Call of Duty co-founder says Activision wanted game about Iran attacking Israel

Call of Duty co-founder says Activision wanted game about Iran attacking Israel Submitted by Shafik Mandhai on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 09:39 Chance Glasco was responding to a White House propaganda video showing a montage of attacks on Iranian targets overlayed with Call of Duty animations A scene from Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) Off One of the co-founders of the popular video game series Call of Duty has said there was "pressure" from publisher Activision Blizzard on developers to producer a game about Iran attacking Israel . In a series of posts on X , Chance Glasco said the pressure "appalled" developers who rejected the idea because it felt like "political propaganda being pushed by Activision". Glasco's comments came after the official White House X account published a video montage of US military attacks on Iran with an overlay that replicated the Call of Duty animation aesthetic.