Baldur's Gate, the award-winning fantasy game series, is being adapted into a TV series by Craig Mazin, the creator of HBO's "The Last of Us," according to BBC Technology. However, developers Larian Studios will not be directly involved in the production. In other news, YouTube's revenue surpassed $60 billion in 2025, as the platform pushes for more paid subscribers, BBC Business reported. Meanwhile, a conservation effort has led to the thriving of a Bermuda snail, once thought to be extinct, as detailed by The Guardian. These stories highlight the diverse range of news, from entertainment to business and conservation, that have recently emerged.
The upcoming "Baldur's Gate" TV series, which will continue the story where the game series left off, is being produced without the direct involvement of Larian Studios, the game's developers, BBC Technology reported. The game, "Baldur's Gate 3," launched in 2023 to critical and commercial acclaim, selling over 20 million copies and winning all five major Game of the Year awards. Craig Mazin, who also created the 2019 hit "Chernobyl," is heading the adaptation.
In the business sector, YouTube's revenue reached over $60 billion in 2025, encompassing advertising and paid subscriptions, BBC Business revealed. This figure exceeds streaming rival Netflix's $45 billion revenue. According to Hanna Kahlert, a senior analyst at Midia Research, the announcement was significant but "perhaps not a surprising one," given YouTube's status as "almost infrastructural for digital natives." This is the first time Google has individually highlighted its video platform's yearly revenue since acquiring it in 2006.
Also in the news, a conservation project has successfully revived the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), which was once believed to be extinct, The Guardian reported. Conservationists bred and released over 100,000 of these button-sized snails. The snails were found in the fossil record but were thought to have vanished from the North Atlantic archipelago until a remnant population was discovered.
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