Former Disco Elysium devs are making the sport’s religious successor at a brand new studio

is broadly as one of many best RPGs of all time, however the way forward for the sequence has been up within the air. A deliberate sequel and enlargement had been canceled and developer ZA/UM laid off some employees in consequence. There’s additionally been an over possession of the mental property. Nonetheless, the essence of the unique sport may be very a lot alive, not least as a result of a brand new studio is engaged on a religious successor. The mission is slated to proceed “the considerate, narrative-first method that outlined its predecessor.”

Some builders who labored on Disco Elysium and its scuttled sequel — together with of us who used to work at Bungie, Rockstar Video games, Courageous at Evening and elsewhere — comprise the 12-strong crew at London-based Longdue. In response to , the studio’s first sport is billed as “a psychogeographic RPG” that “explores the fragile interaction between the aware and unconscious, the seen and unseen. Set in a world the place decisions ripple between the character’s psyche and atmosphere, gamers will navigate a always shifting panorama, formed by each inner and exterior forces.”

If you realize something about Disco Elysium, that ought to sound pretty acquainted. Not many different particulars have been revealed in regards to the sport to date, however Longdue did launch a bit of idea artwork (above).

“At Longdue, we’re impressed by a long time of basic RPGs, from Ultiima and Wizardry, via Fallout and Planescape, to the justifiably adored Disco Elysium,” narrative director Grant Roberts, previously of Bungie and Rocksteady, stated in a press launch. “We’re excited to proceed that legacy with one other narrative-first, psychological RPG, the place the interaction between interior worlds and exterior landscapes is the beating coronary heart of the expertise.”

Longdue hasn’t revealed the entire former ZA/UM builders which might be concerned, however Disco Elysium lead designer and author Robert Kurvitz and lead artist Aleksander Rostov will not be amongst them. In late 2022, ZA/UM’s new majority shareholders fired that pair together with author Helen Hindpere, accusing them of misconduct and making an attempt to steal mental property (amongst different issues). That is regardless of Kurvitz writing the novel on which the world of the 2019 sport was primarily based. Lawsuits had been filed and ZA/UM these had been resolved final yr. Kurvitz and Rostov have their very own firm, Pink Information.