Disco Elysium was among the most critically acclaimed games of 2019, winning in five categories at The Game Awards in addition to plenty of other superlatives from a variety of media outlets. This was largely a result of it's story and atmosphere. While its classic tabletop-inspired gameplay is inventive, its stat distribution and dice roll systems ultimately serve story progression more so than an inherent sense of mastery over its mechanics. Its music and visuals, meanwhile, are unlike those of any game to come before it. These elements ultimately add up to a monumental achievement in ludonarrative storytelling. This accomplishment hasn't gone unnoticed by those outside of the video game world, some of whom are on a TV adaptation of Disco Elysium.
Producing this newly-announced TV adaptation is dj2 Entertainment, whose credits include the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, in addition to upcoming film or TV adaptations of Life is Strange, Vampyr, Sleeping Dogs and other video games.
Helen Hindpere, who was among the writing staff for Disco Elysium, expressed her excitement at the opportunity to build on the studio's existing work, explaining that she's꧅ "very happy to be teaming with dj2 to expand the franchise for other 🐼media and new audiences."
The world featured in Disco Elysium was not originally created as a video game world; it was first introduced to the public in Disco Elysium head writer Robert Kurvitz’s novel Sacred and Terrible Air, as well as used the setting of tabletop gaming campaigns between Kurvitz and other members of the development team at Studio ZA/UM. However, Sacred and Terrible Air has yet to be published outside of Estonia (though a release of an English translation is planned), meaning that the TV show will indeed be a significant expansion of Disco Elysium's unique setting for the world at large.
Information about the production and release of the show have yet to be detailed beyond dj2 currently holding meetings with writers in advance of having to pitch plans for the project to networks and/or streaming services. With so many other video game adaptations in the works at dj2 and no timeline for its release, Disco Elysium is unlikely to pop up on TV screens any time soon (if at all), but the existence of this project in the first place is a huge vote of confidence in Studio ZA/UM, for whom Disco Elysium was their first release.
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