Disco Elysium
2019 video game
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| March 2025 | ZA/UM announces an official mobile version of Disco Elysium for Android, targeting TikTok users, with a scheduled summer release. |
| October 2024 | Three separate studios (Red Info, Longdue, and Dark Math Games) announced they were working on spiritual successors to Disco Elysium. |
| February 2024 | ZA/UM laid off approximately 25% of its staff, including Tuulik and Klindžić, and cancelled the X7 project. |
| 2023 | Kurvitz and Rostov launched Red Info, a new development studio to create a spiritual successor to Disco Elysium. |
| May 2023 | People Make Games published an investigation into ZA/UM's legal situation. |
| March 17 2023 | Kurvitz and Rostov responded to ZA/UM's statement, challenging its accuracy. |
| March 14 2023 | ZA/UM issued a statement claiming all legal actions from former members were concluded. |
| 2022 | Nominated for Evolving Game at the 18th British Academy Games Awards |
| December 2022 | Kender dropped his lawsuit after Kompus repaid funds to ZA/UM. |
| October 2022 | Martin Luiga publicly announced the departure of key ZA/UM members and the dissolution of the ZA/UM cultural association. |
| October 2022 | An initial legal hearing was held regarding Kaur Kender's lawsuit against the company. |
| August 25 2022 | The game was released in Japan by Spike Chunsoft. |
| June 2022 | The direct sequel project Y12 was cancelled by ZA/UM management. |
| 2021 | ZA/UM leadership (Kurvitz, Rostov, and Hindpere) were involuntarily removed from the company. |
| October 12 2021 | Versions of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut were released for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. |
| March 2021 | ZA/UM launched a limited edition clothing and artwork line called Atelier, featuring pieces based on the game. |
| March 30 2021 | The Final Cut version was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Stadia, with a free update for existing PC and macOS copies. |
| 2020 | Wins Best Narrative and Best Debut (ZA/UM) at the 20th Game Developers Choice Awards |
| 2020 | Wins multiple awards at the 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Story |
| 2020 | Receives multiple awards at SXSW Gaming Awards, including Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award and Excellence in Narrative |
| 2020 | Wins multiple awards at the 16th British Academy Games Awards, including Debut Game, Music, and Narrative |
| 2020 | The game was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing. |
| 2020 | Robert Kurvitz receives the Estonian President's Young Cultural Figure annual award, during which he discusses the game's inspiration. |
| 2020 | A television series adaptation of Disco Elysium is announced to be in development. |
| December 2020 | Announced expanded edition 'Disco Elysium: The Final Cut', which includes complete voice work for nearly 100 characters. |
| June 2020 | ZA/UM partnered with dj2 Entertainment to develop a television series based on the game. |
| May 2020 | ZA/UM released a performance update improving gameplay on lower-end hardware and added support for additional language translations. |
| April 27 2020 | macOS version of Disco Elysium was released, expanding the game's platform availability. |
| March 2020 | Chinese version of the game was released, requiring a special bypass of typical approval processes due to content concerns. |
| December 2019 | Disco Elysium won four awards at The Game Awards 2019, the most awards won by any game at the event. |
| October 15 2019 | Disco Elysium was first released for Windows, marking its initial launch to the gaming market. |
| 2017 | The game is initially announced under the working title 'No Truce With the Furies' as an upcoming game. |
| 2016 | ZA/UM is established as a game development team, with work on the game beginning in Tallinn, living in a squat in a former gallery. |
| 2016 | Robert Kurvitz forms ZA/UM studio to adapt his previously created tabletop role-playing game setting into a video game. |
| 2013 | Kurvitz publishes the novel 'Sacred and Terrible Air', which sells only about one thousand copies, leading to a period of depression and alcoholism. |
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