ZA/UM Studio Cuts Up to 32 Jobs After Zero Parades Misses Financial Targets
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Updated · Kotaku · Jul 17
ZA/UM Studio Cuts Up to 32 Jobs After Zero Parades Misses Financial Targets
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 17
Summary
Up to 32 ZA/UM employees across all departments received redundancy or at-risk notices after the studio said Zero Parades failed to deliver enough commercial success.
ZA/UM said it is working with the studio's labor union on the layoff process, even though the Disco Elysium follow-up drew strong reviews.
The cuts deepen a four-year crisis at the studio, which has already faced founder departures, lawsuits and repeated project cancellations since 2022.
That turmoil splintered Disco Elysium's remaining creators into three separate studios, leaving Zero Parades as the first major post-split release and now another setback for ZA/UM.