Posted 2/16/2024, 2:36:13 PM
Disco Elysium Creator Predicts No Future for Gutted Studio ZA/UM After Mass Talent Exodus
- Developer of hit CRPG Disco Elysium thinks the studio behind it, ZA/UM, will stay a "one game studio" after talent departures
- ZA/UM recently canceled its third unannounced project, understood to be a Disco Elysium standalone expansion, leading to 24 more layoffs
- Last remaining writer from Disco Elysium says the "cultural movement" creators have left ZA/UM behind after alleged fraudulent share purchases
- New ZA/UM ownership pushed for greater returns than the creative foundations could provide, gutting the studio
- Departed Disco Elysium talent may create together under a new name in the future, but ZA/UM itself unlikely to produce another game