{"id":868991,"date":"2025-12-18T18:32:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cancelled-standalone-disco-elysium-spin-off-would-have-been-most-hardcore-disco-since-disco"},"modified":"2025-12-18T18:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:32:26","slug":"cancelled-standalone-disco-elysium-spin-off-would-have-been-most-hardcore-disco-since-disco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/cancelled-standalone-disco-elysium-spin-off-would-have-been-most-hardcore-disco-since-disco\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancelled standalone Disco Elysium spin-off would have been &#8220;most hardcore Disco since Disco&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cancelled-standalone-disco-elysium-spin-off-would-have-been-most-hardcore-disco-since-disco.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nMore details have come to light on the cancelled standalone spin-off for acclaimed RPG Disco Elysium. <\/p>\n<p>\nBack in February, it was revealed that work on this project, codenamed X7, had been stopped, along with news of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/disco-elysium-standalone-expansion-reportedly-cancelled-and-quarter-of-staff-facing-redundancy-at-zaum\">layoffs at developer ZA\/UM<\/a>. At this time, it was claimed the spin-off was only &#8220;one to two years away from completion&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNow, in a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/game-development\/for-a-while-it-seemed-like-miracles-were-possible-and-with-them-redemption-a-follow-up-to-the-legendary-disco-elysium-might-have-been-ready-to-play-within-the-next-yearzaums-devs-loved-it-management-canceled-it-and-laid-off-the-team\/?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow\">PC Gamer<\/a> with current and former employees of ZA\/UM Studio, lead writer Dora Klind&zcaron;i&cacute; has said this release would have been &#8220;110 percent authentic&#8221; and the &#8220;most hardcore Disco since Disco&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cancelled-standalone-disco-elysium-spin-off-would-have-been-most-hardcore-disco-since-disco\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cancelled-standalone-disco-elysium-spin-off-would-have-been-most-hardcore-disco-since-disco\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More details have come to light on the cancelled standalone spin-off for acclaimed RPG Disco Elysium. Back in February, it was revealed that work on this project, codenamed X7, had been stopped, along with news of layoffs at developer ZA\/UM. At this time, it was claimed the spin-off was only &#8220;one to two years away from completion&#8221;. Now, in a report by PC Gamer with current and former employees of ZA\/UM Studio, lead writer Dora Klind&zcaron;i&cacute; has said this release would have been &#8220;110 percent authentic&#8221; and the &#8220;most hardcore Disco since Disco&#8221;. 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