Changes are afoot at Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward.
Veteran producer Mark Rubin, who had been with the studio since 2005, has left. Meanwhile, Todd Alderman--who worked on the original and the influential 2007 shooter --has returned to Infinity Ward as its multiplayer project director.
The personnel changes were revealed Monday as part of a .
Rubin left Infinity Ward earlier this year, though no further details about his departure or what he might be doing next are available.
The report doesn't name a replacement for Rubin, but does mention that Infinity Ward has made a number of key hires in recent months.
These include former Naughty Dog developers Taylor Kurosaki (narrative desgin lead) and Jacob Minkoff (lead game designer), as well as Michal Drobot (principal rendering engineer), who most recently worked at Ubisoft on .
As for Alderman, he worked at Infinity Ward from 2002-2010, leaving that year in the wake of lawsuits regarding the . Alderman was one of the members in the "Infinity Ward Employee Group" that , seeking money for unpaid bonuses and more.
Aldermann, along with other former Infinity Ward staffers, later followed West and Zampella to their new studio, Respawn Entertainment, which went on to make. He spent two-and-a-half years at Respawn before moving on, ultimately joining developer Riot Games in April 2014.
The staffing changes at Infinity Ward come as the Call of Duty series . The first game released on this schedule was last year's . The next is this year's .
Assuming past patterns hold, Infinity Ward will be the main developer for a new Call of Duty game in 2016. Infinity Ward's most recent game was 2013's .