According to a pair of reports from GLHF, Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has canceled a standalone expansion to Disco Elysium codenamed X7 and is laying off 24 workers, including Argo Tuulik, the last remaining employee at ZA/UM credited as a writer on the original Disco Elysium. ZA/UM subsequently confirmed the layoffs and project cancellation in a statement to PC Gamer.
While other members of the original team remain at the company, including Final Cut writer Justin Keenan, who was credited as an editor in the original release, it's an alarming rupture in continuity for the studio, which already saw the contentious departure of three key developers in 2021 amid allegations of financial malfeasance on the part of studio executives.
