Around this time, Robert Kurvitz filed a formal lawsuit against ZA/UM.
Fans began "editing" their own relationship with the game, encouraging others to pirate it or buy merchandise only from the original creators to ensure the money didn't just go to the "suits."
The "Powód" (Reason) behind the edits and the chaos during that time was a corporate coup. The creators alleged that the studio was taken over by investors through fraudulent means, using the company's own money to buy out the majority shares. The Story: "The Ghost in the Machine"
It’s a story of , where commerce won the battle, but the art remained a "harrowing, beautiful wreck" in the hearts of players.
In late 2022, the world learned that the core creative team behind Disco Elysium —lead writer , art director Aleksander Rostov , and writer Helen Hindpere —had been forced out of ZA/UM , the studio they founded.