The Callisto Protocol: Everything We Know About The Dead Space Spiritual Successor
After Dead Space 3 was released and Visceral Games eventually shuttered, it appeared the age of AAA science-fiction survival-horror games was coming to an end, but that wasn't the case for long. Glen Schofield, who co-created the original game before founding Sledgehammer Games, is returning to survival horror with The Callisto Protocol. Developed at his new company, Striking Distance Studios, The Callisto Protocol wears its Dead Space influence proudly, but it's aiming for a scarier and more atmospheric take on the genre than what Dead Space eventually became by its third installment. Here's what we know about The Callisto Protocol thus far, including the release date, story, weapons, and supported platforms.
The Callisto Protocol is a new original survival-horror game set on the titular Callisto--a moon of Jupiter. More specifically, it's set in a prison called Black Iron located on Callisto in 2320, with protagonist Jacob Lee finding himself trapped as mutating humans begin taking over and murdering other inmates.
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There are mysteries on--and in--Callisto that Jacob must uncover, and as with all good dystopic futuristic stories, a megacorporation could be the problem. In this case, United Jupiter Company reigns supreme, and we're willing to bet those inmates didn't just start transforming into monsters for no reason.
Like Dead Space before it, The Callisto Protocol is a third-person survival-horror game with action elements. There will be a
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