Shares of Crafton fell sharply on the Korea Stock Exchange on Friday, coinciding with the release of Callisto Protocol and reviews of the game being published.
It is the latest title from the South Korean company behind third-person survival horror games
PUBG: Battlegrounds and Terra, and the first game from California-based development studio Striking Distance.
The brainchild of Dead Space creator and Striking Distance CEO Glenn Schofield, it challenges players to escape a maximum security prison on Jupiter's moon Callisto in the year 2320, after a mysterious outbreak turns its inmates into demonic creatures and begins to smile.
It was released on Friday and the review was posted an hour and a half before the Korea Stock Exchange closed. Crafton closed down 8.41%, its lowest price since November 11th.
The game currently has scores of 75 (Xbox Series X/S and PC) and (PS5) on the review aggregation website Metacritic.
Although respectable, Serkan Toto, CEO of Tokyo-based gaming industry consultant Kantan Games, noted that the scores appear lower than some investors expected.
Crafton’s stock plummeted by the mid-1970s with the introduction of the Callisto Protocol
Crafton Stock on Friday (Calisto Protocol Reviews posted at 2 p.m. ET).
“TCP’s Metacritical score is in the mid-70s, and it seems too low for Crafton investors who were hoping IP would become a new pillar for PUBG,” he wrote.
Across media, Callisto Protocol received a wide range of scores, including a 9/10 from PCGamesN, a 7/10 from IGN, and a 5/10 from GameSpot.
"TCP's Metacritic score is in the mid-70s and seems too low for Crafton investors who were hoping IP would become a new pillar for PUBG," he wrote.
Across media, Callisto Protocol received a wide range of scores, including a 9/10 from PCGamesN, a 7/10 from IGN, and a 5/10 from GameSpot.
Critic Christopher wrote: "Calisto Protocol delivers violence, intensity and horror that lives up to its Dead Space predecessor, but with deeper strategic combat. However, the clichéd story and lack of original ideas mean it's a tangential past." is trapped in the f. Dring.
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