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Dyack says 2009 is the end of the videogame 'golden age'

Everybody is currently feasting upon cloud computing's nuts at the moment, with services such as OnLive promising a streaming videogame experience that could change the world forever. Dyack is a ...
Silicon Knights 'working on several exciting projects'

Silicon Knights, last seem dividing the videogame community over its much-hyped Too Human, have been relatively quiet lately. Until recently, when a potential upcoming title -- Siren in the Maels...
Rumortoid: Silicon Knights making Sirens in the Maelstrom

As we discussed last week, genius supercompany Silicon Knights has been looking for a new game to followup the critical acclaim and genre-defining success of Too Human. While it was believed that...
Job advertisement smells like Too Human 2 development

If a recent ad posting on Gamasutra is to be believed, Silicon Knights is looking for fresh talent to work on a game, and that game may very well be Too Human 2. So far, all the world's babies ha...
Dyack: Too many games, not enough customers

Denis Dyack has been having a good old moan about the state of the industry, claiming that too many games are being made, and that consumers are in danger of being overwhelmed if we don't embrace...
Denis Dyack thinks Heavy Rain could be 'fantastic'

Outspoken Too Human developer Denis Dyack has revealed that he has high hopes for Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain, believing that if it overcomes its potential pitfalls, it could be a brilliant title....
Silicon Knights gets a VP, hands sharp swords to employees

Silicon Knights has hired financial sector veteran Michael Mays as the company’s new vice president. Mays now has the extraordinary job of working intimately with the company’s outspo...
Silicon Knights lays off 26 employees who were not against Too Human

Today, Silicon Knights, developer of Eternal Darkness and workplace of the very outspoken Dennis Dyack, laid off 26 employees. Silicon Knights released an official statement citing “attriti...
People not called Denis Dyack talk about Denis Dyack

Denis Dyack has done a good job of making himself more talked about than his videogame, and as a result has become a figure of fun and contempt in recent weeks. MTV Multiplayer requested an inter...
Dyack says that Too Human hasn't been in development all that long

Xbox360fanboy recently got the opportunity to tour Silicon Knights and talk to President of the company, Denis Dyack. In the interview with Dyack it was revealed that Too Human hasn’t been ...
Too Human is just like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings ... right

Looks like Microsoft PR is weighing in on Too Human now, which is shocking since Silicon Knights was doing such a fine job on their own. Showing its support for the "trilogy" by compari...
Too Human haters 'don't get it' according to Dyack

With Too Human's release date fast approaching, it seems that Denis Dyack's mouth is running into overdrive. According to Silicon Knights' chief demagogue, people who dislike Too Human only do so...
Dyack: Epic defrauded the games industry

Sh*t On Denis Dyack Day continues with our third story on the lovable loudmouth. This time, Denis dredges up the ongoing legal battle between Epic Games and Silicon Knights. Claiming that Epic de...
Silicon Knights' next game 'nothing like' Too Human: Good game confirmed?

Denis "the words just fall out of my mouth" Dyack has shed a few pinpricks of light on Silicon Knights' next project, claiming it will be "nothing like" Too Human or Eternal D...
Dyack: Industry consolidating like 1930's Hollywood

Prophetic Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has made one of his bold predictions, suggesting that a series of big mergers, similar to ActiBlizzard, is heading our way. Comparing the games industry...
Denis Dyack: I'm like, soooo controversial, man ... radical

The infamous president of Silicon Knights, Denis Dyack, has been courting controversy for a while, ever since his first temper tantrum over Too Human. He's blamed everyone and everything for his ...
Too Human finished ... may God have mercy on us all

It appears as if Too Human's long and painful development has finally been put to rest and, presumably, Denis Dyack can go back on his meds again. That's right, Too Human is gold and ready to go....
And then this happened: Denis Dyack gets interviewed by Penthouse Pets

I'd like to shake the hand of whoever came up with the idea to put videogame industry folks into a bed with scantily clad Penthouse Pets. Das Gamer and Complex magazine, I salute you. The latest ...
Four reasons why you should be 'for' (or 'against') Silicon Knights' Too Human

At the Electronic Gaming Expo in 1999, Silicon Knights announced an ambitious, four-disc project they called Too Human. Since then, the title has had a tumultuous development history, finding a p...
Rumortoid: First footage of Silicon Knights' The Crucible: The Evil Within

More than just mere words on the Internet, the great Father's Day marketing leak of 2008 has produced this video of a title simply labeled as The Crucible. Here are some quick leaps in logic: Sil...
Denis Dyack: Too Human will be ready soon, for real this time

