Treyarch

Background

Treyarch is an American video game developer company that was founded in 1996 by Peter Akemann and Doğan Köslü to develop games. It didn't have a logo until 1998. On October 3, 2001, it was acquired by Activision. Treyarch is mostly known for the Call of Duty series (along with Infinity Ward) and was previously known for Spider-Man titles. Its first game was Die by the Sword for PC.

1st Logo (February 28-December 31, 1998)

Nicknames: "The Treyarch Trefoil Knot", "Blue Trefoil Knot", "Treyarch Knot"

Logo: On a black background, we see a blue left-handed trefoil knot, which is in 3D style and almost resembles a triquetra symbol. Under it is the word "TREYARCH" in yellow-orange with the "T" bigger than the rest of the letters.

Trivia: This is Treyarch's first official logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on Die by the Sword and its expansion, Limb from Limb for PC.

2nd Logo (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater demo variant) (April 2000)

Nicknames: "The Matrix Styled Logo", "Blue Trefoil Knot II", "Matrix-Styled Trefoil Knot", "Treyarch Knot II"

Logo: We see the blue Treyarch trefoil knot with "TREYARCH" in front of it in a different font. There are very few bubbles around the logo and has a glow around it. It also has a Matrix-style effect.

Trivia: This is Treyarch's first custom logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the demo version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (which is found on the July/August 2000 issue of Official Dreamcast Magazine demo disc) for Dreamcast.

3rd Logo (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1/2 variant) (May 22-November 7, 2000)

Nicknames: "The Graffiti Styled Logo", "Graffiti Styled Trefoil Knot", "Treyarch Knot III", "The Graffiti Treyarch Knot"

Logo: We see the Treyarch trefoil knot in grafiiti style with the orange-yellow gradient outline tilted facing northeast. On it, we see "Treyarch" in a graffiti styled font with a green outline. Under "Treyarch" is the website URL "www.treyarch.com". The logo flashes orange and green colors, then parts of the colors appear side-by-side. It flashes again, then the colors disappear in a snake transition.

Trivia: This is Treyarch's second custom logo.

FX/SFX: The animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A hip-hop tune with the man saying "Get Down" at the beginning.

Availability: Appears on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for Dreamcast. Also appears on the demo of the latter (found on the December 2000 issue of Official Dreamcast Magazine demo disc).

4th Logo (June 22-November 6, 2000)

Nicknames: "The Shiny Treyarch Trefoil Knot", "Blue Trefoil Knot III", "Treyarch Knot IV"

Logo: We see the same Treyarch trefoil knot from the previous logo, but the back 3D parts are not there and there is a blue shiny glow on the right part of it. The word "TREYARCH", which is in a different font this time, is in black, has a white outline and has a blue glow around it.

Trivia: This is Treyarch's second official logo. However, the logo (without the glow) was still used on the game's cover art (while some of the later games themselves use a variant of a 3rd official logo) until 2006.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A virtual-like sound or silence.

Availability: Seen on Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm (known as Dragon's Blood in the UK) and Max Steel: Convert Missions for Sega Dreamcast.

5th Logo (April 19, 2001-February 2002)

Nicknames: "The Shiny Metal Trefoil Knot", "Treyarch Knot V", "Metal Treyarch Knot", "Silver Treyarch Knot"

Logo: We see a new design of the Treyarch trefoil, which is now colored silver, doesn't have the cut-outs and has a few white shines around it. Under it is "TREYARCH" in a new font, which later resembles a Spider-Man movie-like font and has an emboss effect. The logo shines with a bright light once.

Trivia: This is Treyarch's third official logo.

FX/SFX: The shining of the logo.

Music/Sounds: A heavy-sounding synthesized drone and computer beeps with a shining sound.

Availability: Seen on Spider-Man (the 2000 game) for Dreamcast (although the game's copyright screen has the text part from the 2nd logo). It also surprisingly appears on PC and Mac versions of the game.

