News about Disco Elysium

"We are here to give you something to believe in": the former Disco Elysium devs of Summer Eternal reveal new RPG Red Rooster, a game of fire, water and alternate selves

Earlier this month, the former Disco Elysium developers of worker co-operative studio Summer Eternal sent me a 500-page anthology describing their new game Red Rooster.

"This non-profit will be the 'voice of the gamers'" - Former Disco Elysium devs break new ground with player- and developer-owned studio structure

Elsewhere on the site , you can read a big reveal piece that outlines the new game from former Disco Elysium devs under the name of Summer Eternal - an "incendiary RPG" fusing the best bits of text-heavy isometric role-playing games with...

Ex-ZA/UM developers reveal Red Rooster, an "incendiary RPG" that is very intentionally not trying to be a "Disco Elysium successor" or "Disco-like"

Back in 2024, we heard about the formation of Summer Eternal : a new studio composed of Disco Elysium writer and world-builder, Argo Tuulik, and other veteran ZA/UM staff such as Dora Klind i , Anastasia Ivanova, and Michael Oswell.

Over 30 developers fired from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM despite ZERO PARADES rave reviews

ZA/UM was always going to struggle to regain lost trust.

Disco Elysium Dev ZA/UM Announces Layoffs Affecting Up to 32 Staff

Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has announced layoffs affecting up to 32 staff just two months after launching Zero Parades: For Dead Spies.

Esoteric Ebb is the D&Disco Elysium I never knew I needed, but more importantly it's proof I'll never be cut out for political canvassing

Which way are you voting in the election? There's an election coming, could I trouble you to ask which way you're voting? ELECTION. YOU. VOTING? WHICH WAY?

Controversy-laden Disco Elysium and Zero Parades studio ZA/UM to lay off large chunk of staff once more

ZA/UM Studio, the contentious developer at the heart of years of bitter public and legal disputes since the release of 2019's acclaimed Disco Elysium , is to lay off up to 32 staff members "across all departments", it's been announced.

Disco Elysium Studio Says Game About People Forced Into Impossible Situations Didn't Sell Well Enough To Prevent Layoffs

In a post on social media, ZA/UM wrote that it would lay off 32 developers two months after releasing Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

Controversial Disco Elysium studio plans 32 layoffs after latest RPG's underwhelming "commercial performance": "Our artistic standards remain unchanged"

Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM announces layoffs after Zero Parades flounders

ZA/UM says that Zero Parades: For Dead Spies failed to perform commercially, triggering a layoff wave at the studio.

2026's best RPG might look like Disco Elysium, but it was heavily inspired by Deus Ex, and its creator wants 'to do a first-person game at some point'

A Disco Elysium writer once told Josh Sawyer that 'we can do better than this now,' and Sawyer agrees