Glen Schofield is leaving the Striking Distance Studios he founded
The founder and CEO of Striking Distance Studios, Glen Schofield, has decided to resign. Along with him, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer are also leaving the studio.
In a comment to Bloomberg, a representative from Krafton, the parent company of Striking Distance Studios, stated that all three top managers are departing the studio voluntarily.
Schofield described his departure as "bittersweet" and noted that he leaves the studio in capable hands. He handed over the CEO position to Steve Papoutsis, the development director at Striking Distance Studios, who previously worked with Schofield at Visceral Games on Dead Space.
Schofield founded Striking Distance Studios in 2019. In the new studio, he led the development of the horror game The Callisto Protocol, which was intended to be a "spiritual successor" to Dead Space at a quadruple-A level. The game did not meet expectations. At launch, it received average reviews from critics and gamers, after which Krafton's stock decreased by 8.41% within a day. Analysts, who had predicted the game would sell 5 million copies annually, eventually revised their forecast to 2 million.