6th Logo (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X variant) (November 15, 2001)

Nicknames: "The 3D Blue Logo", "Blue Treyarch Knot IV", "CGI Blue Treyarch Knot", "Treyarch Knot VI", "CGI Treyarch Knot"

Logo: On a black background, the black and white smudge-styled parts of the logo come in side-by-side and attach themselves forming the logo. A few seconds later, it shatters down to reveal the blue 3D version of the logo. Then "TREYARCH" pans down turning as the Treyarch trefoil knot zooms through us rotating.

Trivia: This is a first variant of Treyarch's 2nd official logo.

FX/SFX: Cool CGI and shattering effects.

Music/Sounds: An irritating sound, which is something between rustle and radio noise, then followed by loud shattering as the 3D version of the logo reveals and ends with a wind blowing sound as the logo zooms through.

Availability: Seen on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X for Xbox.

7th Logo (NHL 2K2 variant) (February 14, 2002)

Nicknames: "The Ring/Trefoil Knot Transformation", "Blue Treyarch Knot V", "CGI Blue Treyarch Knot II", "Treyarch Knot VII", "CGI Treyarch Knot II", "The Treyarch Knot Transformation", "Treyarch Knot on Ice"

Logo: We see a steel blue ring on an icy ground. Then it shakes and flips up, as the sides of it become the Treyarch trefoil knot. When that happens, it shines. As the Treyarch knot zooms back, the icy ground disappears and "TREYARCH" appears zooming out and stops under the logo.

Trivia: This is a second variant of Treyarch's 2nd official logo.

FX/SFX: The ring turning into the trefoil knot, the text appearing.

Music/Sounds: A heavy-sounding synthesized drone with sounds of the circle turning into the trefoil knot and shining.

Availability: Seen on NHL 2K2 for Dreamcast.

8th Logo (Spider-Man: The Movie/Spider-Man 2 variant) (April 16, 2002-July 9, 2004)

Nicknames: "The Treyarch Knot on a Spiderweb", "Treyarch Knot VIII", "Metal Treyarch Knot II", "CGI Treyarch Knot III", "Silver Treyarch Knot II", "The Webbed Logo"

Logo: On a black background, we see a silver Treyarch trefoil knot, zooming out quickly through us and into a red spiderweb. The trefoil knot sticks itself into the web and shakes a little, then the spiderweb fades out. As the trefoil knot dissolves in a blur transition, the word "TREYARCH" appears flipping in side-by-side. Then a blue light travels through the logo.

Trivia: This is a first variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo.

FX/SFX: The logo sticking into the web, the text appearing.

Music/Sounds: Another styled virtual-like sound with the sound of webbing as the logo zooms into the web. A shiny flipping sound as the text appears.

Availability: Appears on Spider-Man: The Movie and Spider-Man 2 for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Also appears on the PC version of the former title.

9th Logo (Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer variant) (September 16, 2002-October 15, 2003)

Nicknames: "Underwater Treyarch Knot", "Treyarch Knot IX", "Metal Treyarch Knot III", "Silver Treyarch Knot III", "The Underwater Logo"

Logo: The Treyarch logo (in the same look as the 5th logo, but the text is shifted up closer) appears in the water with some ripple effects. As the logo stops rippling and settles into its position, the water background fades into a spotlight like background with the logo's shadow behind it. The logo shines and then the background with its shadow fades into white. Then the logo fades out into white a brief second later.

Trivia: This is a second variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo.

FX/SFX: Water ripple animation.

Music/Sounds: Water sounds.

Availability: Appears on Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Also appears on the PC version as well.

10th Logo (NHL 2K3 variant) (November 10, 2002)

Nicknames: "Freezing Treyarch Knot", "Treyarch Knot X", "Blue Treyarch Knot VI", "The Snowmobiler"

Logo: We see the top view of an icy floor, which has the Treyarch logo (this time, the Treyarch knot is blue and has white and blue outlines around it, and the word "TREYARCH" is seen under it in a Art Deco-like font, which also has the white and blue outlines around it as well) covered with ice. Then the Zamboni (with the SuperCool design) appears driving from the bottom and going up, revealing the logo. After that, the logo starts to glow via a ray effect and the screen flashes, causing the logo to gain an emboss shining effect and the background to become plain black. The logo shines as the rays dim away.

