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Silicon Knights Suffers Layoffs

by Jim Reilly on June 11, 2012 at 06:35 PM

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Silicon Knights said today it has laid off a small number of employees. The studio also denied a rumor it canceled development on the still-unconfirmed Eternal Darkness sequel for the Wii U.

"We are scaling back to a core group and focusing all our efforts on future opportunities," said Denis Dyack, founder and president of Silicon Knights in a statement. "As to the rumor about Nintendo, it is not true and has no basis in fact."

A rumor surfaced on NeoGAF last week that suggested Nintendo had pulled the plug on the heavily rumored Eternal Darkness 2 after Silicon Knights had to shell out $4.5 million plus additional legal fees to Epic Games from the recent lawsuit. Dyack said he plans to appeal the decision, however.

A representative was unable to comment on the number of employees that were affected from the layoffs.

Filed under: News, silicon knights, Denis Dyack, Eternal Darkness 2

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by Bturn Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:41 PM

For Slant Six now Silicon Knights? That sucks for all those people that got laid off.
by SoraRoxasVentus Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:42 PM

So... No Eternal Darkness U? :(
by mikedeas879 Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:44 PM

tough times
by Gravitic Tyrant Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:48 PM

Ouch. Just seems like there is no end to the layoffs.
by jeff keech Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:49 PM

So they are denying cancellation of an unconfirmed game that may or may not be in development? Someone wanna run that by me again? xD
by backspacer Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:53 PM

Sure, it's not a good thing but Silicon Knights hasn't made a good game for a very long time.
by Companion Cube Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:54 PM

Two big layoffs in one day... Sucks. Man it just sucks.
by Trafalgar Laws Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:57 PM

Eternal darkness would save them. But I haven't liked them as much since I heard their stance on used games...but I guess I could try play Xmen destiny, or just save money and borrow too human.............
by Do NOT Read This Monday, June 11, 2012 at 06:58 PM

We need a sequel to Eternal Darkness.
by Smidgens Monday, June 11, 2012 at 07:16 PM

I'm sure this has nothing to do with their failed lawsuit against Epic Games. Yep...
by Ghost Monday, June 11, 2012 at 07:29 PM

A LOT of layoffs
by Fodpea Monday, June 11, 2012 at 07:30 PM

I thought Silicon Knights shut down years ago
by ynoT0312Taz Monday, June 11, 2012 at 07:33 PM

Who's silicon knights?
by Robert Rimini Monday, June 11, 2012 at 07:34 PM

So let me get this straight: Silicon Knights releases two games that are mediocre at best and gets counter-sued by Epic Games, and they get bailed by their government and suffer layoffs. Meanwhile, 38 Studios releases ONE game that meets underwhelming sales and they file bankruptcy very shortly afterwards. Am I the only person that sees something wrong here?
by rekoin Monday, June 11, 2012 at 07:55 PM

Too many layoffs these days...
by fdsdrtrt Monday, June 11, 2012 at 08:25 PM

http://tinyurl.com/top2biz . . . . .. . .
by fdsdrtrt Monday, June 11, 2012 at 08:25 PM

http://tinyurl.com/top2biz . . . . .. . .
by Todd Monday, June 11, 2012 at 08:31 PM

Too bad, I personally haven't enjoyed recent Silicon knights games, but I do think the studio has potential. Here's hoping they get to make more games!
by ZimmerRemmiz Monday, June 11, 2012 at 08:37 PM

So they denied the cancellation that they haven't even confirmed they are working on, so is that an indirect confirmation that they are working on it?...
by KayoDot Monday, June 11, 2012 at 08:37 PM

Wait. Eternal Darkness for Wii U???!? Holy balls. Take my car and my house, and give me that game.