The Callisto Protocol is slowly approaching its release and the title has never been talked about so much. We were able to approach him during a recent preview, while having been able to interview the director Glen Schofield and the artistic director Demetrius Leal in order to learn the last details around the game before its release. A new approach that allowed us to see that the game is not lace about violence, which is probably a bit too much for the Japanese classification body.
A game too gory?
The Callisto Protocol would it be too violent for Japan? In any case, this is what seems to conclude Striking Distance via the Japanese branch of the game twitter account (with a statement translated by VGC).
The team explains that they have not been able to circumvent the limitations behind the CERO organizationthe equivalent of our PEGI, and thatshe didn’t want to alter the nature of the experience by changing elements. Therefore, if a game cannot be approved by the CERO, it cannot be released in the territory, which means that The Callisto Protocol will not be released in Japan.
Censorship in games in Japan is not new, especially when it comes to violence and horror games, and the title of Striking Distance is paying the price today. Rather than censor passages that were too gory for the game to be approved, the studio decided to do without Japanese territory.
The Callisto Protocol is still scheduled with us for December 2, and will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series.