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”

Striking Distance, the studio behind last year’s alien horror stomp ‘em upThe 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.”

As noted byVGC, several impacted employees began to share the news over social media this week, which included the team’s associate producer Nora Falcon, senior environment artist Matthew Smith, and production coordinator Sebastion Marlow. Striking Distance and publisher Krafton (of PUBG fame) later confirmed the news in a joint statement toIGN. Here’s their statement in full:

Alice Bee’sreviewtook issue with the game’s unconventional combat controls and technical woes on the PC side. Later patches did address the PC version’s stuttering issues, but the game was still“just allllright.”