It’s been a turbulent time for The Callisto Protocol developer Striking Distance Studios, and it looks like that’s set to continue. The horror title launched last December to lukewarm reception from critics and audiences, following which it failed to achieve sales targets, while last month, it was reported that the studio had laid off over 30 employees.
Now, as per a Bloomberg report, Striking Distance Studios is also seeing some management shake-ups, which will see the departure of some key figures. Co-founder and CEO Glen Schofield – who previously created and directed Dead Space at Visceral Games, before co-founding Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games – is leaving the company, and he will be joined by the studio’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Meanwhile, the current chief development officer, Steve Papoutsis, will be taking over as CEO.
Striking Distance Studios parent company Krafton has confirmed in a statement that Schofield has “decided to pursue new opportunities”, while Schofield, calling his departure “bittersweet”, has assured that the studio is “in excellent hands”. As per Krafton, all three aforementioned departures are voluntary. while the company also says the studio’s plans “remain unaffected”.
In our review of The Callisto Protocol, we gave it a score of 6/10, saying, “The Callisto Protocol looks stunning and can offer small doses of fun, but from misguided gameplay choices and hyper-linear design to ineffectual attempts at horror and a bland story, it stumbles and disappoints in too many ways to be labelled as anything but a disappointment.” Read the full review through here.
