Call of Duty games are being developed in the UK. That’s according to UKIE Chairman Andy Payne who revealed iOS and handheld versions of the popular shooter are being produced by Activision Leeds.

“Activision are like a machine. I have to be careful what I say about these guys because I know them so well and they’ll cane me.” he told VideoGamer.

“But Activision are a machine. They’re very good, and you know what, what people don’t realise with Activision is, the two studios working on the Call of Duty franchise are collaborative studios. That’s unheard of. All the assets are reusable, so they’re not wasting time.”

“The two studios are saying, ‘I need a tank, pull it off from the library’. And those assets are also going to be starting to be used by the mobile team, which is going to be based in Leeds.”

“They [kind of always wanted to get the Rockstar team,” Payne continued , adding that Britain is ahead of the curve when it comes to mobile development.

“They wanted some of the Rockstar guys, yeah. Well it’s smart, because Britain’s pretty ahead in mobile programming. We’re pretty good at it. Yet again, we’re good at it but we don’t talk about it too much because we’re British.” he said.

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