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Posted September 7, 2011 by M.H. Williams

How many studios does it take to keep gamers flush in Call of Duty titles each and every year? According to Activision’s executive vice president for studios Dave Stohl , the publisher has four or five studios working on the property at any one time. Stohl told VentureBeat that more than 500 developers are working on Call of Duty.

“It takes a village in this case,” Stohl said.

Infinity Ward and Treyarch are the primary studios and alternate developing the main title for each successive year. Sledgehammer Games was working on a Call of Duty action/adventure title, but that project was shelved to complete Modern Warfare 3. Demonware has been doing work on the network services side of the franchise, and the brand-new Beachhead Studios was created to work on the new Call of Duty Elite premium service.

It takes hard work to keep afloat the best-selling video game franchise of all-time. Is it worth it, gamers?