Trivia: This is Treyarch's third custom logo.

FX/SFX: The Zamboni driving, the logo flashing and shining.

Music/Sounds: The sound of a buzzer at the beginning. Then as the Zamboni appears, a low-toned virtual-like sound plays for the rest of the logo along with a swift-like effect when the logo flashes.

Availability: Appears on NHL 2K3 for GameCube, PS2 and Xbox.

11th Logo (Minority Report: Everybody Runs variant) (November 19, 2002)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XI", "Metal Treyarch Knot IV", "Laser-Drawn Treyarch Knot", "Silver Treyarch Knot IV"

Logo: A light splash draws the metal-silver Treyarch knot. Then the letters rotate and become visible one-by-one, forming the word "TREYARCH". The logo flashes and then proceeds to the opening movie.

Trivia: This is a third variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo.

FX/SFX: The logo being drawn, the letters rotating.

Music/Sounds: A quiet sound when the knot is drawn.

Availability: Seen on Minority Report: Everybody Runs for GameCube, PS2 and Xbox.

12th Logo (Ultimate Spider-Man variant) (September 22, 2005)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XII", "Blue Treyarch Knot VII", "Spider-Man in a Box", "The Comic-Styled Logo"

Logo: We zoom through a blue space full of rectangles, when Spider-Man comes on a web and jumps into the screen, where the box appears. There is a blue Treyarch knot next to the character, and the words "A TREYARCH GAME" in a Century Gothic font with "TREYARCH" in its corporate font, written below each in a single box. The logo then clears out by zooming through.

Trivia: This is a fourth variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo and a first variant featuring Spider-Man.

FX/SFX: Spider-Man moving over the logo.

Music/Sounds: Action-type music, which finishes after the logo forms.

Availability: Appears on Ultimate Spider-Man for GameCube, PS2 and Xbox. It also appears on the PC version as well.

13th Logo (Call of Duty 2: Big Red One variant) (November 1, 2005)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XIII", "Treyarch Knot on Ground", "Black Treyarch Knot", "The War-Styled Logo", "The Explosive-Styled Logo"

Logo: Starting above ground surface, we see it slowly zooming out and many projectiles fly around as there is a war. Then a rocket hits right below, making everything blow up in fire. It reveals a giant crater made by the explosion, with the Treyarch logo inside, first orange from burning, then becoming black.

Trivia: This is a fifth variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo.

FX/SFX: Fire flying and the explosion.

Music/Sounds: Sounds of firing and explosions.

Availability: Appears on Call of Duty 2: Big Red One for GameCube, PS2 and Xbox.

14th Logo (Call of Duty 3 variant) (November 7, 2006)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XIV", "Orange Treyarch Knot", "The Shield-Printed Logo"

Logo: The Treyarch logo appears with an orange knot. It then zooms out and seems to be a chevron on a soldier's arm. The soldier who has the logo looks in our side, while others look forward to the distant fires and prepare for the warfare.

Trivia: This is a sixth variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo. However, it's also used as a print logo on game's cover art until 2008.

FX/SFX: Complete CGI.

Music/Sounds: Cicadas creaking and sounds of distant war action.

Availability: Appears on Call of Duty 3.

15th Logo (Spider-Man 3 variant) (May 4, 2007)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XV", "Metal Treyarch Knot V", "CGI Treyarch Knot IV", "Yellow Treyarch Knot", "Color-Changing Treyarch Knot", "Spider-Man Making Knots", "Silver Treyarch Knot V"

Logo: We see close images of the yellow trefoil knot (partially), a running Spider-Man and his spider image suit. He releases the web and jumps around, making the trefoil knot fully shown, as if it have been created from the web blasts. The logo then becomes silver as the word "TREYARCH" appears under the logo.

