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The legal war over Disco Elysium reaches Disco Elysium levels of complexity
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Disco Elysium studio says former employees were fired for “egregious misconduct”
It seems my working days must now begin and end with Disco Elysium, which feels quite Disco Elysium. In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, ZA/UM – the studio that developed Disco Elysium – confirmed the reasons several employees were fired last year. These include “limited to no engagement in their responsibilities”, “creating a toxic work environment”, “verbal abuse and gender discrimination”, and attempting to sell ZA/UM’s IP to other companies.
The battle for Disco Elysium’s soul explodes with new allegations, and is heading to court
Fired Disco Elysium creators trade accusations with new ZA/UM owners
Two of the principal creators of Disco Elysium have published a statement accusing the new owners of developer Studio ZA/UM of taking over the company by fraud, saying that they are now exploring legal options. Those new owners have, for their part, said that these creators were fired last year for refusing to discharge their work responsibilities and for creating a toxic work environment at the troubled RPG game studio.
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Disco Elysium Directors Accuse ZA/UM Shareholders of Fraud as the Company Says They Were Fired for Misconduct
Fired Disco Elysium devs allege fraud at Studio ZA/UM, say “civil and criminal charges are on the table”
Just over two weeks ago I predicted the ZA/uM situation would only get messier, so slap my face and call me Mystic Meg. Disco Elysium’s game director Robert Kurvitz and art director Aleksander Rostov have, at least partially, offered up their side of the story on why they were fired from Disco dev studio ZA/UM in a Medium post titled ‘TO FANS OF DISCO ELYSIUM, CONCERNING THE SITUATION AT ZA/UM‘. Short answer is: they allege fraud.
Disco Elysium Writer Seemingly Files Lawsuit Against His Former Company
Disco Elysium dev files lawsuit against the studio that allegedly kicked him out
Alright folks, bear with me, because it doesn’t look like this one is going to get less messy. As reported by Tech News Space, it appears that Robert Kurvitz, the lead developer and writer on Disco Elysium, is suing Studio ZA/UM, the development studio of Disco Elysium, via his own company Telomer. Kotaku AU seem to have corroborated this, finding a record on the Estonian Ministry of Justice’s website showing Telomer has filed an application against ZA/UM Studio to “obtain information and review documents”, which you can see for yourself here.
This comes after Martin Luiga announced (in a frankly kinda weird post) the dissolution of The ZA/UM Cultural Association, and that Kurvitz, writer Helen Hindpere, and art director Aleksander Rostov were no longer working at Studio ZA/UM.