ZA//UM, udvikleren bag 2019's indie-hit Disco Elyisum, vil afskedige 24 medarbejdere, svarende til ca. 25 % af medarbejderstaben, efter at de har aflyst Project X7, en selvstændig udvidelse til Disco Elysium.
ZA/UMs CEO, Ilmar Kompus, udtaler angiveligt følgende i en besked, som GLHF har fået fingre i: "Despite concerted efforts over the past eight months by our management team and the X7 disciplines, following consultation with our management team, I have taken the difficult decision to cancel X7. This decision, unlike the pause on Project P1, will unfortunately most likely lead to redundancies within our studio."
"With the cancellation of X7 we are proposing to reshape our team to support our two remaining games. This adjustment will almost certainly lead to redundancies, mostly affecting the X7 team but also our non-development teams and non-X7 projects."
Projekt X7 var tilsyneladende 1-2 års udvikling fra at være et færdigt produkt. De andre projekter omtales i øjeblikket som C4 og M0.