{"id":1909092,"date":"2026-04-29T15:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1909092"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:43:27","slug":"greedfall-the-dying-world-studio-spiders-is-reportedly-closing-its-doors-after-parent-company-nacon-failed-to-find-a-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1909092","title":{"rendered":"GreedFall: The Dying World studio Spiders is reportedly closing its doors after parent company Nacon failed to find a buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">GreedFall: The Dying World studio Spiders is reportedly closing its doors after parent company Nacon failed to find a buyer<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Nacon recently filed for insolvency.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/GreedFall_Dying-World_character-closeup.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"One of the main characters in GreedFall: The Dying World\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"GreedFall_Dying-World_character-closeup.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nacon<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-04-29T15:43:27+00:00\">April 29, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/greedfall-studio-spiders-reportedly-shutting-down?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          8 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"d74f591b-1e42-478b-a55b-2c0ff3bc91df\" data-name=\"Greedfall\" data-follow-text=\"Follow GreedFall\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following GreedFall\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow GreedFall\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following GreedFall\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow GreedFall\" title=\"Follow GreedFall\"><br \/>\n  Follow GreedFall<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Less than two months after narrative-driven RPG sequel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/greedfall-2\">GreedFall: The Dying World<\/a> left early access, its developer, Spiders, is reportedly being shut down. It&#8217;s claimed the Paris-based studio is being liquidated after parent company Nacon failed to find a buyer.<\/p>\n<p>French site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.origami.ng\/spiders-greedfall-steelrising-nacon-fermeture\/\">Origami<\/a> first shared news, citing &#8220;several sources close to the matter&#8221; and claiming the liquidation request was a &#8220;mere formality at this stage&#8221;. Spiders &#8211; the studio behind Steelrising and The Technomancer, but best known for the GreedFall series in recent years &#8211; was intended to be sold following the announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/styx-blades-of-greed-and-hell-is-us-publisher-nacon-files-for-insolvency\">Nacon was filing for insolvency in late February<\/a>, but &#8220;no offer was made to acquire this veteran of European AA video games&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>GreedFall: The Dying World trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MF_GOWlMLak\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Origami, one of the studio&#8217;s two projects &#8211; said to be a &#8220;licensed game codenamed Dark&#8221; &#8211; was cancelled last year, &#8220;after which Spiders focused its efforts on the final stretch of GreedFall 2&#8217;s production and developing a new pitch to secure its future&#8221;. The studio&#8217;s regular activity only stopped a few days ago according to the site&#8217;s sources. &#8220;CV updates and self-study sessions have replaced work on future productions,&#8221; Origami wrote.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/greedfall-review-technical-shortcomings-are-overcome-by-an-abundance-of-heart\">review of the first GreedFall<\/a>, released in 2019, was positive, highlighting the way it &#8220;makes up for its faults with a lot of spirit.&#8221; And it proved successful enough, selling 2m copies, that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/historical-fantasy-rpg-greedfall-is-getting-a-sequel-in-2024\">sequel was announced in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Less than two months after narrative-driven RPG sequel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/greedfall-2\">GreedFall: The Dying World<\/a> left early access, its developer, Spiders, is reportedly being shut down. It&#8217;s claimed the Paris-based studio is being liquidated after parent company Nacon failed to find a buyer.<\/p>\n<p>French site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.origami.ng\/spiders-greedfall-steelrising-nacon-fermeture\/\">Origami<\/a> first shared news, citing &#8220;several sources close to the matter&#8221; and claiming the liquidation request was a &#8220;mere formality at this stage&#8221;. Spiders &#8211; the studio behind Steelrising and The Technomancer, but best known for the GreedFall series in recent years &#8211; was intended to be sold following the announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/styx-blades-of-greed-and-hell-is-us-publisher-nacon-files-for-insolvency\">Nacon was filing for insolvency in late February<\/a>, but &#8220;no offer was made to acquire this veteran of European AA video games&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>GreedFall: The Dying World trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MF_GOWlMLak\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Origami, one of the studio&#8217;s two projects &#8211; said to be a &#8220;licensed game codenamed Dark&#8221; &#8211; was cancelled last year, &#8220;after which Spiders focused its efforts on the final stretch of GreedFall 2&#8217;s production and developing a new pitch to secure its future&#8221;. The studio&#8217;s regular activity only stopped a few days ago according to the site&#8217;s sources. &#8220;CV updates and self-study sessions have replaced work on future productions,&#8221; Origami wrote.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/greedfall-review-technical-shortcomings-are-overcome-by-an-abundance-of-heart\">review of the first GreedFall<\/a>, released in 2019, was positive, highlighting the way it &#8220;makes up for its faults with a lot of spirit.&#8221; And it proved successful enough, selling 2m copies, that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/historical-fantasy-rpg-greedfall-is-getting-a-sequel-in-2024\">sequel was announced in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News GreedFall: The Dying World studio Spiders is reportedly closing its doors after parent company Nacon failed to find a buyer Nacon recently filed for insolvency. 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