During conference season I was eagerly awaiting news of a new disco elyseum, or other title from Za/Um, I had also been half expecting that Sony might gobble them up to fill the western RPG niche they are lacking, and MS has been buying up left right and centre.
Neither happened.
Instead we hear about key staff members leaving...Now we have more info on why, and that they were infact fired for misconduct and harassment (and laziness)
https://nichegamer.com/disco-elysium-staff-fired-over-misconduct/
It was some pretty key people who would have had an outsized contribution to the success of Disco Elyseum, but sounds like they had barely done anything in the last 2 years, whilst being abusive to the rest of the team. If that's the case they were already somewhat deadweight for impact on a sequel, regardless of their sacking.
But does anyone have insight on how big a loss this actually is? How good are their remaining writers? How much did they contribute vs the lead? can they fill their shoes? Likewise for the art direction.
They are a relatively small team, can we expect continued greatness, or should we expect a lengthy wait for a new title, which will prove a shadow of their former selves?
One note tho is that if there had been a very toxic and chaotic work environment, it would definitely have set off red flags for Sony if they were eyeing them up. If they have cleaned house, then they may now be a much more attractive proposition.
Neither happened.
Instead we hear about key staff members leaving...Now we have more info on why, and that they were infact fired for misconduct and harassment (and laziness)
https://nichegamer.com/disco-elysium-staff-fired-over-misconduct/
It was some pretty key people who would have had an outsized contribution to the success of Disco Elyseum, but sounds like they had barely done anything in the last 2 years, whilst being abusive to the rest of the team. If that's the case they were already somewhat deadweight for impact on a sequel, regardless of their sacking.
But does anyone have insight on how big a loss this actually is? How good are their remaining writers? How much did they contribute vs the lead? can they fill their shoes? Likewise for the art direction.
They are a relatively small team, can we expect continued greatness, or should we expect a lengthy wait for a new title, which will prove a shadow of their former selves?
One note tho is that if there had been a very toxic and chaotic work environment, it would definitely have set off red flags for Sony if they were eyeing them up. If they have cleaned house, then they may now be a much more attractive proposition.