The Callisto Protocol release date, gameplay trailer and news
It comes from one of the minds behind Dead Space!
The Christmas season doesn't always mean lighthearted yarns in the snow and family-friendly adventures. For gamers, at least, it often means getting stuck into a bloodthirsty fight for our lives against otherworldly creatures from outer space. And this holiday season, with The Callisto Protocol releasing, this scenario certainly seems to be the case.
From Glen Schofield, the co-creator of Dead Space, it looks like we're in for gruesome space frights and terrifying set pieces as we take control of a prisoner on Jupiter's moon under siege from mysterious alien forces.
If this sounds like your kind of thing (it's certainly ours), here's everything you need to know about The Callisto Protocol.
When is The Callisto Protocol release date?
The Callisto Protocol release date is Friday 2nd December 2022.
So there's barely any time to wait now before this exciting new sci-fi game will be available for us all to play.
What time does The Callisto Protocol unlock in the UK?
That's the date, but you might be impatiently waiting right now, wondering exactly when you can play.
Here in the UK, we can confirm that The Callisto Protocol will unlock at 5am GMT on the morning of Friday 2nd December. Over in the USA, fans can start playing from midnight Eastern Time.
Can I pre-order The Callisto Protocol?
You certainly can pre-order The Callisto Protocol, for both generations of consoles (and PC of course). Amazon and GAME are just two of the places you can head to in order to make sure you secure a copy of the game on release day.
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What platforms can I get The Callisto Protocol on?
The Callisto Protocol will be available on current generation consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Series X, as well as the PS4 and Xbox One, with a PC release also confirmed. There's no sign of a Nintendo Switch version, but there are plenty of other ways to play.
What is The Callisto Protocol story?
As per the official synopsis, here is what you can expect from The Callisto Protocol story:
"The Callisto Protocol is set in 2320 at a prison colony called Black Iron, operated by the United Jupiter Company, and located on Jupiter's moon Callisto. The player takes the role of a prisoner Jacob Lee who is held at Black Iron, finding themselves in the midst of an alien invasion that appears to have been engineered by the prison's warden."
The invasion will see other humans mutate into monsters, and part of the story will be finding out why that started happening in the first place.
The Callisto Protocol gameplay
The Callisto Protocol is a third-person survival-horror game that, like Dead Space before it, will crank up the action at times to deliver a tense and nail-biting gaming experience. Take a look at the gameplay reveal below to see for yourself.
There will be a nice mixture of enemies to keep things fresh as the game goes on, and combat will be a mixture of weapons and melee attacks. But if you were hoping to be able to just stick to the weapons then think again, as ammunition will be low throughout, so you will need to conserve it for when you really need it.
And it looks as though enemies will be really tough on occasion, and even a single foe could end up causing you far more trouble than you imagined – we can't wait to get scared and frustrated by this game when it releases in December!
It looks like we could be enjoying the undead space action into the new year also, as The Callisto Protocol will be receiving a season pass that includes story DLC, the Outer Way Skin Collection, a Contagion bundle with a harder difficulty mode, and a Riot bundle with a wave-based survival mode. Combined, the last two modes come with 25 new death animations - lovely...
The Callisto Protocol trailer
Here is The Callisto Protocol announcement trailer that was first revealed at The Game Awards. While you wait for The Callisto Protocol release date on 2nd December, this should tide you over somewhat.
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