"A lot of them were caused by Korean management."

Image credit: Striking Distance

Glen Schofield, the game-maker best known for co-creating Dead Space, has blamed Korean company Krafton - the owner of PUBG - for the shortcomings of his horror game successor The Callisto Protocol , which it published.

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz , Schofield expressed frustrated bewilderment at Krafton's handling of his Striking Distance company, which it had invested in, during the Covid pandemic. Krafton allegedly promised Striking Distance three extra months of development time and then rescinded it.

"I was forced to ship the game," Schofield said. "I'm mad at myself, there's no doubt. I was so stunned by that decision, because we had fucking Covid. A million people died in America. I lost one of my best friends.

"Every single month, four to six people in my company were getting sick.…