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Call of Duty developer Raven Software’s founder, Brian Raffel, is retiring from the company after 36 years leading the studio. Brian and his brother Steve (who himself retired in 2017) founded Raven in 1990, and while the studio today is most closely associated with Call of Duty, that’s only a relatively recent change.
Raven’s first game was 1992’s Black Crypt, a 3D realtime-style adventure game, which would be followed up by the shooter Heretic in 1994 and a sequel, Heretic II, in 1998. Raven then created the Soldier of Fortune shooter series in the early 2000s, before developing multiple Star Wars: Jedi Knight games with LucasArts. Raven also worked on multiple X-Men, Marvel, and Wolfenstein games.
Activision would go on to buy Raven, with the Raffel brothers receiving more than 1 million shares of Activision stock as part of the deal. Raven began working on the Call of Duty series with 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, contributing to the game’s DLC, and the team has been focused on Call of Duty since.
“From dark, otherworldly realms to places that reached far across galaxies, Brian has crafted stories that have left a lasting mark on players around the world. His work spans titles
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