Dead Space spiritual successor The Callisto Protocol no longer a PUBG game

These are the creators Dead SpaceA new horror sci-fi game is coming this year. The Callisto Protocol, that was at one point connected to the fiction of PUBG (née PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds). But that’s no longer the case, says Glen Schofield, founder and CEO of developer Striking Distance Studios. According to a tweet from Schofield, his studio’s new game is now “its own story and world.”

“It was originally part of the PUBG timeline, but grew into its own world,” Schofield said on Twitter Thursday. “PUBG is awesome, [and]Fans will not be disappointed, although we’ll still offer some surprises. [The Callisto Protocol] is its own world, story and universe.”

If you’re wondering how the modern-day battle royale chaos of PUBG is connected to a sci-fi horror game set on a moon prison three centuries from now, you’re not alone. Krafton is the parent company to Striking Distance. Battlegrounds in PUBG developer PUBG Studios, one can see how a major corporation might be interested in creating a “universe” of some sort to lure fans from one project over to another. The idea was both bizarre and absurd to return to.

Schofield reportedly told Game Informer that Striking Distance “built in some touchpoints, and you’ll find them throughout the game like Easter eggs and things like that” that appear to connect The Callisto Protocol to PUBG, but it appears that connective tissue won’t be officially canon anymore.

The Callisto ProtocolIt will be released on PC and consoles later in the year. Schofield’s former colleagues at Electronic Arts will release an official Dead Space game, a remake of the original, in January 2023.