as design director.

In May 2023, VGC reported that the studio was hit with layoffs, with approximately 90 staff members being affected.

On March 9, 2024, Deviation Games announced its closure.