The long run for Disco Elysium 2 is just not trying nice. Martin Luiga, an editor on Disco Elysium, has revealed on a Medium submit that three lead builders have left the sport’s developer ZA/UM because the finish of final yr, saying that this looks as if “dangerous information for the loving followers which might be ready for the Disco sequel.” This contains lead designer Robert Kurvitz, who wrote the novel the sport is predicated on; Helen Hindpere, one of many lead writers; and Aleksander Rostov, the lead artist who stylized the sport with its signature oil-painting motif.
Lead builders apparently fired in an “involuntary” vogue
Rostov confirmed in a tweet that he and the opposite two builders talked about are now not on the studio, whereas Luiga acknowledged that their leaving was “involuntary” in a Medium submit. The truth that this has taken greater than ten months to be revealed suggests lots of turmoil behind the scenes. In accordance with a number of sources with Kotaku, ZA/UM has tried to maintain the scenario quiet. Reportedly, the inner announcement of Kurvitz’s departure included a menace of doable authorized motion towards him.
In a reply to a touch upon the submit, Luiga suggests additional that the chief producers, Tõnis Haavel and Kaur Kender, have been at fault for the firing, pointing that out that Haaval was as soon as convicted for funding fraud in Estonia.
Whereas we could by no means know the total particulars on why these three lead builders left, it doesn’t bode properly for a sequel to Disco Elysium, which acquired a excessive 9/10 on PSLS. Luiga still hopes, although, that gamers will get the sequel “the way in which it it was meant” even when it might make “a s*** ton of time” to finish now. A PS4 model of the sport was launched in March 2021.
