The developer is reportedly down to just a handful of employees, has shut the office down, and sold off its physical and game assets.
While the amount of careers affected was not specified, Silicon Knights did confirm today that a “small number” of employees were recently laid off. Founder and President Denis Dyack also squashed the rumor of a supposed Eternal Darkness sequel for the Wii U being cancelled by Nintendo.
Epic Games and Virtual Heroes – a division of Applied Research Associates Inc. (ARA) – have recently founded a partnership for serious gaming applications. The Unreal Government Network, in addition to sounding like a Congress run by aliens and demons, will support government developers of serious gaming initiatives. Virtual Heroes will both support browser-based Unreal […]
Epic Games and LucasArts have announced a major, cross-studio licensing agreement with Unreal Engine 3. The multi-year deal has yet to manifest in any announced LucasArt release, but expect all games coming from the studio to utilize at least some portion of Epic tech.