Trivia: This is a seventh variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo and a second variant featuring Spider-Man

FX/SFX: The logo animation, including the character, completely rendered in CGI.

Music/Sounds: A kind of action movie music with some sounds of Spider-Man releasing the web.

Availability: Appears on Spider-Man 3 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

16th Logo (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows variant) (October 21, 2008)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XVI", "CGI Treyarch Knot V", "Ion Storm", "Storming Treyarch Knot"

Logo: On a dark blue gradient background, we see the blue Treyarch knot emerging light, rotating slowly to the right and trembling violently in the process. Then metallic letters of "TREYARCH" fly and place themselves over the knot. After the text forms, the knot fades out, and a red circle with the knot appears near to the text, which itself changes to red while the background fades out.

Trivia: This is an eighth variant of Treyarch's 3rd official logo.

FX/SFX: CGI animation of the Treyarch knot rumbling and rotating, and the text flying in.

Music/Sounds: Sounds of air and a metallic jingle.

Availability: Appears on Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (although it has the print version of the next logo on the cover art and the game's copyright screen).

17th Logo (Quantum of Solace variant) (October 31, 2008)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XVII", "The New Treyarch Knot", "Metal Treyarch Knot VI", "Silver Treyarch Knot VI"

Logo: The logo starts after the Activision animation proceeds. We move above a colored surface, and there are lines in the sky. The Treyarch logo forms on the ground, with the metallic knot having an orange outline with "treyarch" in a new stylized font called Republika next to it.

Trivia: This is Treyarch's 4th official logo and is the first variant.

FX/SFX: The logo appearing.

Music/Sounds: James Bond-esque music.

Availability: Appears on 007: The Quantum of Solace.

18th Logo (Call of Duty: World at War variant) (November 11, 2008)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XVIII", "The New Treyarch Knot II", "Metal Treyarch Knot VII", "Filmed Treyarch Knot", "War Diary", "Silver Treyarch Knot VII"

Logo: We see many changing pictures of war chronicles. The movie is made as an old footage - it's grayscale and it trembles. We can briefly see the new Treyarch logo (but the text is under the logo), then it appears in full view and zooms out, changing to the Activision logo.

Trivia: This is the second variant of Treyarch's 4th official logo.

FX/SFX: Mainly CGI.

Music/Sounds: At the beginning, it's Requiem by Mozart with the sounds of a machine gun, a film projector and war marches. At the second half, it's a long choir with more sounds of the film projector.

Availability: Can be found on Call of Duty: World at War.

19th Logo (Call of Duty: Black Ops variant) (November 9, 2010)

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Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XIX", "The New Treyarch Knot III", "Metal Treyarch Knot VIII", "New Filmed Treyarch Knot", "War Documents", "Silver Treyarch Knot VIII"

Logo: Again, like in the previous logo, the footage is based on pictures of warfare chronicles, mainly secret documents, until we can see the following words on them: "A Treyarch Production" with "Treyarch" bigger. Then the silver knot appears. The Activision logo with helicopters comes after this.

Trivia: This is a third variant of Treyarch's 4th official logo.

FX/SFX: All in CGI.

Music/Sounds: Sounds of electronic, paper folding and others collected together.

Availability: Can be found on Call of Duty: Black Ops.

20th Logo (Call of Duty: Black Ops II variant) (November 12, 2012)

Nicknames: "Treyarch Knot XX", "The New Treyarch Knot IV", "Metal Treyarch Knot IX", "Silver Treyarch Knot IX"

Logo: A yellow flash appears, revealing a blue cybernetic background with a yellow and purple retina scanner. We zoom to the right, and diagonally up as we then see a globe facing where The Americas are, which zooms out revealing the text "A TREYARCH PRODUCTION" in a futuristic font. We go to the left, and see what appears to be an aquamarine lens cap, which goes to the left and down diagonally, where it stops and reveals a navy circle, with the Treyarch logo from before showing up. It then fades to the Activision sequence.

Trivia: This is a fourth variant of Treyarch's 4th official logo.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Can be found on Call of Duty: Black Ops II.