Former SHG Studio Head Glen Schofield joins PUBG Corp to lead new Striking Distance studio

PUBG Corp. has announced this morning that they have brought on Glen Schofield, former co-founder and studio head of Sledgehammer Games, to be the CEO of the newly created studio under PUBG Corp called Striking Distance.

The news was announced in a Twitter video on PUBG’s social channels this morning with a video of Glen Schofield talking about what the new Striking Distance studio is and will be.

In the video, Schofield says they are working with PUBG to build Striking Distance from the ground up as a new studio part of the PUBG Corp family.

The studio will be focused on creating a “narrative” experience in the PUBG universe.

Both of the Sledgehammer Games studio heads left Activision in 2018 as the company made changes to the studio following the launch of Call of Duty: WWII. Michael Condrey joined 2K to lead a new 2K Studio, and now Schofield has joined PUBG Corp.