Striking Distance Studios
| File:Striking Distance Studios Logo.png Logo since 2019 | |
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded 📆 | 2019; 3 years ago in San Ramon, California |
| Founder 👔 | Glen Schofield |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | San Ramon, California |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | Glen Schofield (CEO) |
| Products 📟 | The Callisto Protocol |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 210+ (2022) |
| 🌐 Website | sds |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Striking Distance Studios is an American video game developer based in San Ramon, California. Founded by Glen Schofield and former Sledgehammer Games and Visceral Games industry veterans in 2019. The Callisto Protocol is the first game produced by the studio. It is scheduled for release on December 2, 2022.
History
In 2017, Electronic Arts announced that it would shut down Visceral Games, the former studio of Striking Distance Studios founder Glen Schofield.[1]
To build a science fiction game in the survival horror genre, Striking Distance Studios in San Ramon, California, quickly built a team of 150 developers. The studio was founded by Glen Schofield, a former co-president of Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games, with funding from Korean video game company, Krafton (PUBG Corp).[2]
Three years after the studio was founded, Striking Distance Studios announced its first game, The Callisto Protocol, a sci-fi survival horror game in 2020.[3]
At Sony's State of Play showcase on June 2, 2022, Striking Distance Studios announced the release date of The Callisto Protocol as December 2, 2022.[4]
The Callisto Protocol, a survival horror game that was formerly (but is no longer) set in the PUBG universe. On May 26, 2022, Schofield stated that the game had grown to be its own story and is no longer connected to the PUBG universe.[5]
Games developed
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2022 | The Callisto Protocol |
| TBA | Announced new game |
References
- ↑ "EA has shut down Visceral Games". Eurogamer.net. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "The Callisto Protocol: How Striking Distance Studios is creating survival horror of the future". VentureBeat. 2020-12-20. Archived from the original on 2020-12-25. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ Rami Tabari (2022-07-05). "The Callisto Protocol: Everything we know so far". LaptopMag. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ Mercante, Tom Regan Contributions from Alyssa; Wald, Heather; published, Joe Donnelly (2022-07-22). "The Callisto Protocol - release date and everything we know". gamesradar. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "The Callisto Protocol is no longer part of the PUBG universe". VGC. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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