Spiders (company)#Game engine

{{Infobox company

| name = Spiders

| logo = SpidersLogo.png

| type = Subsidiary

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2008}}

| location = Paris, France

| key_people = Jehanne Rousseau
Wilfried Mallet
Walid Miled

| num_employees = 70+{{cite web|url=http://www.spiders-games.com/about|title=About Us|publisher=Spiders}}

| industry = Video games

| products =

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| parent = Nacon {{small|(2019–present)}}

| subsid =

| homepage = {{URL|spiders-games.com}}

| footnotes =

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Spiders is a French video game developer specializing in action role-playing games, owing to their previous experience.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/companies/spiders|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017073923/http://www.ign.com/companies/spiders|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2012|title=Company Spiders|publisher=IGN|accessdate=24 January 2014}}

History

Spiders was created in 2008 by former Monte Cristo developers who had worked together the previous year on the game Silverfall. Wanting to stay together after the completion of this game, some developers team up to found Spiders. Jehanne Rousseau is the director.

In addition to its role as service provider to other developers, in particular by porting games to Xbox 360, the studio has specialized in a specific genre, namely role-playing games.{{cite web |title=La fiche du studio sur le site de l'AFJV |url=http://www.afjv.com/studios/spiders_games.htm |website=Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo |access-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525154922/http://www.afjv.com/studios/spiders_games.htm |archive-date=25 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}

In July 2019, French publisher Bigben Interactive, now known as Nacon, announced that they had acquired Spiders.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-24-bigben-acquires-spiders |title=Bigben acquires Spiders |website=gamesindustry.biz |date=24 July 2019}}

Game engine

All Spiders games are produced and developed using the company's own modified version of Sony's PhyreEngine, called the "Silk Engine". It includes most of the features of its parent engine, and is modified to add its own unique features.{{cite web|url=http://www.spiders-games.com/solutions|title=Spider Solutions Engine|publisher=Spiders|accessdate=24 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103418/http://www.spiders-games.com/solutions|archivedate=8 July 2014}}