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Uncategorized Friday, November 9th 2012 at 8:40 am

Silicon Knights Must Recall and Destroy All Unsold Copies of Their Games With Unreal Engine Code

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As if the death knell hadn’t already sounded for video game developer Silicon Knights, a judgment signed just two days ago in the legal battle between themselves and Epic Games pretty much indicates that they’ll be completely wiped off the map. To make a long story short, the two companies were nipping at each other over the Unreal Engine that Epic licenses out to other developers, like Silicon Knights. Now, thanks to losing horrifically, Silicon Knights has been ordered to recall and destroy all unsold copies of Too Human, X-Men: Destiny, and more.

In addition to that, the order requires that Silicon Knights destroy all video game code and Unreal Engine code associated with Too Human, X-Men: Destiny, The Box/Ritualyst, The Sandman, and Siren in the Maelstorm by December 10th, 2012. They can no longer produce, sell, or distribute these games, and must recall all the unsold copies at their own expense in order to destroy them. Ouch.

For those that haven’t already been following along, word is that Silicon Knights currently consists of a skeleton crew if that. Once X-Men: Destiny fell flat, the studio was more or less done for. That was before the developer was ordered to pay Epic $4.45 million in damages back in May. Now that the majority of their relevant catalog will be gutted, it’s time to wave goodbye and bury any Eternal Darkness 2 hopes and dreams.

(Justia Docs via NeoGAF, Eurogamer)

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  • Anonymous

    How cruel to the developers, to have their code wiped. At least the artists are not haven’t their art wiped but really what good is it to keep art for a game that you no longer have the code for. I suppose you could bundle it and sell it to indie devs in packs but I don’t see that happening.

  • daniel

    Wow, really what the f*ck? This sounds like Middle Ages, wipe code produced in months, when not years. And RECALL their products?! Who on earth would send it back, come on be realistic!
    From which century are these judges from?

  • http://geekvariety.tumblr.com/ GeekVariety

    This is what vindictive looks like. This is someone making a point by rubbing someones nose in it. This is terrible and childish.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1024668551 Adam Truman Mendenhall

    hurry I will buy a copy for 3 dollars

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1024668551 Adam Truman Mendenhall

    nobody should let them do It hide all copies

  • I think

    I think it’s more of a recall from stores who are still selling it & not really about having customers return their copy.