Longdue Games Studio has officially announced Hopetown, its spiritual successor to the hit RPG Disco Elysium. Developed by ZA/UM Studios and released in 2019, Disco Elysium was widely praised for its groundbreaking twist on the detective RPG genre, featuring innovative, thought-provoking mechanics and an irresistibly engaging story. After it took home four Game Awards and a BAFTA, all eyes were on Disco Elysium's creators as rumors of a sequel-successor reached a fever pitch. But conflicts at ZA/UM instead led to legal struggles and multiple different splinter studios. One of those, Longdue, has just announced its first game.
Longdue has begun work on Hopetown, a new RPG soon to launch its very own crowdfunding campaign. Building on Disco Elysium's core RPG mechanics, Hopetown stars a rogue journalist in a mining community where ambitions clash and secrets lie buried beneath the ground. They'll have to wheedle the truth out of its tight-lipped inhabitants, then choose how to spin it in their final, published work, and watch how their choices shape the world. Fans can participate in its crowdfunding campaign soon, with further details to be revealed via Longdue's website.
Through the lens of amnesiac detective Harry DuBois, Disco Elysium...
