Two new studios co-founded by former Disco Elysium builders have been introduced on the identical day.
On Friday morning, round twelve former ZA/UM workers introduced the creation of Longdue Video games, a studio stated to be engaged on a non secular successor to the acclaimed RPG.
On the identical time, one other UK-based studio, ‘Darkish Math Video games’, was introduced, with round 20 former Disco Elysium workers stated to be on board creating their very own detective RPG named XXX Nightshift.
Longdue Video games, which additionally consists of builders who beforehand labored at Rockstar, Bungie and Courageous At Night time, says it “goals to create video games that resonate emotionally and intellectually”, and that it’s “right here to construct a status for persistently delivering high quality, with a concentrate on depth and narrative integrity”.
Its first recreation is being billed as a non secular successor to Disco Elysium, and Longdue says it “explores the fragile interaction between the aware and unconscious, the seen and unseen”.
The sport is described as a “psychogeographic RPG”, with a singular mechanic “the place each determination reshapes each the world and the characters that inhabit it”.
In the meantime, Darkish Math’s XXX Nightshift claims to ship “a deep single-player role-playing expertise with many instruments and layers of gameplay”, plus a “distinctive companion dynamic” which “provides extra enjoyable and presents totally different paths to unravel instances”.
“The progressive and highly effective role-playing system respects your time and trusts your intelligence with seismic selections,” it says. “It’s as much as you to resolve how your story unfolds—and the way it ends.”
A gameplay trailer for Nightshift’s recreation might be seen beneath.
Earlier this 12 months it was reported that Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM was shedding 1 / 4 of its workers and cancelling a standalone growth for the sport. It was claimed that this was the studio’s third cancellation, after a Disco Elysium sequel and a sci-fi recreation.
Disco Elysium recreation director Robert Kurvitz and artwork director Aleksander Rostov don’t look like concerned with both new studio.
Longdue’s narrative director Grant Roberts stated in a press release: “At Longdue, we’re impressed by a long time of traditional RPGs, from Ultima and Wizardry, by way of Fallout and Planescape, to the justifiably adored Disco Elysium.
“We’re excited to proceed that legacy with one other narrative-first, psychological RPG, the place the interaction between inside worlds and exterior landscapes is the beating coronary heart of the expertise.
“We’re constructing a world-class crew for a world-class recreation that may inform a world-class story, and we are able to’t wait to point out you extra.”
Timo Albert, Artwork Director/Tactical Lead at Darkish Math, stated: “Moreover to innovating the standard RPG mechanics, we’ll convey one thing contemporary to the desk. You will notice.And naturally, a couple of much less phrases. And some extra bullets, maybe. In whole: lot extra enjoyable.”
