'We see our dismissal as part of a larger campaign against us,' Disco Elysium project lead Robert Kurvitz said in a statement, 'and will pursue legal options accordingly.'
) with predicted EOY 2016 release. Producer Kaur Kender seems to have been involved since earliest stages, with eventual investment from Tõnis Haavel and eventual CEO Ilmar Kompus. Around this time, ZA/UM becomes a formalized game developer. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, a definitive edition of the game releases.Project lead Kurvitz, lead artist Aleksander Rostov, and writer/Final Cut lead writer Helen Hindpere"involuntarily" leave the company.
Kompus, via ZA/UM, alleges toxic management style, belittling of female employees, and other abuses by Kurvitz and Rostov. No specific incidents or details elaborated, butKender sues Kompus and ZA/UM over misappropriation of €4.8 million, Kurvitz and Rostov file their own, separate suit against the company.Kender withdraws suit against ZA/UM, citing return of funds by Kompus, with no elaboration as to why he had the €4.8 million in the first place.
"I am thankful for the years of trust and cooperation with the team, which made Disco Elysium a successful project," Kender told GamesIndustry.biz."After leaving my full-time role, I filed a lawsuit which I realized, after seeing the facts, was misguided." A representative for Kurvitz and Rostov shared a four-part statement with PC Gamer in response to ZA/UM's claims."The press release is wrong and misleading in several respects and seeks to unfairly paint us–Robert Kurvitz and Sander Taal, the remaining minority shareholders in ZA/UM–as mere disgruntled employees," the statement begins.
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