Why The Callisto Protocol Dropped Its PUBG Connection
One of 2022's most-anticipated games is the horror title The Callisto Protocol from Dead Space and Call of Duty veteran Glen Schofield's new studio, Striking Distance. Following the game's big showing at Summer Game Fest Live recently, GameSpot sat down with Schofield to learn more about the game.
In our interview, Schofield talks about one of the biggest pieces of news surrounding the game--its connection, or now lackthereof--to the PUBG universe. Schofield shared that The Callisto Protocol started as a PUBG universe game because Krafton was working on a timeline with story and lore for PUBG with the aim of creating additional titles in the PUBG universe.
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However, as development progressed, it came to be that The Callisto Protocol would break off from PUBG and stand on its own. «We went along that way for a while, but then, I don't know, it was really a while ago--I want to say a year--we're already not in that world,» Schofield recalled.
No longer are The Callisto Protocol's characters, universe, and world part of the PUBG universe. «We didn't want to confuse the fans,» Schofield said, adding that he received plenty of questions about the game's connection to PUBG, so he wanted to make a statement about this.
While The Callisto Protocol is not an official PUBG game, it will have «little tiny things» in it that may connect to PUBG, though Schofield didn't share more. He did, however, say that one of the reasons why The
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