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Disco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UM
A quarter of Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM's total workforce - approximately 24 employees - is reportedly facing redund…
A Disco Elysium sequel was reportedly cancelled in 2022 (complicating the claim, ZA/UM CEO was still talking about the project in June 2023, albeit saying it had been "jeopardised" following a messy tussle with former creative leads), while a new sci-fi IP is said to have been paused in 2023. Redundancies are set to impact employees in ZA/UM's UK offices as well as its EU studio, with writers, engineers, artists, animators and staff in production and IT all affected. Watch on YouTube ZA/UM boss Kompus insisted the studio was "approaching this sensitive issue with the utmost care and respect" in an email to staff seen by GLHF, noting that the redundancies are part of a plan to "reshape our team to support our two remaining games".
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