Disco Elysium News

Fired Disco Elysium creators trade accusations with new ZA/UM owners

Two of the principal creators of Disco Elysium have published a statement accusing the new owners of developer Studio ZA/UM of taking over the company by fraud, saying that they are now exploring legal options. Those new owners have, for their part, said that these creators were fired last year for refusing to discharge their work responsibilities and for creating a toxic work environment at the troubled RPG game studio.

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Fired Disco Elysium devs allege fraud at Studio ZA/UM, say "civil and criminal charges are on the table"

Just over two weeks ago I predicted the ZA/uM situation would only get messier, so slap my face and call me Mystic Meg. Disco Elysium's game director Robert Kurvitz and art director Aleksander Rostov have, at least partially, offered up their side of the story on why they were fired from Disco dev studio ZA/UM in a Medium post titled 'TO FANS OF DISCO ELYSIUM, CONCERNING THE SITUATION AT ZA/UM'. Short answer is: they allege fraud.

Celebrate three years of Disco Elysium

This October marks the third year of Disco Elysium. Since its initial release in October 2019, Disco Elysium has evolved into Disco Elysium - The Final Cut and has continued growing – with the game now available to play in 12 languages.

Whether you stumbled upon Disco Elysium in the early days, or first woke up in Revachol recently: thank you.

ART BY: Sykine.

To celebrate the third birthday of Disco Elysium, you can now buy Disco Elysium - The Final Cut at 75% off:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/

Steam sale ends 7th November.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is now available in Turkish!

As of today, Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is available to play in Turkish!

A moment of appreciation for our Turkish-speaking fans for their continued patience, and a huge ‘thank you’ to Locpick for translating each and every word of Disco Elysium into Turkish.

To mark the three-year anniversary of Disco Elysium, you can now get Disco Elysium - The Final Cut at 75% off:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/

Steam sale ends 7th November.

Disco Elysium dev files lawsuit against the studio that allegedly kicked him out

Alright folks, bear with me, because it doesn't look like this one is going to get less messy. As reported by Tech News Space, it appears that Robert Kurvitz, the lead developer and writer on Disco Elysium, is suing Studio ZA/UM, the development studio of Disco Elysium, via his own company Telomer. Kotaku AU seem to have corroborated this, finding a record on the Estonian Ministry of Justice's website showing Telomer has filed an application against ZA/UM Studio to "obtain information and review documents", which you can see for yourself here.

This comes after Martin Luiga announced (in a frankly kinda weird post) the dissolution of The ZA/UM Cultural Association, and that Kurvitz, writer Helen Hindpere, and art director Aleksander Rostov were no longer working at Studio ZA/UM.