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Jarrod
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 Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:52 am Post subject: Silicon Knights lays off 50% of staff |
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| Silicon Knights lays off 50% of staff by Jarrod |  | | PALGN News: And hints at the next game. | | [View Article] |
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I'm guessing it's eternal darkness. I doubt they would have the rights to do legacy of kain again and Too Human wouldn't exactly be returning to its roots.
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I would love to see the original Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain given the iOS / Android treatment but as far as I know, it is Eidos that hold the rights to that franchise.
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I would love an Eternal Darkness sequel. Such a great game and I'm surprised that it didn't get some kind of Wii port, ala Pikmin, Jungle Beat etc.
It's a shame to hear about the layoffs, hopefully their next project (whatever it is) ends up as a success.
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Jaws is correct, Eidos own the rights to Legacy of Kain, which in turn means Square Enix own it.
The only two games it could possibly be are Eternal Darkness and Too Human. The problem with the latter is that it really isn't a highly requested title, and the problem with the former is that Nintendo still, as far as I'm aware, have retained the copyright to the series.
So I don't know. One one hand Eternal Darkness is the most logical answer if we're to take their word as literal and truthful, which means they're probably working with Nintendo. On the other hand I wouldn't be surprised if they were bullshitting about 'highly requested' or whatever, and are back working on Too Human.
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I'm not surprised by this news. What's surprising is how Silicon Knights is still afloat given how many other video game developing companies are either cutting staff or shutting down completely after one title release that doesn't perform well within the first week or so after that initial release.
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They got a hand out from the Canadian government.
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They shouldn't be surprised. X-Men was looking promising up to the point where actual gameplay was released. They need to seriously lift their game or go the way of Factor-5.
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