Creator of Useless Area and the director behind 2022’s The Callisto Protocol Glen Schofield has stated that he may be carried out with directing video games in the interim. In a put up on LinkedIn, Schofield wrote in regards to the problem of getting monetary backing for a brand new sport that he was engaged on alongside his daughter.
“Over the previous eight months, I’ve been quietly working with my daughter, Nicole, on a brand new sport thought,” wrote Schofield. “She got here to me with it, and I instantly beloved the concept. One thing I hadn’t seen earlier than. We’ve been calling it a brand new sub-genre of horror—not simply horror, however one thing extra.”
Whereas Schofield had selected a price range of $17 million to develop the mission absolutely and had developed a prototype with a small crew to attempt to get it funded, he in the end hit a roadblock when it got here to truly getting financing for the sport. Fairly a little bit of the suggestions, in line with Schofield, got here all the way down to the budgeting, with potential buyers asking him to “get it to $10 million”, after which later, dropping the price range all the way down to $2 to $5 million.
“So final month, we determined to stroll away. Some concepts are higher left untouched than carried out low cost,” he continued. “We had a workforce of six right here within the States and a full crew within the UK. Now, everybody’s searching for work. They’re all proficient people—for those who’re hiring, let me know.”
“As for me—I’ve labored on video games of each dimension. From 2 of us to over 300 devs. Spent the final 15–20 years making huge AAA titles with nice groups. That’s what I do. That’s what I really like. However with the business on pause, AAA feels prefer it’s a protracted methods away.”
In the end, Schofield has stated that he will likely be taking a break from directing new initiatives, and as a substitute going again to work on his personal artwork. He has additionally talked about that he would possibly find yourself by no means directing one other sport once more. This, nonetheless, isn’t set in stone.
“I’m nonetheless round, making artwork, writing tales and concepts and nonetheless cheering the business on,” he wrote. “However possibly I’ve directed my final sport. Who is aware of? If that’s the case thanks taking part in my video games.”
The final main title that Schofield had labored on as a director was The Callisto Protocol. Nevertheless, the title didn’t do as nicely commercially as writer Krafton needed, and Schofield in the end left the studio he had co-founded—Hanging Distance Studios—together with his position being taken over by Steve Papoutsis.
“Glen’s contributions throughout his time at Krafton have been invaluable,” wrote Krafton in a press release again in 2023. “He constructed an ace workforce of abilities at Hanging Distance Studios and set a excessive normal for the work they did collectively daily. We’re assured within the workforce’s continued success due to the numerous impression Glen has had, and for that we owe him our deepest gratitude.”
The Callisto Protocol was launched on PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. Since its authentic launch, the sport has seen a number of updates, together with one late final yr that introduced in PS5 Professional enhancements. Take a look at our assessment of the unique for extra particulars in regards to the sport.
