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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Silicon Knights ordered to destroy Unreal Engine games.

    Silicon Knights has received a court order to destroy all game code that used the modified Unreal Engine, and recall and destroy any unsold copies. These include Too Human and X-Men: Destiny.
    Nov 09, 2012 8:15am PST
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Silicon Knights ordered to destroy Unreal Engine games.

    Silicon Knights has received a court order to destroy all game code that used the modified Unreal Engine, and recall and destroy any unsold copies. These include Too Human and X-Men: Destiny. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      This is so sad. SK have created some great games. It sucks to see them fall apart like this. : David Craddock
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        again, how many of the key people who created those great games like eternal darkness are still there? I... : deathofratsThis person is cool!
        • Yeah, I know. I still feel a shiver of excitement when I see the company's name and think back to Eternal : David Craddock
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        It is because Denis Dyack has slowly gone insane : spiderfill
        • It's pretty hard to get any other impression from all the news around that company. : nodeThis person is cool!
        • Everytime I head his name I cringe. I had a coop interview with him years ago and he was a douchebag. : SlingBlaze
        • it wasn't that slow : acheronThis person is cool!
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      Why? Didn't they pay epic for their starter engine? : Snipergen
      • SK implied the engine was incredibly buggy and they didn't get support from Epic in fixing/improving the ... : bosst0neThis person is cool!
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      That is totally insane. They have to destroy all of their code on games that have like shipped and sold ... : SinisterInfant
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        ya its kind of a dick move if you ask me.. : technotica
        • What? Why would anyone ever pay for an Unreal engine license ever again if they didn't protect themselves... : grendelThis person is cool!
    • Holy shit dude. :/ : TaintedSyringe
    • Perhaps the rights (including the code and any future profit) to the games in question should just be awa... : the_shagohod
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      ...and nothing of value was lost. : waxthirteen
      • Those who seek to preserve the history of video games beg to differ. : the archvileThis person is cool!
    • damn :( : joninThis person is cool!
    • Quick! Buy up the copies of the already released games! They are going to be rares like that ET game they... : tossitupdude
    • WHAAAAAA????? omfg. : BorzoiThis person is cool!
    • I wonder if this means Too Human co-op will be pulled from LIVE. That'd suck hard. :( : BorzoiThis person is cool!
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      I think I still have an unopened copy of Too Human. now it's an investment!! : mikecybThis person is cool!
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        just like those back issues of gamepro! : not5am
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          I think I have like 30 issues at my parents house from the two years or so that I subscribed to it back i... : mikecybThis person is cool!
          • actually it was probably before that because I cancelled the subscription once they stopped making Sega G... : mikecybThis person is cool!
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          didn't there used to be a shacker who collected those things? : the city
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            i think that was roushimx who was even scanning them from time to time : X-GOUKIThis person is cool!
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              I tried to send him like 40 magazines (EGM, Nintendo Power and misc) but it was super expensive and then ... : Super Sparker
              • He's still on steam iirc if you want to get in touch with him. : Fenring42
              • http://roushimsx.livejournal.com/ : shirif
          • roushimsx and he ragequit the shack for some stupid reason. Miss the guy though. : shirif
        • I still miss my back issues of Nintendo Power. I had the complete set of the first 5-7 years of the magaz... : ColoradoCNC
    • http://i.minus.com/iN1u4vne6QY35.png : Godhatesfatpeople
    • "What that means for us is we're really excited because we're going to be able to come out, and the indus... : dookiebot
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      Man this sucks, Too Human was a cool game. I hope the Too Human IP gets sold to a dev shop that can c... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
      • Retro. Retro + ED IP + Wii U gamepad. : Cihte
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        for some reason I completely ignored "Too Human" and thought you said "Eternal Darkness." : Cihte
        • :) Eternal Darkness is awesome and what you said --> Retro + ED IP + Wii U gamepad = uh hu : valcan_sThis person is cool!
    • good. Them suing Epic for among other things, the right to own and sell licenses for use of the "Silicon... : MamiyaOtaru
    • They asked for this. : ArBThis person is cool!
    • What are the odds the source code will leak before the deadline? : Kojak2000
    • Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... : shirif
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      The judge must have played X-Men Destiny. : ColdbringeR
      • hehehehahaha.! : FesterBlatz
      • ahaha awesome. : shirif
    • Silicon Pirates! : FesterBlatz
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      They should leak the source code to a torrent or something. Can't be destroyed then. : marmiteThis person is cool!
      • You can't stop the signal... ughhhhhh : Home Nugget
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      We really need to figure out how to tell the courts to go FUCK THEMSELVES. : DragonSire
      • Or Silicon Knights needs to figure out how to make a game without STEALING SHIT. :) : maxwell97
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      This is a setback no doubt about it. If they kept good documents about the design process and other resou... : TheEmissary
      • It sounds like the company is probably dead either way. With five people left, they're likely doing nothi... : maxwell97
    • wow. they lost that case in pretty devastating fashion. : thebigbeefsandwich
    • Oh man.. that means no Too Human 2.. so sad, loved the first one. : Elsaispo