The Game Awards 2020 was full of surprise game announcements, including the reveal ofDead Spacecreator Glen Schofield’s next game,The Callisto Protocol. Clearly meant to be a spiritual successor to theDead Spacefranchise, some may be surprised to learn thatThe Callisto Protocolis tied to a completely different game entirely. As it turns out,The Callisto Protocolis set in the same universe asPlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
This was confirmed by a spokesperson for Striking Distance, Schofield’s studio that operates under the Krafton Inc. umbrella alongside PUBG Corp. Speaking to IGN, the spokesperson reportedly confirmed thatThe Callisto Protocolis set inPUBG’s universe and “connected” toPUBG, but did not elaborate on how exactly. There was nothing in the trailer that indicated any kind of connection toPUBG, so fans will have to wait a bit longer to find out more.
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WhileThe Callisto Protocolnarrative may be connected toPUBG, it will not be a similar game from a gameplay standpoint. WhereasPUBGis an online multiplayer battle royale game,The Callisto Protocolis a single-player, third-person survival-horror game. Not only that, but the two games have completely different settings. As revealed byThe Callisto Protocoltrailer, Schofield’s game is set on a Jupiter’s moon Callisto in the year 2320, whereasPUBGis (presumably) set on Earth.
The Callisto Protocolrelease window isn’t until 2022, so fans still have quite some time to wait before they will get to try the game for themselves. However,The Game Awards host Geoff Keighleyteased that more news onThe Callisto Protocolwill come to light at some point in 2021, and so fans may have more trailers or other things to look forward to in the somewhat near future.
One thing that many fans would likely want to know is which platformsThe Callisto Protocolis aiming for. During The Game Awards, Schofield indicated thatThe Callisto Protocolis in development for PC and consoles, but stopped short of specifying which consoles. It’s possible that the team is still deciding whether or not to release the game on current-gen platforms or dedicate their resources entirely to making it a full-fledgednext-gen experience, so fans will have to hang tight and wait for more information on that front.
Besides what’s shown in the trailer, the only other thing we know is thatThe Callisto Protocolis looking to be thescariest game ever made. That’s quite the lofty goal, so it will be interesting to see if it lives up to the hype come its release in a couple of years time.
The Callisto Protocolwill launch in 2022 for PC and unspecified consoles.
