Glen Scholfield, the founding father of Placing Distance Studios, the group behind The Callisto Protocol, has reportedly left the studio “to pursue new alternatives.”
When Placing Distance Studios was first revealed, there was a whole lot of pleasure within the air. Schofield has a robust observe document because the creator of Lifeless Area, and what’s extra the studios first recreation could be one other horror title.
There was a whole lot of warning, because it was first meant to be part of the PUBG world with the studio being created in collaboration with Krafton, however as soon as that was shrugged off and The Callisto Protocol started to take form in gamers minds, lots of people obtained much more excited.
Then The Callisto Protocol launched, and the joy for the sport was not matched by the precise gameplay. It didn’t land with gamers in the way in which Placing Distance or Krafton would have appreciated.
There’s additionally already been layoffs at Placing Distance attributable to The Callisto Protocol’s poor launch, and this information now makes any fan of the sport marvel what’ll occur to it.
Placing Distance has boasted about the way it had years of content material deliberate, Schofield himself even spoke about desirous to make a sequel.
Now, it’ll be curious to see if Placing Distance continues to work with the IP, or switches to one thing new. Whereas The Callisto Protocol could not have landed with everybody, it confirmed that the group at Placing Distance is extremely proficient.
Hopefully the studio is ready to discover its footing in its subsequent challenge, no matter that finally ends up being.
As for Schofield, whereas earlier in his profession it was simple to say that gamers ought to look to what he does subsequent, following this Callisto disaster, it simply doesn’t appear that straightforward anymore.
Supply – [Bloomberg]