Deathblow! Silicon Knights ordered to destroy all software with unreal code.
 

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Game over man! Game over =(

I suggest everyone get Too Human while you have the chance! It's going to be a piece of video game history.

I bought Too Human on clearance for a tenner at Target and still returned it. I don't think I'm missing much.

Man, I wish these sorts of decisions were about SURRENDERING the code rather than DESTROYING it. Hate the idea of destroying this stuff over a legal battle.

... Of course there's still the problem that they probably not really WORTH getting.

All unsold copies of Too Human? Shit, better get the landfill next to ET Atari ready.

The ultimate backfire. Dyack ruining SK purely by his own hubris is impressive in its own right. At least the undoing of 38 Studios was by Schilling's sheer ignorance of the industry.

[QUOTE=Wario64;44152600]I bought Too Human on clearance for a tenner at Target and still returned it. I don't think I'm missing much.[/QUOTE]

Snap

Holy shit. They're basically dead.

Still waiting for the rest of the Too Human trilogy...

Bit dramatic isn't it?

[QUOTE=The Mana Legend;44152612]All unsold copies of Too Human? Shit, better get the landfill next to ET Atari ready.[/QUOTE]

is there a backhoe big enough?

Buying back all copies of too human? Bye silicon knights

Wait, does it mean those games are now also getting delisted off XBLM?

Dump all these games in the same landfill as the E.T. Atari games.

This whole lawsuit was never going to work out for them.

It was hubris at its finest.

Holy shit, this is pretty crazy. Epic going for blood.

lol, wow

I enjoyed Too Human for what it was, but yeah i don't think anything of value will be lost if they go under.

[QUOTE=Eusis;44152608]Man, I wish these sorts of decisions were about SURRENDERING the code rather than DESTROYING it. Hate the idea of destroying this stuff over a legal battle.

... Of course there's still the problem that they probably not really WORTH getting.[/QUOTE]

It would be better if they had to turn the property over to Epic.

Holy shit, destroying the code?

I don't really like the sound of this. Too Human wasn't a great game by any stretch but it gave me some weird form of enjoyment. So, was it true that Too Human's game code was essentially all re-written unreal stuff? Seems awfully overkill to make them delete the game code otherwise.

Oh man, the ebay prices for Too Human will get jacked up! Talk about a rare collector's item...

So, who pays to recall XMen Destiny? SK, or Activision?

Holy Sh**.

[QUOTE=Lime;44152669]Oh man, the ebay prices for Too Human will get jacked up! Talk about a rare collector's item...[/QUOTE]

That would require demand

damn that's a big "Against"

[QUOTE=Xenon;44152664]It would be better if they had to turn the property over to Epic.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. They'd probably sit on them (well, I guess if Activision cared they could call up for the X-men game), but at least it exists and could be exhumed at a later date.
[QUOTE=EviLore;44152693]That would require demand[/QUOTE]
You'll probably be finding copies in GameStop when they're doing buy two get two deals on 360 software 8 years from now.

[QUOTE=jooey;44152636]is there a backhoe big enough?[/QUOTE]They should dump them into Lake Ontario to combat the lowering lake level.

SK is going to get into further trouble because of this with publishers of XMEN and Too Human, it's not like the developer can return and destroy the game. I wonder what will happen. Bankruptcy seems imminent.

Uhh, wow. So does SK actually have any games they aren't recalling and trashing?

FOR !

Who was their lawyer? Lionel Hutz?

[QUOTE=EviLore;44152693]That would require demand[/QUOTE]

whoa, new avatar is all business.

[QUOTE=Saprol;44152715]Uhh, wow. So does SK actually have any games they aren't recalling and trashing?[/QUOTE]

Eternal Darkness?

[QUOTE=AlphaTwo00;44152683]So, who pays to recall XMen Destiny? SK, or Activision?[/QUOTE]

The publisher, I'd imagine, seeing as it's the party responsible for pressing the discs and shipping them to stores. Acti could attempt to pass that cost on to SK, but the company has been surviving on contract to contract, so this would surely be a fruitless endeavour.

[QUOTE=AlphaTwo00;44152683]So, who pays to recall XMen Destiny? SK, or Activision?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, wouldn't be publishers the ones required to do this? They are the ones that sell those copies to retailers in the first place.

Wow, this is weird.

I'd better find a copy of Too Human while I can. I just have to have it.

But really, this is a shitty situation - having to destroy all your work like this. Not that they didn't deserve, but still.

[QUOTE=SapientWolf;44152718]Who was their lawyer? Lionel Hutz?[/QUOTE]

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My copy of Too Human is going to be a collectors item!

[url=http://i.imgur.com/6aTZE.gif]I think this just about covers it[/url]

[QUOTE=Pikma;44152736]Yeah, wouldn't be publishers the ones that would be required to do this? They are the ones that sell those copies to retailers in the first place.[/QUOTE]
Wonder if it's possible for them to negotiate a deal to skip this crap. Or the plan is to bill SK for it, whatever.

Ouch.

Too Human shall be mine.

[QUOTE=jman2050;44152749][url=http://i.imgur.com/6aTZE.gif]I think this just about covers it[/url][/QUOTE]

Worse part is that she was pregnant.

I'm surprised by this. That's spiteful and mean.

Too Human Too - Powered By Unity.

[QUOTE=jooey;44152636]is there a backhoe big enough?[/QUOTE]

If they build the backhoe out of copies of the recalled games, they can make the first legit claim in a long time that they've made a groundbreaking product.

[QUOTE=jman2050;44152749][url=http://i.imgur.com/6aTZE.gif]I think this just about covers it[/url][/QUOTE]

Beautiful.

Too bad about SK, they made a couple good games. Nothing at all recent, but still. This is pretty much it for them then, isn't it?

Karma's a bitch

[QUOTE=SapientWolf;44152718]Who was their lawyer? Lionel Hutz?[/QUOTE]

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Hey Dyack, tell me how you feel! Would love a response! Long live Sillicon Knight!

- XoXo OddOne.