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‘Hades’ maker takes on gaming goliaths

Characters are based on Greek mythology in the hit video game ‘Hades,’ whose graphics are akin to an animated cartoon

SAN FRANCISCO – No work email after 5:00 pm on Fridays, mandatory vacations: the outfit behind role-playing video game sensation “Hades” doesn’t believe you have to go through hell to reach the top.

Yet the tiny, independent Supergiant’s own-way approach seems to be working as it gains on the goliaths of the multi-billion dollar gaming industry.

“Hades” snagged five honors this year at Britain’s prestigious BAFTA Games Awards and is short-listed for a major Hugo science fiction prize.

If what makes our games special is the particular people who work on them and how they work together, then the whole studio culture needs to be about supporting that over the long term,” Supergiant…

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