Lifeless Area Co-Creator Glen Schofield Leaves Callisto Protocol Studio

Hanging Distance Studios CEO and co-founder Glen Schofield is leaving the corporate, lower than one yr after the discharge of its debut sport, The Callisto Protocol. Moreover, the studio’s chief working and chief monetary officers are leaving too.

In accordance with Bloomberg and confirmed by Hanging Distance Studios guardian firm Krafton, Schofield has “determined to pursue new alternatives.” Kraton additionally talked about that his resignation was voluntary, together with chief working officer Stacey Hirata and chief monetary officer Johnny Hsu’s as properly.

Chief growth officer Steve Papoutsis will assume Schofield’s former position as CEO. He has labored on video games reminiscent of Lifeless Area 2 and Battlefield Hardline throughout his tenure at Digital Arts. He has additionally labored on franchises reminiscent of Medal of Honor, Legacy of Kain, and Gex.

In a press release shared with GameSpot, Schofield mentioned, “Creating Hanging Distance Studios has been an unbelievable journey and I’m so pleased with what we’ve achieved with The Callisto Protocol, a sport near my coronary heart. Whereas pursuing a brand new journey is thrilling, leaving SDS is bittersweet, however I do know the studio is in wonderful fingers.”

He continued, “Steve and I’m going method again to working at Visceral Video games. I noticed how profitable he was in taking the reins after my departure then and the way he continued the studio’s success and progress. That’s how I do know he’s the one to guide the studio into its subsequent chapter.”

Schofield additionally confirmed that he had been planning his exit from the studio and needed to make a clean as a transition as potential. He defined that the studio’s plans stay unaffected by his departure.

Hanging Distance Studios laid off greater than 30 employees again in August, presumably because of the poor essential reception and business gross sales of The Callisto Protocol. This is not the primary studio to implement these sorts of layoffs. Earlier this month, Ascendent Studios laid off nearly half of its employees as a result of Immortals of Aveum’s lackluster gross sales.