Yep, it's one of those days again. At the same time that Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM has announced its own not Disco Elysium 2, one of the many would-be Disco spiritual successors in the works has revealed its first teaser, along with news of having brought on board another ex-Disco dev.
Acclaimed indie developer ZA/UM is partial to a letter-and-number codename. Project Y12 and X7, purported to be a Disco Elysium standalone expansion and sequel, have since been canceled. Project M0 is rumored to be an Elysium spin-off for touchscreen devices. That leaves Project P1, a sci-fi RPG that (you guessed it) was reportedly canceled following producer Kaur Kender's departure, and - "This is not Disco Elysium 2," Disco Elysium's producer and writer Siim "Kosmos" Sinamäe confirms in a closed-door presentation alongside lead voice-over director Jim Ashelevi. "This is C4." Explosive.
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With several Disco Elysium spiritual successors in the works from former staff, controversy regarding the exits of key team members behind the beloved RPG, and an in-development expansion cancelled, you might have been wondering what Studio ZA/UM will do next. Well, that answer is here. In a recent presentation held for the press, ZA/UM revealed a first look at their next game. It's called C4 and it's about espionage.
Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM has officially thrown its hat into the kinda DE successor maelstrom, announcing an upcoming spy RPG codenamed Project C4, which its developers explicitly say isn't a Disco sequel.
