Who from Disco Elysium is actually at each studio presented as its successor.
| Person | Studio | Project | Role at studio | Disco Elysium role | Since | Notes | Sources | Last reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Gavrilović | Summer Eternal | Red Rooster | organiser | 2024-10-11 | Named among Summer Eternal's members at its announcement as the former managing director of the Croatian studio Gamechuck. Not described as a Disco Elysium or ZA/UM developer. The studio's site lists him as its organiser. | gematsu.com summereternal.com | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z | |
| Aleksander Rostov | Red Info | co-founder | lead artist | 2022 | Co-founded Red Info with Robert Kurvitz in 2022. Rumor: NetEase funds the studio; this is reported but unconfirmed. No game announced as of November 2025. | automaton-media.com pcgamer.com | 2026-11-07T20:05:00Z | |
| Anastasia Ivanova | Summer Eternal | Red Rooster | 2024-10-11 | Named among Summer Eternal's members at its announcement as a former senior concept artist at ZA/UM. The report does not say she worked on Disco Elysium. Not named on the studio's own site. | gematsu.com | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z | ||
| Argo Tuulik | Summer Eternal | Red Rooster | co-founder, writer | writer | 2024-10-11 | Co-founded Summer Eternal, a worker-owned studio collective, announced 2024-10-11. In November 2024 Tuulik said a court had granted an injunction, sought on behalf of Longdue and Riaz Moola, barring him from Summer Eternal work until April 2025. Longdue said a judge ruled in its favour over agreements it says he broke. PC Gamer names Dora Klindžić as his co-founder. Summer Eternal revealed Red Rooster in October 2026. | gematsu.com summereternal.com pcgamer.com pcgamer.com pcgamer.com | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z |
| Astri Lohne | Longdue | Hopetown | art director | 2025-04-16 | Longdue's April 2025 press release credits her art for Hopetown, and its 2026-05-21 release names her as art director. Neither says she worked on Disco Elysium. | gamespress.com capsulecomputers.com.au | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z | |
| Dora Klindžić | Summer Eternal | Red Rooster | co-founder, writer | 2024-10-11 | Named among Summer Eternal's members at its announcement as a former principal writer at ZA/UM. PC Gamer calls her a co-founder with Argo Tuulik, and 80.lv says she wrote for Disco Elysium's cancelled expansion. No credit on Disco Elysium itself was found. The studio's site names her as its editor. | gematsu.com pcgamer.com 80.lv summereternal.com | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z | |
| Grant Roberts | Longdue | Hopetown | narrative director | 2024-10-11 | Named as Longdue's narrative director in its launch press release. The release does not say he worked on Disco Elysium. | gamedeveloper.com | 2026-11-07T20:05:00Z | |
| Heiti Kender | Dark Math Games | Tangerine Antarctic (formerly XXX Nightshift) | director | 2023-05-24 | UK Companies House lists him as a director of Dark Math Games Ltd since 2023-05-24, and the Estonian business register lists him on the management board of its subsidiary Dark Math Games OÜ since 2023-06-01. PC Gamer calls him Kaur Kender's brother. No Disco Elysium credit was found. | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ariregister.rik.ee pcgamer.com | 2026-11-08T19:15:00Z | |
| Helen Hindpere | Red Info | writer | 2025-09-30 | PC Gamer's 2025-09-30 report names her, with Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov, as heading Red Info. Neither Red Info nor Hindpere has confirmed it. Engadget reports ZA/UM fired her along with Kurvitz and Rostov. | pcgamer.com engadget.com | 2026-11-08T15:45:00Z | ||
| Jim Ashilevi | ZA/UM | Zero Parades: For Dead Spies | writer, voice director | 2026-02-10 | Multiplayer.it reported that about 35% of ZA/UM's roughly 90-person team worked on Disco Elysium or The Final Cut. Engadget reports its leads Kurvitz, Rostov and Hindpere were fired in 2021-22. Zero Parades came out on PC in May 2026, and in July 2026 ZA/UM filed to lay off up to 32 staff, citing its sales. | multiplayer.it engadget.com gamedeveloper.com | 2026-11-07T20:05:00Z | |
| Kaur Kender | Dark Math Games | Tangerine Antarctic (formerly XXX Nightshift) | director, beneficial owner | executive producer | 2023-04-17 | UK Companies House lists him as a director of Dark Math Games Ltd from 2023-04-17 until he resigned on 2023-09-04. The Estonian business register lists him as the beneficial owner of its subsidiary Dark Math Games OÜ since 2023-06-10 and on its management board since 2026-05-05. Listed by Dark Math Games when it announced XXX Nightshift. Kotaku described him as a ZA/UM director who resigned in 2023 and who was at the center of the controversy over the studio's founders leaving. | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ariregister.rik.ee kotaku.com | 2026-11-08T19:15:00Z |
| Lenval Brown | Longdue | Hopetown | voice actor | voice actor | 2025-03-11 | Longdue's 2025-03-11 press release says Disco Elysium's narrator will be closely involved in Hopetown and voice a key character. He is also listed with Summer Eternal. | gamedeveloper.com gamespress.com | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z |
