Last week, news broke that several key players in "Disco Elysium," arguably the best game you can play on the PC, had left the developer Studio ZA/UM. The news comes from a blog post by Martin Ruiga, a founding member of the studio, who said that Robert Kulwitz, Helen Hindpere, and Alexandre Rostov have left the company: Kulwitz and Hindpere drove the script for "Disco Elysium", Rostov's impressionistic art style was its hallmark.

Now Ruiga tells a bit more. 'It was late last year,' he told Gamepressure in an interview. 'They were fired for false reasons, and the whole ordeal was very traumatic for them and for those close to them.'

Luiga is apparently under NDA and cannot talk about certain things. 'Anyway, I'm super concerned,' Luiga says. 'But I'm not disclosing all the information I have, and some I don't.'

"The fact that three prominent people have been fired is already important information, and I think the fan base expects them to continue. I love truth, beauty, and justice."

"I am a fan of truth, beauty, and justice.

Ruiga's words "final judgment" suggest that legal action is being taken that has not yet been made public. Fans of "Disco Elysium" are probably wondering at this point how ironic this case is going to be. The game itself is hypercritical of capitalist structures, the petit bourgeois, and the compromises people make in their lives to adapt to such systems.

"I think it's even fair, if not entirely intentional," Ruiga says of such ideas.

"There is no way we can succeed in criticizing capital in a world full of suffering and not suffer for it. The question is what we will do about it."

Luiga nevertheless says he released the news because "fans had a right to know" and reiterates that "it makes no sense to be aggressive against the company's current workers."

"It's important to remain polite, even if it's difficult," he said, "and that I may not have been a very impressive example."

Luiga said that he does not know if the current ZA/UM will develop a sequel to "Disco Elysium" and that he does not know exactly how many people worked on the original

but for fans of "Disco Elysium" There is one small silver lining. I think the three of us [Kulwitz, Hindpere, and Rostov] will continue to make games," Ruiga said. As for myself, I haven't decided yet how involved I will be. Right now I am in the stage of coming up with ideas and managing problems."

ZA/UM issued the following statement after news of the departure first broke:

"As with any video game, the development of Disco Elysium is a collective effort and the contributions of all team members are essential and valued as part of a larger whole. It is being evaluated as part of a larger whole. At this time, we have nothing further to comment other than to say that the creative team at ZA/UM is focused on the development of their next project.

The studio has informed us that they will not say anything further on the matter. If this matter were to go to court, it is expected that it would come under fire.

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