PUBG spin-off The Callisto Protocol no longer a PUBG spin-off
The Callisto Protocol remains on track for 2022, but it has now severed any ties it had to Krafton’s PUBG battle royale.
Back before EA announced its Dead Space remake, fans of the series had The Callisto Protocol to look forward to instead. A spiritual successor to the sci-fi horror series, by one of the original creators, the game was announced almost two years ago and yet still there’s been zero gameplay footage.
Despite the lack of info, it is still slated to release this year, with no sign of a delay. However, one detail has changed since its announcement. Namely, its connection to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
For whatever reason, The Callisto Protocol was going to be set in the same universe as the battle royale, but creative director Glen Schofield has said this is no longer the case.
Schofield shared the news via Twitter, simply saying that The Callisto Protocol ‘grew into its own world’ and is now completely unrelated to PUBG.
We’re still not entirely sure why it was ever connected to PUBG to begin with but, even before the change, any ties the two had would’ve been tenuous at best.
Speaking with Game Informer, Schofield revealed that The Callisto Protocol was initially set in the distant future, long after PUBG takes place.
‘When we came in, they had a lore team and they were writing this big story, like, ‘Where does PUBG start? Where does it fit in?’ They write this giant timeline and our writers are involved in helping. We sit on the timeline, but we sit pretty far out there, and kind of alone,’ he explained.
We weren’t even aware PUBG had any story to begin with, but apparently it does since there’s a dedicated lore website.
GameInformer has shared new screenshots of the game, which have been uploaded to Reddit,
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