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32 workers at ZA/UM laid off following release of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
GamesIndustry.biz • • technology
Key Points:
- ZA/UM has announced layoffs affecting 32 employees across all departments due to the underperformance of its latest game, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, which has made sustaining the current studio size unfeasible.
- The studio emphasized that despite the restructuring, its artistic standards and core purpose remain unchanged, and it will continue its creative efforts.
- ZA/UM involved the ZA/UM Workers' Alliance, a union representing UK staff, in the redundancy process, reflecting ongoing collaboration between workers and management.
- The layoffs follow a previous round in 2024 after the cancellation of several projects, including a Disco Elysium sequel and expansion, which led to about 20 job losses.
- ZA/UM president Ed Tomaszewski acknowledged the challenges of managing ambitions post-Disco Elysium's success and described the layoffs as a difficult but necessary adjustment to the studio's financial realities.
