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2 months after releasing Zero Parades, Studio ZA/UM is laying off employees: 'Its commercial performance has not enabled us to sustain a studio of our current size'

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Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
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Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
Genres · adventure, indie, point_and_click, rpg
Release · May 21, 2026
Developer · ZA/UM
PCPS5
47 articles 36 writers 8 reviews
ZA/UM
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ZA/UM
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2019–2026
Latest · Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
Top genres · indie, rpg, adventure
253 articles 137 writers 4 games
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