The Callisto Protocol made its first appearance at The Game Awards where it debuted as a survival-horror game already featuring some ghastly creatures considering we've only seen one trailer. The game's created by Glen Schofield, the same individual responsible for the creation of the Dead Space games, and it's being developed within the new Striking Distance studio. Another interesting fact about the project that may surprise some is that it's set within the universe of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
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From watching the trailer below, you'd be hard-pressed to make any connections between this new game and PUBG if that was all you had to go off of. Everything about the trailer is as different from the battle royale game as it could possibly be, but it's indeed part of the PUBG universe, Schofield told IGN.
From Striking Distance Studios and the creators of Dead Space, comes The Callisto Protocol – a terrifying, story-driven, survival horror game set in a prison colony on Jupiter's dead moon Callisto. Coming 2022. #CallistoTheGamepic.twitter.com/k9b8KkfpXB
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— The Callisto Protocol (@CallistoTheGame) December 11, 2020'The funny thing is, I came in with this story when I went and met with the PUBG people for the first time and started talking about [The Callisto Protocol] and building a studio,' Schofield said. 'I presented this game to them, and so what we did was we made it fit within the PUBG storyline.'
Schofield said in the past that he was working on a new game within the PUBG universe, but that most natural conclusion people drew from that was that it was some sort of narrative-driven shooter. It's a far cry from that, but however it's managed to fit into PUBG, it's caught people's attention already. It gave off some serious Dead Space vibes from the trailer alone even if you didn't know at first that Schofield was working on it, and the creator has said he wants to make it 'the scariest game' on next-gen platforms and on PC.
That work may take a while though since we've only been given a 2022 timeframe for the release of The Callisto Protocol. The timeframe was given at the end of the trailer above, and in part of Schofield's talks with IGN, he said the level of detail being put into the game slows things down.
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'We're getting so detailed, it slows us down on production, you know what I mean?' Schofield said. 'We can get so detailed now and fit those graphics on the screen and it's taking a lot of time to build it.'
The Callisto Protocol is scheduled to release some time in 2022.
In Season 10 for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, we'll see the smallest map to date added to the game's lineup. A map that's purely urban, Haven will only have an overall footprint of 1km x 1km, and it's hard to overstate how tiny that is when compared to PUBG‘s largest maps like Erangel. This has definitely been a year of small maps for PUBG, as the beginning of the year saw the addition of the 2km x 2km Karakin as well.
Is this a trend that's going to continue into 2021? It doesn't seem likely, as in a new interview with Polygon, PUBG creative director Dave Curd indicated that fans can likely expect new maps to be big again once we're into the new year. While he didn't give specifics, Curd did indicate that something the size of Erangel and Miramar or even larger could be on deck for 2021.
'I think that Erangel/Miramar 8-by-8, perhaps even larger, that seems to really be the sweet spot,' Curd said. 'So that's something that we're really looking forward to bringing back to players next year.' Anyone who has played PUBG at any point since launch can tell you that Erangel – the game's first and easily most familiar map – is absolutely sprawling, so PUBG Corp launching a map that's even bigger could be quite the exciting thing indeed.
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For now, though, it seems that 2020's maps have attempted to make games more fast-paced by packing players into a smaller area. The patch notes for update 10.1, which is now live on the PUBG test server, indicate that Haven tosses a new enemy faction into the mix, giving players even more to worry about than their human opponents. The patch notes also say that Haven is a seasonal map that will only be playable during Season 10, so if you want to check it out, you'll need to get to some playtime in once Season 10 goes live.
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We'll see what happens from here, but if you're a longtime PUBG player wondering where all the big maps are, it looks like they're coming next year. We'll let you know when PUBG Corp shares more, but for now, check out the patch notes linked above for more on the game's Season 10 update.
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