Editing Infinity Ward (section)

===2012 departure of Robert Bowling===

On March 27, 2012, Robert Bowling resigned as creative strategist of ''Call of Duty'' and a lead employee at Infinity Ward. In response, Activision issued a statement thanking Bowling for his service.<ref name="xbox360achievements">{{cite web|url=http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-11264-Call-of-Duty-s-Creative-Strategist--Robert-Bowling-Exits-Infinity-Ward.html |title=Call of Duty's Creative Strategist, Robert Bowling Exits Infinity Ward – Xbox 360 News At |publisher=Xbox360achievements.org |access-date=November 4, 2013}}</ref> When questioned about his department, Bowling responded "Too much 'pew pew' not enough new new".<ref>{{cite tweet|user=fourzerotwo|last=Bowling|first=Robert|number=234064594170171393|title=Too much 'pew pew' not enough new new. RE: "why u no with infinity ward no more -.-" |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330195336/https://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/status/234064594170171393 |archivedate=March 30, 2014}}</ref> Signs of disagreement between Bowling and Infinity Ward arose in an interview in February 2012 when he stated: "I feel like we are in a fucking era where everyone is so focused on subscriber numbers and all that stuff that we need to get back to what I feel like we did so much better in the old days of just plain good will, like stuff like the LAN patch, yeah it is lower priority but let's get it out the fucking door. Let's just do it."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gamerant.com/infinity-ward-robert-bowling-call-duty-dlc-subscriptions/ |title=Robert Bowling Wanted to Release Free DLC and Axe Subscriptions |date=March 30, 2012 |website=Game Rant |access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref><ref name="BowlingCommentsOnInfinityWard">{{cite web |last=Control |first=Mission |url=http://www.callofdutymappacks.com/news/robert-bowling-on-classic-maps-for-mw3-keep-classic-maps-outside-of-the-dlc-model/ |title=Robert Bowling on classic maps for MW3: Keep classic maps outside of the DLC model |publisher=Call Of Duty Map Packs |date=February 22, 2012 |access-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214034051/http://www.callofdutymappacks.com/news/robert-bowling-on-classic-maps-for-mw3-keep-classic-maps-outside-of-the-dlc-model/ |archive-date=February 14, 2013  }}</ref>