Why Robert Bowling left Call of Duty behind

Infinity Ward's creative strategist Robert Bowling left the Call of Duty studio last month after six years at the company, choosing not to reveal his future plans straight away.

This week, he unveiled Robotoki, his new game development studio, with which he plans to release games for next-gen consoles, PCs and mobile devices. Speaking to Gamasutra, Bowling, who had served as the public-facing community liaison for Infinity Ward, says that he only came up with the idea for the company after leaving his role at Activision.

What he wanted to do, he says, was delve into new experiences and develop something different to that which he had worked on with the Call of Duty franchise.