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Too Human's Absence From E3, Silicon Knights Suit

Posted by Zonk on from the game-is-now-very-shy dept.

GameDaily points out something I didn't even notice: Too Human wasn't at E3 this year. Denis Dyack's histrionics in the year since the game's terrible E3 2006 showing may have had something to do with that. According to the site, Dyack said: "We made the decision not to show Too Human at the press conference some time ago. The reason for this decision was that we have another event planned in the future for Too Human that we thought would be more appropriate ... Not attending the show and setting appointments with the press was due to Silicon Knights being extremely busy finalizing the game and we simply could not spare the time." Of course, today's announcement of a pending lawsuit between Silicon Knights and Epic may have something to do with it as well. Too Human is using Epic's Unreal engine to get the job done ... perhaps they've run into a snag?

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  1. Re:Second most delayed game ever? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Denis Dyack has stated that Too Human has actually been in development since before Blood Omen: Legacy of Kane. In fact, the Soul Reaver was originally a Too Human weapon that was moved over to Blood Omen early in its development. So that means Too Human has been in development since at LEAST 1996. 11 years, one year longer than DNF.

  2. Lawsuit by im_thatoneguy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Silicon Knight's primary accusations against Epic Games are:

    - Late delivery of Engine code. (Breach of contract.)
    - Withholding engine code under the guise of it being game specific (aka Gears of War source code).
    - Deliberately withholding code in order to comparatively showcase in-house games.
    - Lack of promised documentation and technical consultation.

    Also it appears that Epic might be claiming Silicon Knight's new in house game engine as Unreal 3 code. Or at least Silicon Knights is taking preemptive action to ensure that doesn't happen.

    What Silicon Knights wants out the lawsuit:

    - To be released from their contract with Epic Games.
    - For a full refund.
    and recognition that their in house engine is the sole property of Silicon Knights and not Epic Games.

    Source:
    http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=14759

    1. Re:Lawsuit by Panzergheist · · Score: 2, Informative

      They want a bit more than that. They also want

      - All profits from the sale of Gears of War
      - Unlimited license to modify UE3 in any way they want.

      We'll see how this turns out, but it's bad news no matter what happens.