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Nothing says 'communism' like this $165 poverty-chic plastic bag based on Disco Elysium, aka 'the level of greed that they talk about in the Bible'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Walter Benjamin once said: fascism is the aestheticization of politics, but communism is an expensive bag for life.

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Disco Elysium hero smiling at the viewer and giving a double thumbs up gesture
Most of my favourite games of 2024 didn't come out in 2024

By Fraser Brown Published

Olden path It's been a weird old year.

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A Forbes 30-under-30-er involved in at least 2 Disco Elysium successor studios has sued the lead dev at a third, blocking him from working on a new game

By Ted Litchfield Published

news There will never be another "normal" Disco Elysium news story.

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Harry and Kim
With no Disco Elysium 2 in sight, who exactly are behind the 5 studios of Disco devs now vying to make its spiritual successor?

By Ted Litchfield Published

Inland Empire Here's who's actually making each of these 'Disco Elysium spiritual successors' and their odds of doing something cool.

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Burning house in red tint with text "A Single Spark, a Prairie Fire"
This is the Disco Elysium successor to get excited about: Multiple writers from the original announce a manifesto to create an RPG 'with complexity and ambition to rival our wretched and wonderful world'

By Ted Litchfield Published

news Summer Eternal is an artist collective boasting two of the original Disco's five principle writers, as well as narrator and musician Lenval Brown and multiple devs from its canceled sequel.

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A Disco Elysium successor studio has been announced for the second time today, meaning there are now 4 companies battling for the title of ZA/UM's true inheritor

By Joshua Wolens Published

News There are now as many ZA/UM successors as there are Workers' Internationals, appropriately enough.

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There's now a third studio boasting Disco Elysium veterans trying to follow up the beloved RPG—here with a spiritual successor 'psychogeographic RPG'

By Ted Litchfield Published

We've got ZA/UM, Red Info, and now Longdue laying claim to the Disco legacy.

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Disco Elysium's detective lying on the floor
Disco Elysium's Harry Du Bois is brat

By Harvey Randall Published

News Brat girl summer has evolved into Harry Du Bois autumn: Its final form and progenitor both.

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Harry and Kim
A follow-up to the legendary Disco Elysium might have been ready to play within the next year⁠—ZA/UM's devs loved it, management canceled it and laid off the team: 'For a while it seemed like miracles were possible, and with them redemption'

By Ted Litchfield Published

disco infernum It was supposed to be the "110% authentic, most hardcore Disco since Disco."

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Harry and Kim
Disco Elysium studio laying off nearly 25% of its staff⁠—including the final remaining writer from the original game's credits

By Ted Litchfield Published

news Argo Tuulik featured prominently in People Make Games' documentary on ZA/UM.

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