Third project canned in three years, sources say
A standalone expansion forDisco Elysium, codenamed X7, has reportedly been cancelled and a quarter of developers at developers ZA/UM are at risk of redundancy. Around 24 employees are said to be affected, according to “sources close to the matter” who spoke toSports Illustrated’s video games site.
“Despite concerted efforts over the past eight months by our management team and the X7 disciplines, following consultation with our management team, I have taken the difficult decision to cancel X7,” wrote ZA/UM CEO Ilmar Kompus in an email sent to staff and seen by SI.
“With the cancellation of X7 we are proposing to reshape our team to support our two remaining games. This adjustment will almost certainly lead to redundancies, mostly affecting the X7 team but also our non-development teams and non-X7 projects.”
One source who spoke to SI blamed the situation on mismanagement, alleging that leadership were “always acting like there was an enemy, be it the old Disco team, the press, or even people working there.”
Disco Elysium’s original creators were reportedlyfired from ZA/UMseveral years ago, in part leading tolong-running litigation with the companyas well as apublic war of words.
