Disco Elysium studio has reportedly canceled a standalone expansion to the beloved RPG as potential layoffs loom
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A new report suggests that the threat of dozens of layoffs looms at ZA/UM, as the studio has canceled the development of a standalone expansion to its beloved RPG Disco Elysium.
GLHF at Sports Illustratedreports that ZA/UM has canceled a project known internally as X7, which would’ve been a standalone expansion to Disco Elysium. According to the report, studio president Ed Tomaszewski told staff the project was “one to two years away from completion” and might have taken “more time and effort than Disco Elysium did.”
“With the cancellation of X7 we are proposing to reshape our team to support our two remaining games,” CEO Ilmar Kompus told employees in a message published by GLHF. “This adjustment will almost certainly lead to redundancies, mostly affecting the X7 team but also our non-development teams and non-X7 projects.” The report estimates that around 24 employees are at risk of being laid off.
Thanks to fans, Sacred and Terrible Air, a novel set in the same world as Disco Elysium, finally got its English translation last year.
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