Striking Distance Studios

Chief development officer Steve Papoutsis to become CEO

Striking Distance Studios' layoffs comes a month after the game's June DLC launch

Unity's AI-asset-creator-that-wasn't leads a week of bush league moves from big companies in gaming

After leaving ex-employees out of the game's original credits, Striking Distance adds more than 50 new names under "Additional Development"

In the absence of Striking Distance explaining The Callisto Protocol's credits omissions, we find a window into the management mindset elsewhere

Former Striking Distance employees estimate around 20 omitted from game's credits roll, including senior devs and key contributors

Horror title unable to get a rating from the country's ratings board CERO

Games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Fallout 76 have shifted public perceptions of crunch, now seen as a warning sign for bugs and low quality

Striking Distance boss followed up deleted tweet, claiming the studio values "passion and creativity, not long hours"