The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), also called the small-spotted cat, is the smallest wild cat in Africa, having a head-and-body length of 35–52 cm (14–20 in). Despite its name, only the soles of its feet are black or dark brown. With its bold small spots and stripes on the tawny fur, it is well camouflaged, especially on moonlit nights. It bears black streaks running from the corners of the eyes along the cheeks, and its banded tail has a black tip.
The first black-footed cat known to science was discovered in the northern Karoo of South Africa and described in 1824. It is endemic to the arid steppes and grassland savannas of Southern Africa. It was recorded in southern Botswana, but only a few authentic records exist in Namibia, in southern Angola and in southern Zimbabwe. Due to its restricted distribution, it has been listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2002. The population is suspected to be declining due to poaching of prey species for human consumption as bushmeat, persecution, traffic accidents, and predation by herding dogs.
The black-footed cat has been studied using radio telemetry since 1993. This research allowed direct observation of its behaviour in its natural habitat. It usually rests in burrows during the day and hunts at night. It moves between 5 and 16 km (3 and 10 mi) on average in search of small rodents and birds. It feeds on 40 different vertebrates and kills up to 14 small animals per night. It can catch birds in flight, jumping up to 1.4 m (5 ft) high, and also attacks mammals and birds much heavier than itself. A female usually gives birth to two kittens during the Southern Hemisphere summer between October and March. They are weaned at the age of two months and become independent after four months of age at the latest.
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Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Game Store if you wanted to get it without paying the anti trans demon and don't feel like doing piracy. As far as I know, the developer gets a flat fee for the giveaway that doesn't change based on number of units. If anybody has info contradicting that, let me know.
I played it back when the Denuvo DRM was cracked.
This does appear to be true. I was frustrated by finding a articles that simply claim it's a flat fee without directly citing sources, but I was able to track down one of the documents that seems to be the source of the claim: this document from Epic Games v. Apple. More specifically, it's exhibit DX-3712 from docket no. 4:20-cv-05640, although unfortunately I'm not sure what docket attachment it's in because as you'd expect the exhibits in this case are voluminous.
The document contains a revealing chart—unfortunately, like with a lot of legal documents, the exhibit is a PDF rendered to images, so I've reproduced it as a table here (please forgive any mistakes and double-check the source if necessary):
As you can see, the "buyout price" for each game is a nice round number, certainly negotiated in advance, and has no relation to the number of "entitlements". Epic's terminology clarifies things even more: "entitlement" implies something that the user is owed, so whether the game is even installed or not is not even tracked in this table. Which makes sense, since free games are purely a method for Epic Games to bring users into their ecosystem.
Out of all the entries in that table, the one that brought the most joy was Celeste. Maddy Makes Games absolutely fleeced Epic, getting the 4th highest buyout of the 38 listed games ($750K) while also delivering Epic their highest cost per new account ($12.00 when the average is $2.37) and a low "New to Epic" percentage of 2.3% (less than half the average across all games, 4.7%)
Well, I say "fleeced", but the team behind Celeste deserves every penny!! 