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

is extensively as one of many biggest RPGs of all time, however the way forward for the sequence has been up within the air. A deliberate sequel and growth have been canceled and developer ZA/UM laid off some employees because of this. 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 challenge is slated to proceed “the considerate, narrative-first strategy that outlined its predecessor.”

Some builders who labored on Disco Elysium and its scuttled sequel — together with people who used to work at Bungie, Rockstar Video games, Courageous at Evening and elsewhere — comprise the 12-strong crew at London-based Longdue. In accordance with , 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 consistently shifting panorama, formed by each inside and exterior forces.”

If you understand something about Disco Elysium, that ought to sound pretty acquainted. Not many different particulars have been revealed concerning the sport up to now, 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, by 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 internal worlds and exterior landscapes is the beating coronary heart of the expertise.”

Longdue hasn’t revealed all the former ZA/UM builders which are concerned, however Disco Elysium lead designer and author Robert Kurvitz and lead artist Aleksander Rostov are usually not 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 based mostly. Lawsuits have been filed and ZA/UM these have been resolved final 12 months. Kurvitz and Rostov have their very own firm, Purple Information.