The Callisto Protocol

Platforms

PC
PS5
Xbox Series X/S

Initial release Dec. 2, 2022

Developers

Striking Distance Studios

Genres

Action Adventure
Shooter

Publishers

Krafton

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A man in a space suit with a humanoid monster gaping over his shoulder in The Callisto Protocol

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There should be a Callisto Protocol 2, says Dead Space creator Glen Schofield: "we had to cut two and a half bosses"

Former Striking Distance CEO shares details of cut material, disagreements with Krafton and Covid losses

Aug. 7, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

13 comments

The character blasts away at a crawling goo monster in The Callisto Protocol's roguelike spin-off Project Birdseye

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The Callisto Protocol’s action-roguelike spin-off is to Hades what the sci-fi horror shooter was to Dead Space

With added cel-shading

March 20, 2024 Matt Jarvis

9 comments

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Dead Space co-creator leaves Callisto Protocol studio after survival-horror debut flops

Following layoffs last month

Sept. 25, 2023 Matt Jarvis

11 comments

A bloated biophage wraps its hand around Jacob's head in The Callisto Protocol, as Jacob screams in pain.

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The Callisto Protocol studio hit by lay-offs for 32 employees

Publisher Krafton say it's in an effort to "realign the studio’s priorities"

Aug. 3, 2023 Kaan Serin

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The Callisto Protocol wraps things up with its first and only story DLC next week

Stompin' time

June 20, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

8 comments

Jacob comes face to face with a biophage covered in boils in The Callisto Protocol.

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The Callisto Protocol's latest patch adds a New Game+ mode

Sorry, New Experience+ mode

Jan. 20, 2023 Graham Smith

2 comments

A screenshot of Jacob Lee from The Callisto Protocol showing him looking to the left

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Ex-Striking Distance devs say they were omitted from The Callisto Protocol's credits

More than 20 staff, some senior, are alleged to have been left out

Jan. 10, 2023 CJ Wheeler

17 comments

A horrible split-faced monster in The Callisto Protocol.

Feature

The Callisto Protocol's PC patches restore it to full "yeah, it's alright" glory

Fixes to the shader compilation stutter mean you can now play an adequate game

Dec. 8, 2022 Alice Bell

13 comments

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Supporters only | The Callisto protocol disincentivises learning, and you can't patch that

Live, scream, live again

Dec. 5, 2022 Alice Bell

13 comments

Jacob raises his pistol at a biophage with tentacles pouring out of its stomach in The Callisto Protocol.

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The Callisto Protocol now has a patch which aims to address the stuttering issues

More optimisations are on the way

Dec. 3, 2022 Graham Smith

14 comments

Jacob enters a room in The Callisto Protocol that is full of murdered guards strung up on the ceiling

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The Callisto Protocol has a roadmap, but right now it's broken down for everyone

Maybe it'll be fixed by Feb

Dec. 2, 2022 Matt Cox

5 comments

A biophage monster menaces protagonist Jacob in The Callisto Protocol

Review

The Callisto Protocol review: could be silly, bloody space fun if it ran on PC

Listen you have to wait for my frame stutter to stop before you attack me, okay?

Dec. 2, 2022 Alice Bell

52 comments

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Striking Distance insist they haven't cut death animations from The Callisto Protocol to sell as DLC

The game’s season pass will feature extra animations

Nov. 24, 2022 CJ Wheeler

26 comments

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The Callisto Protocol's infested space prison channels Dead Space in the best possible way

We've been hands on, and there's real heft to combat and exploration

Oct. 26, 2022 Ed Thorn

9 comments

A mutating biophage lunges at Jacob in The Callisto Protocol.

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The Callisto Protocol is inspired by Die Hard and Shaun Of The Dead

And includes "reverse dismemberment"

Sept. 1, 2022 Ed Thorn

25 comments

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The Callisto Protocol has those good Dead Space deaths

A new trailer has the deadliest waterslide since Tomb Raider 2013

Aug. 23, 2022 Alice O'Connor

8 comments

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Subnautica dev's next game is a turn-based sci-fi affair

We'll find out more at Gamescom later this month

Aug. 9, 2022 Jay Castello

11 comments

A screenshot from The Callisto Protocol showing the head and shoulders of protagonist Jacob Lee. He looks very tired and sweaty

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Glen Schofield on the gore system and spiky walls of The Callisto Protocol's dangerous world

We've only seen the first round of what's to come

June 15, 2022 Ed Thorn

24 comments

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The Callisto Protocol's first tiny bit of gameplay is like Dead Space but with Mortal Kombat's gore

Revealed exclusively at the Summer Game Fest: some blood

June 9, 2022 Alice Bell

9 comments

A monster in space survival horror game The Callisto Protocol socking the protagonist in the face

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Survival horror game The Callisto Protocol is coming in December

Now with a new gameplay trailer

June 3, 2022 Jay Castello

16 comments

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The Callisto Protocol sure reminds me of Dead Space

It looks very much like a spiritual successor

Dec. 11, 2020 Imogen Beckhelling

10 comments

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Laaads! Playerunknown's Battlegrounds new studio making "original narrative experience"

LADS LADS LADS

June 26, 2019 Alice O'Connor

11 comments

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