Hanging Distance Studios, the studio behind final 12 months’s motion horror title The Callisto Protocol, has suffered layoffs.
It’s been confirmed by way of IGN that 32 staff have been let go from the studio. These embrace manufacturing coordinator Sebastian Marlow, affiliate producer Nora Falcon, senior surroundings artist Matthew Smith, and VFX artist Matt Christopherson.
A spokesperson for Krafton, Hanging Distance’s mother or father firm, gave the next assertion to IGN:
“Hanging Distance Studios and Krafton have applied strategic adjustments that realign the studio’s priorities to raised place its present and future initiatives for achievement. Sadly, these adjustments have impacted 32 staff. Honoring the invaluable contributions of every departing staff member with materials help within the type of outplacement companies and significant severance packages is our prime precedence throughout this troublesome second.”
Hanging Distance was based in 2019 by Lifeless Area co-creator Glen Schofield alongside trade veterans. The Callisto Protocol was its first title, launched in December 2022. Set in a jail on Jupiter’s moon of Callisto in 2320, it follows an inmate’s escape following an alien outbreak. The sport acquired a blended reception from critics and gamers; we scored it a 6 out of 10 in our evaluation. It was reported in January that The Callisto Protocol underperformed in gross sales in comparison with its reportedly huge price range.
The Callisto Protocol’s story growth, Ultimate Transmission, was launched on June 28.
[Source: IGN]
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