Hanging Distance Studios CEO Glen Schofield published that upcoming recreation The Callisto Protocol now not takes position throughout the PUBG universe.
“FYI @CallistoTheGame is its personal tale and international,” he defined on Twitter. “It now not takes position within the PUBG Universe. It used to be at the beginning a part of the PUBG timeline, however grew into its personal international. PUBG is superior, and we can nonetheless have little surprises for lovers, however TCP is its personal international, tale and universe.”
FYI @CallistoTheGame is its personal tale and international. It now not takes position within the PUBG Universe. It used to be at the beginning a part of the PUBG timeline, however grew into its personal international. PUBG is superior, &we can nonetheless have little surprises for lovers, however TCP is its personal international, tale and universe.
— Glen A. Schofield (@GlenSchofield) May 26, 2022
The survival horror recreation used to be at the beginning announced in December 2020 and used to be going to happen inside the similar universe as PUBG a number of centuries into the long run. Then again, it used to be unclear what sort of ties the 2 video games would have. Previous this week, Schofield mentioned that The Callisto Protocol used to be so far into the future in 2320 that any connections did not even in reality subject. Now, he clarifies that there merely are not any.
The Callisto Protocol follows protagonist Jacob Lee as he tries to flee a jail facility on Jupiter’s Callisto moon that is stuffed with monsters known as Biophages. To battle off those monsters, Jacob is handiest supplied with a baton, pistol, shotgun, and a tool known as a GRP that may transfer pieces and enemies round.
Whilst the sport would possibly not happen throughout the PUBG universe anymore, it is imaginable that there may well be PUBG easter eggs, as Schofield says that there’ll nonetheless be some surprises for lovers.
The Callisto Protocol is scheduled to release someday this yr for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S.
George Yang is a contract creator for IGN. You’ll observe him on Twitter @yinyangfooey
