The Callisto Protocol will no longer ship as part of the PUBG universe, it has been confirmed. Striking Distance Studios founder and CEO Glen Schofield took to Twitter to reveal how the survival horror game has evolved into having its own "world, story and universe". Apparently, there'll still be a few surprises for fans of the Battle Royale title, but that's as far as it goes.
In full, Schofield said: "FYI @CallistoTheGame is its own story and world. It no longer takes place in the PUBG Universe. It was originally part of the PUBG timeline, but grew into its own world. PUBG is awesome, & we will still have little surprises for fans, but TCP is its own world, story and universe."
When the game was first announced at The Game Awards 2020, the PUBG connection was mentioned but never properly explained. As a survival horror experience set in 2320 on one of Jupiter's moons, it was difficult to work out how the two games would tie together. Now there's no official connection at all.
Nevertheless, The Callisto Protocol is still slated to release this year for PS5 and PS4, with a gameplay reveal supposedly coming soon. Are you happy the tenuous PUBG link has been dropped? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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No more winner winner chicken dinners.
Now it's just loser loser lobster brunch. š
They never really seemed like a good fit for each other anyway so no problem here.
Thank goodness. This was one thing that didn't sit well with me
I had no idea there was a PUBG connection. Guess that was too much horror even for this game
Glad they came to their senses and course corrected in the end.
I think he was pulling our leg the whole time
Thank God. It was like Dead Space Remake is connected to Fortnite.
Great.
Makes sense.
Good. Can't say I was a fan of the idea as it felt like a pretty big stretch considering it contrasted with the entire vibe.
Somehow I was unaware that it was, but this is good news to me.
Just give me a release date already.
Probably just skins. It's like how Genshin Impact and Horizon are technically part of the same universe. Or Fortnite and God of War.
Pubg has a universe?
This is for the best, alot of people don't care for PUBG and would have skipped the game.
What Iām interested to know is how it plays. I really like the way you can easily switch from third person to first person view while aiming and back which makes for an enjoyable gunplay / gameplay and a pro consumer option that should be more common in most games.
FPS only games feel awful to me. š¤¢
Thank god but hey?! They say ps4 too? Serious? Oh my oh my. thanks! im one of those who dont have a ps5 garbage...
I guess Blue hole finally accepted that trying to turn Pubg in to a mega franchise was a stupid idea, and would have just limited Callisto Protocol.
@KidBoruto Cause the game is just a bunch of janky mess
How was this even meant to be linked to it in the first place lol
I was looking forward to tea bagging the aliens too.
PUBG thing was obviously marketing and nonsense from the start.
@lolwhatno
Nice. Itās a great option for gamers and not talked about enough. Ideally every game should give the choice.
Good, that always sounded so dumb. Smart move
Good to know.it never made any sense to be in pubg universe anyways.cant wait for this game its going to be a good game.word up son
I actually liked the look of this but wasn't really interested because of the PUBG connection because I don't know/want to know anything about that world. Now we're good.
Wait, this game is coming to PS4 too? Awesome!
I don't know anything about pubg story so maybe this will be good for the game since it will be it's own world.
@JJ2 It will probably play like past DS games. FPS is no bueno for me either. I prefer to see my character
There was a time when my old man's entire universe was the PUB.
@pyrrhic_victory i found it to be very strange too. glad they dropped that.
@Nepp67 I wouldn't know, purposely avoiding games like PUBG.
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