To some, the latest entry in Denis Dyack's blog might not seem all that newsworthy: Too Human for the Xbox 360 is all but complete. Then again, we're talking about the first entry in a three-part...
Too unkind towards Too Human? Apparently, Destructoid is

Ontario newspaper the St. Catharines Standard has interviewed local developer Denis Dyack about his upcoming controversial 360 title, Too Human. The interview discusses plans for Silicon Knights'...
Dennis Dyack says there is a 'strong possibility' for Eternal Darkness 2

The thing about horror games is, you can usually classify them into a handful of labels. Survival horror is the most popular and most titles fall under that umbrella, but some have suggested &quo...
Too Human demo in the works? You better believe it

Chatting it up with Eurogamer, Silicon Knights head honcho Denis Dyack revealed that a demo for Too Human is currently being planned for release on Xbox LIVE Marketplace."We haven't announce...
Too Human screens get too leaked too soon and that's too bad

This is hilarious. Will Microsoft have anything left to show today? The 'Soft's Gamers Day has sprung more leaks than the Titanic, and far be it from us to help stem the flow. Up next, Too Human ...
Too Human will make it if we just BELIEVE!

Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack has made a heart-tugging statement explaining why he's stuck with Too Human, despite its notorious problems.  Say "Too Human" to any gamer rig...
More Canadian love for Destructoid: Talking Wii on Straight Talk

Guess CHCH TV loves me, because in less than a week since my last appearance they invited me back to appear on another show called Straight Talk with Connie Smith. Straight Talk covers the hot to...
Microsoft keeping out of Epic/Silicon Knights squabble

By now you should all be aware of the legal battle between Epic Games and Silicon Knights over troubles with Too Human and the Unreal Engine. If you've been wondering just where Microsoft fits in...
'360 and PS3 are equal,' says Denis Dyack

Outspoken Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has recently claimed that despite public perception, the consoles of Sony and Microsoft are looking pretty even to developers. We may claim that the Pla...
Too Human still coming out, we've got too many new screenshots to prove it

The last time we really heard about Too Human, the game's developer, Silicon Knights, was throwing legal mud at Epic Games over Unreal Engine 3. I think a few of us might have forgotten that ther...
Too Human: Kicking the crap out of robots

Too Human has the right idea -- smash all the robots to bits and pieces before the dreaded Robolution can begin! Mr. Destructoid excluded, robots are shifty and dangerous and will enslave humanit...
Too Human trailer: This is the generic action we've been waiting for?

I don't know what I was expecting from Too Human, to be honest, but I know I was expecting something a little more than this. For a game that's taken so long to develop and is surrounded by such ...
Silicon Knights vs. Epic case gets messy

We've been keeping our eye on the lawsuit filed by Too Human developer Silicon Knights against Epic, which claims breach of contract in SK's licensing of Epic's Unreal Engine 3, among many other ...
Silicon Knight's President Denis Dyack interviewed, also interviewer

Game Informer's Web site has posted an interview with Silicon Knight's President Denis Dyack. Dyack's company has been popping up in news lately, though most of the news has not been positive. He...
Too Human is not dead yet: Release date and demo plans still hanging in there

When it's not too busy filing lawsuits, Silicon Knights sometimes makes games. One such game is Too Human, a title that has seen its development marred by bad first impressions, whining, controve...
Too Human is 'still on track' for 2008, says Microsoft

Anybody in the Joseph "Orcist" Leray Fanclub (hi, Mom!) knows that I want Too Human to succeed. I need Silicon Knights to deliver. I yearn to have the hot geekery that is Norse mytholog...
KOEI's katana dipped in the firey waters of Epic-gate (Updated: Bonus headline!)

There's no denying that Silicon Knights' lawsuit against Epic has made some considerable waves, almost to the point of polarization in the games developer community. Some side with Epic,...
Too Human dev sues Gears of War dev; the only winning move is to not play

Silicon Knights -- the Canadian game developer as famous for not releasing Too Human as it is for the six previous games it released in the last fifteen years -- has decided to sue Epic Games for...
E3 2007: Too Human teaser is full of giant robots, swords, and Norse gods

Hot off the Destructo-cans-tied-together-with-string. the Plastic Templars of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canadia, have released this in-engine teaser for the upcoming Too Human. If you want to watc...
Dyack says that you want better, shorter games. Is that true?

Obviously, it's dumb to argue whether or not we want better games. Of course we do. But ... shorter games? This seems like a curious assertion from the company planning a trilogy of Too Human...
Eternal Darkness sequel possible

Game developer Silicon Knights has confirmed in a post on their IGN blog that the company wants to make a sequel for Eternal Darkness, originally released on the Nintendo Gamecube.  Silic...




 
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