The Callisto Protocol Is No Longer in the PUBG Universe
Many thought it was peculiar that the dark, gritty horror game was set in the universe. They’re two different genres and take place in two completely different places. It seems as though Striking Distance Studios came to the same conclusion, as the two are no longer in the same world.
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is its own story and world. It no longer takes place in the PUBG Universe. It was originally part of the PUBG timeline, but grew into its own world. PUBG is awesome, &we will still have little surprises for fans, but TCP is its own world, story and universe.
— Glen A. Schofield (@GlenSchofield) <a href=«https://twitter.com/GlenSchofield/status/1529930056725712897?ref_src=» https: www.comingsoon.net>May 26, 2022
Founder and CEO of Striking Distance Studios Glen Schofield tweeted about the change, stating that is still “awesome” but that grew into its own world. Schofield also said that the game still has some surprises for fans, though. Just before the announcement of the split, Schofield recently told Game Informer (as captured by IGN) that sharing a universe “sounded really good” at first before it starting getting “a little out there.”
“The idea of us being in the universe at first sounded really good, and then as you start coming up with your story we realized, ‘Wow, this is a little out there,'” Schofield said. “We built in some touchpoints, and you’ll find them throughout the game like Easter eggs and things like that.”
His follow-up statement adds more context, foreshadowing that the connection was losing steam even more the official announcement.
“They write this giant timeline and our writers are involved in helping,” he continued.
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