Silicon Knights

Silicon Knights
IndustryVideo games
Founded1992
Defunct2014
Headquarters
St. Catharines, Ontario
,
Canada
Key people
Denis Dyack
Michael Mays
Number of employees
97 (July 2011)[1]
5 (October 2012)[2][3]
Websitesiliconknights.com (archived)

Silicon Knights was a Canadian video game developer. Founded in 1992 by Denis Dyack, the company was headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario. They started developing for computers such as the Atari ST and IBM PC compatibles. After 1996, they moved to console titles.

Dyack left Silicon Knights to form a new game studio, Precursor Games, after the loss of a court case against Epic Games over the game engine Unreal Engine 3.[4] Epic Games won the case and a counter-suit for $4.45 million on grounds of copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract.[5] Following the case, Silicon Knights filed for bankruptcy on May 16, 2014.[6]

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  2. ^ "Silicon Knights staff now fewer than 5 – Report | GamesIndustry International". Gamesindustry.biz. October 26, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "What Went Wrong With Silicon Knights' X-Men: Destiny?". Kotaku.com. October 26, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  4. ^ Crecente, Brian (May 9, 2013). "Silicon Knights unloads property, closes office, continues battle with Epic Games". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Totilo, Stephen (May 30, 2012). "Epic Says Epic Has Won Lawsuit Battle With Silicon Knights [UPDATE: Epic Awarded $4.45 Million]". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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