Nearly five years after departing Infinity Ward, former lead designer Todd Alderman is returning to the company.

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As the new multiplayer project director, Alderman is "best talent for the right position," studio head Dave Stohl told IGN. "Todd’s accomplishments speak for themselves." Alderman was lead designer on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , leaving the company in 2010. Shortly thereafter he joined the then-newly formed Respawn Entertainment In August of last year, Infinity Ward also picked up Jacob Minkoff and Taylor Kurosaki from Naughty Dog . "Following last year’s combination with Neversoft, we’ve continued to add some great talent throughout the studio," Stohl told us. Over its lifetime, the Call of Duty franchise has earned $11 billion USD worldwide, a staggering number considering how many people claim they never play the series. It certainly looks as though Infinity Ward is packing itself full of talent for something big.Could it be a remaster of Call of Duty: A petition to remake the fan-favorite CoD game recently gained a lot of traction on change.org, but unfortunately fan petitions don't always make it to the top of management, even if the number of signatures now exceeds 160,000.Whatever the case, you can guarantee we'll be reporting all the Call of Duty news as it becomes available.

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