Callisto Protocol Publisher Confirms 32 Striking Distance Studios Layoffs to 'Realign Priorities'

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Genshin Impact has always drawn comparisons with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and now a developer has finally acknowledged said comparisons. 

Over in Japan, the  Blue Protocol devs had a recent livestream sharing some of the changes in the works forthe Japanese version of the game.

A studio that handled Baldur’s Gate III translations has apologized after outsourced workers were omitted from the game’s credits. "We take full responsibility for this omission of our freelancers' names and apologize for the effects that it had," Altagram Group founder and CEO Marie Amigues said in a statement. "We would like to thank Larian for allowing us to quickly fix that error and update the credits section. The names of the Brazilian Portuguese translators will be included in an upcoming patch to the game."

A few dataminers have found what looks like nearly certain proof that we are getting Quake II Enhanced, as soon as tomorrow.

Larian Studios says it has been in contact with a localization company that failed to provide complete credits for the Brazilian translation of Baldur's Gate 3, and promised that all missing credits will be added in the next hotfix.

In late July, the first preview impressions for the Western version of Blue Protocol began to publish worldwide. Although the game had a successful launch in Japan back in June, this was the first opportunity for press to experience and share their thoughts on the Western version of the game, which is set to launch next year.

Baldur's Gate III is dominating the Steam charts with record-breaking numbers, surpassing the 800,000 concurrent player mark on August 6. To be precise, the peak count was 814,666, perching it as the ninth-highest ranking PC game, when sorted by all-time peak variable — right below Hogwarts Legacy. It's an impressive feat, considering the game had been out for nearly three years now, albeit in early access, which allowed developer Larian Studios to slow-cook it to perfection based on player feedback. The completed version of the game dropped August 3 on PC and has shown no signs of slowing down.

Striking Distance Studios, the developer behind 2022’s The Callisto Protocol, is laying off some developers. The company confirms it has left 32 employees go in a move to “realign” the studio, for current and future projects.

Striking Distance Studios, the studio behind last year’s action horror title The Callisto Protocol, as suffered a number of layoffs.

Following sub-par sales and disappointing DLC, Striking Distance Studios, the studio behind The Callisto Protocol, has confirmed its laid off 32 people.

Striking Distance, the studio behind last year’s alien horror stomp ‘em up The Callisto Protocol, have suffered layoffs affecting 32 employees in what their publisher calls an effort to “realign the studio’s priorities to better position its current and future projects.”