| Lenval Brown | Summer Eternal | Red Rooster | voice actor | 2024-10-11 | Named among Summer Eternal's members at its announcement. Not named on the studio's own site. Since March 2025 Longdue has also said he will voice a key character in Hopetown. | gematsu.com gamedeveloper.com | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z | |
| Martin Luiga | Longdue | Hopetown | narrative lead | writer | 2025-03-11 | A founding member of the ZA/UM Cultural Association who wrote the first short story set in the Disco Elysium universe and 7 of the game's characters. Longdue's 2025-03-11 press release says he joined its team to help craft Hopetown's narrative and systems. Its 2026-05-21 release calls him narrative lead on Hopetown. | gamedeveloper.com capsulecomputers.com.au | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z |
| Michael Oswell | Summer Eternal | Red Rooster | 2024-10-11 | Named among Summer Eternal's members at its announcement as the former graphic designer at ZA/UM. The report does not say he worked on Disco Elysium. Not named on the studio's own site. | gematsu.com | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z | ||
| Olga Moskvina | Longdue | Hopetown | writer | writer, editor | 2026-05-21 | Longdue's 2026-05-21 press release says she joined Hopetown's team; it credits her with writing characters including Ruby and Bird's Nest Roy and with the final language polish across Disco Elysium. She was also named at Summer Eternal's 2024 announcement. The linked copy of the release is hosted by Capsule Computers. | capsulecomputers.com.au noisypixel.net | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z |
| Olga Moskvina | Summer Eternal | Red Rooster | narrative consultant | writer | 2024-10-11 | Named among Summer Eternal's members at its announcement, as one of Disco Elysium's five writers; 80.lv called her a narrative consultant there. Not named on the studio's own site. In May 2026 Longdue said she had joined Hopetown. | gematsu.com 80.lv capsulecomputers.com.au | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z |
| Paweł Blaszczak | Longdue | Hopetown | composer | 2025-03-18 | Longdue's 2025-04-16 press release says Kickstarter stretch goals that were hit ensure The Witcher 3 composer will work on Hopetown; 3DJuegos listed him with the team on 2025-03-18. No Disco Elysium credit was found. Longdue's May 2026 release does not mention him. | gamespress.com 3djuegos.com | 2026-11-08T19:15:00Z | |
| Piotr Sobolewski | Longdue | Hopetown | technical lead | core systems | 2025-01-23 | Named in Hopetown's announcement as a contributor who oversaw core systems work on Disco Elysium; Longdue's April 2025 release says he oversaw its technical development as CEO of Knights of Unity. Longdue's 2026-05-21 release calls him technical lead. Longdue says seven people who worked on Disco Elysium contributed to Hopetown and markets it as a spiritual successor. | gematsu.com gamedeveloper.com gamespress.com capsulecomputers.com.au | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z |
| Riaz Moola | Dark Math Games | Tangerine Antarctic (formerly XXX Nightshift) | co-founder | 2024-11-15 | PC Gamer's reporter said Moola had contacted him from a Dark Math Games email address with a signature naming him a co-founder. | pcgamer.com | 2026-11-07T20:05:00Z | |
| Riaz Moola | Longdue | Hopetown | investor | 2024-10-11 | Named as Longdue's investor representative at launch; PC Gamer calls him its chairman and investor. In November 2024 a court granted an injunction, sought on behalf of Longdue and Moola, against Summer Eternal co-founder Argo Tuulik. | gamedeveloper.com pcgamer.com | 2026-11-07T20:05:00Z | |
| Robert Kurvitz | Red Info | co-founder | lead writer, creative director | 2022 | Co-founded Red Info with Aleksander Rostov in 2022. Rumor: NetEase funds the studio; this is reported but unconfirmed. No game announced as of November 2025. | automaton-media.com pcgamer.com | 2026-11-07T20:05:00Z | |
| Stark Holborn | Longdue | Hopetown | 2026-05-21 | Longdue's 2026-05-21 press release confirms the Shadows of Doubt lead writer as part of Hopetown's team, with no Hopetown role given. It does not say she worked on Disco Elysium. | capsulecomputers.com.au noisypixel.net | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z | ||
| Timo Albert | Dark Math Games | Tangerine Antarctic (formerly XXX Nightshift) | founder, art director, board member | publishing | 2024-10-11 | Dark Math Games announced XXX Nightshift in October 2024 and said about half its roughly 20 staff worked on Disco Elysium. In September 2025 it renamed the game Tangerine Antarctic and moved it to third person. The Estonian business register lists him on the management board of Dark Math Games OÜ since 2026-06-10. | kotaku.com videogameschronicle.com ariregister.rik.ee | 2026-11-08T19:15:00Z |
| Veljo Hagu | Longdue | Hopetown | software developer | 2026-05-21 | Longdue's 2026-05-21 press release names Disco Elysium's first software developer among Hopetown's team, with no Hopetown role given. The linked copy of the release is hosted by Capsule Computers. | capsulecomputers.com.au noisypixel.net | 2026-11-08T15:30:00Z |