Silicon Knights
Defunct Canadian video game developer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 1992 |
Defunct | 2014 |
Headquarters | , Canada |
Key people | Denis Dyack Michael Mays |
Number of employees | 97 (July 2011)[1] 5 (October 2012)[2][3] |
Website | siliconknights.com (archived) |
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]