Placing Distance Studios, the studio behind the 2022 survival horror and Lifeless House religious successor the Callisto Protocol, has laid off 32 workers in what it is calling a transfer to “realign the studio’s priorities to higher place its present and future initiatives for fulfillment.”
Noticed first by X user @bogorad222 and independently confirmed by IGN, greater than 30 workers have been impacted by the latest layoffs.
In a press release despatched to IGN, a spokesperson for Krafton confirmed the studio had layoffs and that 32 workers have been impacted.
Placing Distance Studios and KRAFTON have carried out strategic modifications that realign the studio’s priorities to higher place its present and future initiatives for fulfillment. Sadly, these modifications have impacted 32 workers. Honoring the invaluable contributions of every departing workforce member with materials help within the type of outplacement providers and significant severance packages is our prime precedence throughout this tough second.
Placing Distance struggles ahead
Placing Distance was based over three years in the past and is led by Glen Schofield, the creator of Lifeless House and co-founder of Sledgehammer Video games. The studio was initially shaped to create a narrative-driven recreation set within the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) universe, later revealed as The Callisto Protocol. Nonetheless, in Could 2022, Schofield revealed that The Callisto Protocol not takes place within the PUBG universe, stating that it “grew into its own world..”
Des licenciements chez Placing Distance Studios (@sd_studios ), 1 mois après la sortie du dernier DLC de The Callisto Protocol. pic.twitter.com/8sXaHnH7Hp
— FdeSousse Officiel 🟨 (@Taleboules) August 1, 2023
Nonetheless, when The Callisto Protocol was launched, it was met with blended evaluations and a number of other points, from efficiency points to studio crunch, and points with crediting individuals who labored on the sport. Moreover, it was reported that The Callisto Protocol failed to satisfy the gross sales expectations set forth by Placing Distance Studios’ dad or mum firm Krafton.
In our overview of The Callisto Protocol, which we awarded a 7 out of 10, my colleague Tristran Ogilvie stated “The Callisto Protocol is a satisfyingly gory spiritual successor to the Dead Space series, but it’s ultimately more of a striking modern mimic than a scary new mutation.”
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You possibly can comply with her on Twitter @TayNixster.
