Regardless of the exact facts of the case which we can't know I think its a PR nightmare for both involved, more so for SK because Epic is currently riding the wave of good will from Gears of War. It certainly doesn't help Epic's liscensing however that this lawsuit has come about.
I hope it doesn't slow down Epic's game developement, personally, I couldn't give a shit about Too Human and I haven't talked to anyone who does. Considering its been in dev all the way back the PS1, I don't think Epic is the one responsible for SK not getting it out the door.
death to the infidels cliffyb must prevail
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wait what ? since the good old ps1 days and now there must have been like one million stable unreal engine builds ?! ever seen this list of games:
Quote from FMPONEevelopement, personally, I couldn't give a shit about Too Human and I haven't talked to anyone who does. Considering its been in dev all the way back the PS1, I don't think Epic is the one responsible for SK not getting it out the door.
Well, the acusation is that Epic didn't provided the engine code as appointed (according to SK) and eventually the changes SK has made were not helped to convert to the Xbox360 engine code with the reason that these are not engine specific modifications but game specific (if i got that right).
Still, I hope this shit doesn't become popular... otherwise we can expect game and middleware companies to have more lawyers than developers.
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He'll win.
He looks so very, very gay.
I'll take cliffy and gears over anyone, ANYONEEEEE
it seems SK have some valid arguements, if you actually read what they are alleging - I wonder if Epic will bother to make a statement or if they will just hide behind lawyers at court? D:
Quote from Rick_Dit seems SK have some valid arguements, if you actually read what they are alleging - I wonder if Epic will bother to make a statement or if they will just hide behind lawyers at court? D:
Epic Games' Vice President Mark Rein sent out a press release this afternoon notifying some gaming press of the suit: "This morning we were served with a lawsuit by Silicon Knights. We believe the claims against us are unfounded and without merit and we intend to fully defend against them," said Rein.
"We'd love to tell you more about it but unfortunately our lawyers want us to save our comments for the courthouse so we're going to do our best to comply with their wishes. In that vein we'd appreciate if our friends in the industry and media would refrain from asking us about the suit because we're only going to say 'no comment.' We just wanted to share the news directly before the rumor mill starts churning."
Quote from JamesLHe looks so very, very gay.
NO U 
Quote from Sa74nEpic Games' Vice President Mark Rein sent out a press release this afternoon notifying some gaming press of the suit: "This morning we were served with a lawsuit by Silicon Knights. We believe the claims against us are unfounded and without merit and we intend to fully defend against them," said Rein.
"We'd love to tell you more about it but unfortunately our lawyers want us to save our comments for the courthouse so we're going to do our best to comply with their wishes. In that vein we'd appreciate if our friends in the industry and media would refrain from asking us about the suit because we're only going to say 'no comment.' We just wanted to share the news directly before the rumor mill starts churning."
Yeah I read that but it's hardly the kind of statement I want to read, doesn't have enough juicy gossip 
hmm some clever weaseling and spinning there mr rein ... id say there must be something behind those sk claims after reading mark reins comment
Never heard of Silicon Knights. 
They made the amazing
And Eternal Darkness, also for the Gamecube! I watched my flatmate play it and he loved it, and I've also got myself a copy but, well, the Gamecube hasn't been used for a while... I'm sure I'll give it a whirl one of these days, as it did look cool 
Sk's case actually looks pretty solid.
The suit initially alleges that: "Rather than provide support to Silicon Knights and Epic’s other many licensees of the Engine, Epic intentionally and wrongfully has used the fees from those licenses to launch its own game to widespread commercial success while simultaneously sabotaging efforts by Silicon Knights and others to develop their own video games."
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=14759
Should be interesting to see how it turns out.
The thing that struck me was how specific the document was with its allegations. I was expecting something a lot more vague, laced with legal babble.
Than again, I'm not all that well versed in this sort of thing.
If you file a lawsuit it has to be boistrous and over the top in order to clearly allege that there was actually a breach of contract that took place.
You can't say "Epic was not sufficiently timely in their delivery" you have to really paint them as being defficient
I liked silicon knights when they made DOS games before selling out to console kids
Note that Valve also similarily gave Troika an early junky incomplte Source engine for Vampire but no one cares about that because Valve is god lololol
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