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In light of a "free" copy on Epic Games (lemmy.zip)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/discoelysium@lemmy.zip
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[–] 8 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

ZA/UM was an artist-owned cooperative studio.

But then an investor fraudulently obtained financial control over the company, forced out the original leaders, and out-lawyered them. Now it's just another corporate game studio, and neither the lead writer, the lead programmer, nor the art director of Disco Elysium works there anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    shoot, tried the game through my brother's free epic copy and then bought it for myself thinking it was so good that I had to give it back to the studio. It was on sale for 5€, but still I feel uneasy now..

    At least one advantage of epic's shenanigans is that I'd probably never have played this game if the free giveaway had not happened.

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