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Disco Elysium studio announces layoffs after new game flounders
Polygon.com • • technology
Key Points:
- ZA/UM has announced layoffs of 32 employees following the commercial underperformance of their latest game, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, despite its critical acclaim.
- The studio, known for the 2019 hit Disco Elysium, stated that the game's sales have not supported maintaining their current staff size.
- ZA/UM consulted with the ZA/UM Workers' Alliance union during the redundancy process and emphasized that the layoffs will not alter the studio's core mission.
- This round of layoffs follows a previous reduction in 2024 that affected up to 24 employees.
- Zero Parades, released in May as a narrative-driven espionage RPG, was praised for its complex storytelling and thematic depth, though it struggled commercially.
