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"Perhaps, This Is Hell": Descent Into SIGNALIS
This paper examines how video games engage with katabasis, the mythic descent into the underworld, using a close reading of SIGNALIS (rose-engine, 2022) and comparative analysis of its intertexts.
- The paper argues that playable descent narratives translate traditional katabatic (underworld-descent) images and motifs into interactive form, enabling complex emotional experiences.
- Its primary case study is SIGNALIS (rose-engine, 2022), read as both a literal and metaphorical katabasis through its vertical structure, threshold moments that compel protagonist Elster downward, and the explicit line "PERHAPS, THIS IS HELL."
- The author contends that in SIGNALIS, Hell is not a destination but the distorted world itself: a self-generated cycle of guilt, decay, and memory loss.
DiGRAJun 2026
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Going Dark
The July 2025 layoffs at Microsoft represent a significant escalation in the company’s restructuring of its gaming division.
- Microsoft has initiated its fourth wave of Xbox layoffs in 18 months, cutting 9,000 staff worldwide despite the company reporting $70.1 billion in revenue and $25.8 billion in profit for the last quarter.
- Major project cancellations include the reboot of Perfect Dark at The Initiative, the Rare-developed title Everwild, and a sci-fi looter-shooter codenamed Blackbird at Zenimax Online Studios.
- The layoffs have impacted a wide range of internal studios, including significant staff reductions at Turn 10 (Forza Motorsport), King (Candy Crush), and teams working on Call of Duty and Halo.
Hit PointsJul 2025
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Ubisoft Appoints Christoph Hartmann to Lead Creative House 2 and Its Growing Portfolio of Franchises
Ubisoft has appointed industry veteran Christoph Hartmann as the General Manager of Creative House 2, a strategic division central to the company’s revised operating model.
- Ubisoft has appointed industry veteran Christoph Hartmann as General Manager of Creative House 2, a strategic division overseeing its tactical and competitive franchises.
- The Creative House 2 portfolio includes major intellectual properties such as Tom Clancy’s The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, and the newly acquired title March of Giants.
- Hartmann will coordinate development across key internal studios, including Massive, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Paris, and Ubisoft Toronto.
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