Hopetown (video game)
| Hopetown | |
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| Developer | Longdue Games |
| Publisher | Longdue Games |
| Writers | Martin Luiga, Olga Moskvina |
| Platform | Windows |
| Genre | Role-playing |
| Mode | Single-player |
Hopetown is an upcoming role-playing video game developed and published by Longdue Games. The studio includes former members of studio ZA/UM, such as writers Martin Luiga and Olga Moskvina, or voice actor Lenval Brown, all known for taking a significant part in the development of Disco Elysium (2019).[1][2] The game is often highlighted as one of the main successors of the original Disco Elysium.[3][4]
Gameplay
The player takes a role of a journalist in a world reset after "The Flare", a coronal mass ejection that destroyed global communications. Investigating mysteries of the town called New Greenwich, the player chooses between three different writing styles: investigative, sensationalist, and vogue, defining the background of the character and style of journalism, which includes taking photos and interviews of characters, or discovering clues, evidence and writing observations.[5] Similar to Disco Elysium, the main character is guided by 21 different personalities that periodically talk to them, with each one representing a certain skill or aspect, required for their work.[6]
Development
Development of Hopetown is closely tied to intellectual rights controversy surrounding ZA/UM and some of its members who are responsible for the creation of Disco Elysium.[2] The former members split into different studios and started working on their own projects, that are often referred as "spiritual successors" to Disco Elysium, despite not being set in the world of the game. Developers of Hopetown - Longdue Games - are based in London.[7] Hopetown was announced and funded via a Kickstarter campaign in March 2025, and was often described as a "psychogeographic RPG".[2][3] The official gameplay teaser was shown on May 21, 2026, the same day Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, a game made by ZA/UM, was released.[8][9]
References
- ↑ Nightingale, Ed (March 11, 2025). "More Disco Elysium alumni join former staff at Longdue working on spiritual successor". Eurogamer. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Reuben, Nic (October 11, 2024). "Former Disco Elysium devs are working on a spiritual successor at new studio Longdue, though Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov aren't involved". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- 1 2 Litchfield, Ted (2025-03-11). "After suing a Disco Elysium writer to prevent him from making his own game, a tech CEO who's allegedly banned from the Disco Elysium subreddit is trying to crowdfund a spiritual successor". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ↑ Walker, Ian (2025-03-06). "'From the team that brought you Disco Elysium' is doing a lot of work here". Polygon.com. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ↑ Takahashi, Dean (2025-03-11). "Longdue drops debut teaser and Kickstarter for Hopetown, spiritual successor to Disco Elysium". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ↑ Romano, Sal (2026-05-21). "Hopetown gameplay teaser trailer, investigation and publishing mechanics detailed". Gematsu. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ↑ "Terms and Conditions". Longdue Games. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
- ↑ Hopetown – Official Gameplay Teaser. 2026-05-21. Retrieved 2026-05-28 – via www.gamereactor.eu.
- ↑ Warren, Mark; Warren, Mark (2026-05-21). "Squabble over Disco Elysium's legacy continues as Hopetown studio recruit another ex-ZA/UM dev while dropping a new trailer on Zero Parades' release day". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2026-05-28.