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🚨 There’s a new assignment, CASCADE.

#ZEROPARADES: For Dead Spies is coming to #SteamNextFest with a free, time-limited demo.

Wishlist on Steam now, and jump into the demo from Feb 23rd:

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YouTube video by Middle Aged Gamer Guy Disco Elysium teams new espionage RPG explained #gaming #newgames2026 #discoelysium

"50 Games You Should Play in 2026." Thank you for featuring #ZEROPARADES, kind "Middle Aged Gamer Guy." Sorry for any trauma caused by the boar-fisting:

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Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM explains how examinations of failure, power, and pop culture have helped shape its next RPG, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. https://bit.ly/3Zr9ZT9

The Fogged Mirror: a grimy schnapps bar favoured by Party Alley's most rabid pelota fans, undiscerning alcoholics, and defunct spies.

You may not like what you recognise here.

Art from #ZEROPARADES.

Chaos ensues with a surprise cameo from the legend & voice behind #DiscoElysium: Mr Mikee Goodman.

Tune in to Episode 2 of the #ZEROPARADES IMPRINT devcast now on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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👁️‍🗨️ The next instalment of “inside Anton’s sketchbook.” A #ZEROPARADES inspired piece from our Lead Illustrator.

🎙️ Episode 2 of IMPRINT, our #ZEROPARADES devcast, is now live!

Our host, Jim, is joined by fellow writers Honey and Justin to discuss a pivotal element of ZERO PARADES: the narrative.

🔴 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube:

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Hey, Mike! Could you fire us an email to support@zaumstudio.com so we can investigate this? Please include details on your hardware & software.

🐑 The ample carrier to stash your surplus of Rapidium.

Orders for the Dolly Baa-Baag, part of our #TheAlters collection with @11bitstudios.bsky.social, re-open this Friday:

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🏠 Home is where the heart is.

Discussing the location of Party Alley in Episode 1 of IMPRINT: our new #ZEROPARADES Devcast.

🚨 Next episode drops *this* Friday -- subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube:

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🎞️ From #ZEROPARADES: Cinema 'Kosmos.' Built to serve the dyers & dockworkers of lower Quisach.

After the Essilk silk factory closure, it gradually fell into disuse, though some local punks have reported seeing odd machines & monitors being hooked up down in the old auditorium...

Before and after touch-ups on one of the Bazaar billboards found in #ZEROPARADES, showing you the importance of subtle details ⬇️

10. Spiritfarer (2020) Developed and published by Thunder Lotus A screenshot of the main character fishing in Spiritfarer Spiritfarer is a cozy management game following themes of death. 9. Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) Developed and published by Lucas Pope (3909) 8. Undertale (2015) Developed and published by Toby Fox 7. Stardew Valley (2016) Developed and published by ConcernedApe 6. Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025) Developed and published by Team Cherry 5. Disco Elysium (2019) Developed and published by ZA/UM A screenshot of the main character waking up in the opening of Disco Elysium. You play an amnesiac detective with a murder to solve in RPG, Disco Elysium. 4. What Remains of Edith Finch (2017) Developed by Giant Sparrow and published by Annapurna Interactive 3. Hades (2020) Developed and published by Supergiant GamesBest video game consoles 2. Hollow Knight (2017) Developed and published by Team Cherry 1. Outer Wilds (2019) Developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive

And our top 10 indie games of all time, as voted by our staff! Full list of our top 100: t.co/sbwyEUyZAK

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And there it is, exposed at last! The lobotomised architrave of a man.

Limited edition Thought Cabinet Screenprint, depicting the original pencil drawing used as the basis for #DiscoElysium's Thought Cabinet art.

Available now:

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Well, you heard it here first.

Subscribe to “IMPRINT”, our new #ZEROPARADES devcast, on YouTube / Spotify / Apple Podcasts.

New episodes drop monthly:

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👁️‍🗨️ Another feast for the eyes from our Lead Illustrator, Anton Vill.

A #ZEROPARADES piece, straight from his sketchbook.

📷 Behind-the-scenes shots from our Thought Cabinet Collection shoot.

Now available to order:

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🎙️ ICYMI! Episode one of our brand-new devast IMPRINT is now available.

Our host, Jim, is joined by Kaspar and Iliya from the #ZEROPARADES art team to discuss all things art & world.

Tune in on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & wherever else you get your podcasts:

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The Decade's Finest RPG Is Now A Fashion House Serving Looks What drew me to Disco Elysium from the start was the fashion, when I saw someone wearing that very jacket. That was also the start of studio ZA/UM’s fashion-forward Atelier, headed by Kristiina Ago.

NEW: In her first-ever interview, the head of Disco Elysium fashion @zaumstudio.bsky.social sits down to predict the future of gaming haute couture.
I've been wearing the death cloak to a ballet in New York and it doesn't feel out of place.
#gaming #discoelysium #rpgs
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🎄 Happy Holidays from the #ZEROPARADES team.

Thank you to everyone who has shown curiosity, intrigue, and excitement about what we’ve shared so far.

We can’t wait for you to meet Hershel Wilk next year.

❄️ We hope your holidays are wonderful and here’s to and a happy New Year from all of us at ZA/UM.

YouTube video by ZAUM IMPRINT - A ZA/UM Studio Devcast - Episode 1: Art & World

Introducing IMPRINT – a brand new devcast from the #ZEROPARADES team that looks at the making of our upcoming espionage RPG.

Our pilot episode, focusing on the art of ZERO PARADES, is now available: youtu.be/t4hTz6R4Kyo?... for the full video or listen in wherever you get your podcasts

Our Lead Illustrator, Anton Vill, has offered a glimpse into his sketchbook.

Peek the pencil and ink illustrations; early iterations that have and are continuing to shape #ZEROPARADES.

See more on our Instagram: instagram.com/zaumstudio

@cabreracomposer.bsky.social is doing an amazing job for Zero Parades. We’ve been mixing different styles like jazz and electronic music, with Colombian andina bandolas, alongside top-notch musicians from the Spanish jazz scene. Can’t wait to share more of our work with you!

Big kudos to Fernando 🙌

ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies on Steam From the creators of Disco Elysium - The Final Cut comes ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies – an espionage RPG. You're a brilliant but tormented operant on one final desperate assignment. Gather your broken...

This is so wonderful & touching to read, I'll make sure to pass it on to the wider team.

Our next project, #ZEROPARADES, arrives next year, so hopefully that'll satisfy something within you:

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Smashing it 👏

Players on PC will notice a small update to #DiscoElysium.

This update patches a Unity vulnerability issue to keep your game secure.

📧 For any additional issues, please reach out to the team at support@zaumstudio.com.

Work-in-progressss

This is a more private and personal area and yet it’s laid out in a way that should imply the scale and density of a residential space that keeps going and going off-screen to where the player won’t have direct access to. Audio design plays a huge part in that.

🥁 Creating beats for #ZEROPARADES over in the beautiful (& likely more sunny) Spain.

👀 Behind-the-scenes studio footage from our talented Audio Director, Ruben.

➡️ A maze of doors, alleyways, and improvised construction, the Housing Campaign contains what's left of Quisach district's middle class.

Art from #ZEROPARADES: linktr.ee/zeroparades