{"id":606056,"date":"2026-03-22T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-space-creators-the-callisto-protocol-has-ditched-ties-with-pubg-universe"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:00:50","slug":"dead-space-creators-the-callisto-protocol-has-ditched-ties-with-pubg-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-space-creators-the-callisto-protocol-has-ditched-ties-with-pubg-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Space creator&#8217;s The Callisto Protocol has ditched ties with PUBG universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dead-space-creators-the-callisto-protocol-has-ditched-ties-with-pubg-universe.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nEver since its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-callisto-protocol-sure-looks-like-the-spiritual-successor-to-dead-space\">unveiling in 2020<\/a>, Dead Space creator Glen Schofield&#8217;s sci-fi horror The Callisto Protocol has conjured images of Dead Space, so it was a bit of a surprise when, due to various studio connections, it was announced the game would be set in the PUBG Universe. That, however, is no longer the case, with Schofield now saying it&#8217;s its &#8220;own story and world&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Callisto Protocol is a third-person horror game set in 2320, with its action unfolding within the confines of the Black Iron prison colony on Jupiter&#8217;s moon Callisto. While that set-up mightn&#8217;t immediately scream PUBG to onlookers, the connection came from the fact developer Striking Distance was explicitly established by PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher Krafton to create narrative-driven games that would expand the universe introduced in the battle royale hit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs Schofield explained in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/05\/26\/the-callisto-protocol-no-longer-takes-place-in-the-pubg-universe\">GameInformer cover feature<\/a> on The Callisto Protocol, &#8220;When we came in, [Krafton] had a lore team and they were writing this big story, like, &#8216;Where does PUBG start? Where does it fit in?'&#8221;. Had those plans continued, the horror game would have sat &#8220;pretty far out&#8221; along the timeline, but somewhere during development the idea was dropped.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-space-creators-the-callisto-protocol-has-ditched-ties-with-pubg-universe\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dead-space-creators-the-callisto-protocol-has-ditched-ties-with-pubg-universe\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since its unveiling in 2020, Dead Space creator Glen Schofield&#8217;s sci-fi horror The Callisto Protocol has conjured images of Dead Space, so it was a bit of a surprise when, due to various studio connections, it was announced the game would be set in the PUBG Universe. That, however, is no longer the case, with Schofield now saying it&#8217;s its &#8220;own story and world&#8221;. The Callisto Protocol is a third-person horror game set in 2320, with its action unfolding within the confines of the Black Iron prison colony on Jupiter&#8217;s moon Callisto. While that set-up mightn&#8217;t immediately scream PUBG to onlookers, the connection came from the fact developer Striking Distance was explicitly established by PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher Krafton to create narrative-driven games that would&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dead-space-creators-the-callisto-protocol-has-ditched-ties-with-pubg-universe\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[1192,59,45,1194,4616],"class_list":["post-606056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-horror","tag-pc","tag-ps5","tag-the-callisto-protocol","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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