Former Call of Duty strategist Robert Bowlling, whose ill-fated venture with Midnight Society came to an end in 2025, is taking another shot at the game business. In a message posted to LinkedIn, Bowling said he’s co-founded a new studio with “a killer team,” and while nothing was said about what it’s currently working on, the studio is called //18.bravo and that sure sounds like something to me.
The something in question, in case I’m being too cryptic here, is an utterance by someone in the Captain Price mold as he prepares to unleash havoc upon the foes of freedom and democracy—which in turn leads me to assume a shooter is on the way, likely of the modern military sort.
Bowling’s CV would suggest the same: He’s been in the game industry for a long time and held numerous positions at various studios, but is best known for his years at Infinity Ward, where he became the community face of the Modern Warfare games as “fourzerotwo” until his departure in 2012.
Today’s announcement, though, is all about the studio itself: Bowling said the new outfit “ties leadership compensation to employee success,” has a royalty program for employees, and will share profits with “external talents” like voice actors and contractors.