Spiders
Subsidiary studios of publisher Nacon, including GreedFall: The Dying World developer Spiders, have filed for insolvency this week amid unpaid bills. French video game union Syndicat des Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo blames Nacon's management for mismanagement and sabotaging viable teams. The crisis follows recent game launches and Nacon's own debt proceedings.
Raportoinut AI
Scientists have discovered that the spider Dysdera tilosensis, found only on the Canary Islands, has reduced its genome size by nearly half in just a few million years. This downsizing defies traditional theories predicting larger genomes in island species. Despite the smaller genome, the spider shows greater genetic diversity than its mainland relatives.