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Silicon Knights Less Human, 26 Staff Cut

Recently, news that a development studio has laid off workers ends with said developer ending up looking for a new sugar daddy, but spokeswoman Susan Lusty Of Silicon Knights assures us that their culling season is only due to the traditional cycle all developers go through after the launch of a title.

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Silogon5700d ago

I bet Dyack still sits his fat rotund ass in a nice office tucked away in some hallway within, though. I woonder if these people were laid off, or if they are upgrading their work clothes with useless armor and trinkets no one will ever use?

I bet the lunch room around Silicon Knights was hell when someone dropped a little change by the vending machines.

BlueBadger5700d ago

"their culling season is only due to the traditional cycle all developers go through after the launch of a title"

Umm....you never really hear about those kind of lay-offs after you launch a title...

at least successful ones....

bouncybullet5700d ago (Edited 5700d ago )

Are you kidding..?

They hire extra people according to their workload.

In this case, workload-of-crap.

Winter47th5700d ago (Edited 5700d ago )

So i guess this puts a little bump down the road regarding turning this into a trilogy.

Admit it, Too Human was a disaster a decade in the making, and Dennis, you should be with those 26 people.

The Lazy One5700d ago

It happens all the time. You hire on a lot of extra QA people and debuggers when you're in the final push. It's not surprising at all. They did have around ~200 employees, and they're only in early dev of their next game; there's no reason to have a full final QA team working on a probably barely working build.

Rock Bottom5700d ago

whahaaa ha.. hahahahaaahhhaaaaa.... Silicon Knights hahahahaa ha haha.

MiloGarret5700d ago

You only hear about it when some retarded site attempts to get hits by starting flame wars. Bojkott that site, don't click the link!

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Too Human Free for Xbox Gamers - Download It Here

The action-RPG by now-defunct Silicon Knights is now free for Xbox gamers! Check out the Too Human free direct download link with armor sets here.

RazzerRedux1423d ago

Fun fact: I'm one of five people to have completed Too Human and actually liked it. It should be noted that the other four ended up in mental institutions....sadly.

excaliburps1423d ago

I completed it and kinda liked it. Controls were iffy but overall, I dug it. Shame Dyack was crazy. xD

IanTH1423d ago

Glad to hear it! So, when did you get out of the institution?

Marquinho1422d ago

Too Human was "The Order: 1886" of the 360.

Nitrowolf21423d ago (Edited 1423d ago )

I have never played this, mostly because I didn't own an Xbox prior to a few months ago Def. will check this out

darthv721423d ago

It certainly has a cool story and its a good game. it was just marred by long development time and kind of egotistical creator.

Looper1423d ago

Hey!! I was told survivors had all signed an NDA! I'm telling!

Kribwalker1423d ago

i really liked this one too. Always wished for a sequel, but sadly i don’t see it in the cards

excaliburps1423d ago

Yeah, it had a solid story and game mechanics. I remember the controls weren't smartly implemented, and every time you respawned, the animation was so long.

Fantangoooo1423d ago

I can't count the number of times I finished this game gridding for gear. Weird control but I liked it

Neonridr1423d ago

sounds very Polybius to me..

Poopmist1423d ago

Me and my friend beat it so many times. I got the best armor mathematically possible in it. Great game imo but their needed to be more tutorials on how runes work. The one that spawns singularities upon hitting someone was cash.

DerfDerf1423d ago

I actually really enjoyed it.

RamRod881423d ago

I beat it too. The controls were weird, but once I got use to them it was okay. I found the story to be actually half decent. Too bad there wasn't a sequel because I really believe if they have fixed the issues the first game had(controls, camera, etc), it could have been a great series.

HyperMoused1423d ago

I though it was great too, yay us

Anomander1423d ago

Beat it as well. it had a good story line. Overall it was decent.

glennhkboy1423d ago

I remember that I played the 1st stage. The control was so bad that I couldn't force myself to continue.

morganfell1423d ago

Fun fact...you're actually one of six :) That game was the reason I kept an Xbox 360 running until they released the very last B/C titles and it was among them.

Chronicle7801422d ago

I thought the game was ok, clunky but ok. Every time I go back to play it though it takes 20 minutes for the controls to 'click' again. Pity most of the advanced combos and controls aren't listed anywhere in the game.

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omegaheat1423d ago

Wait, people actually liked this game???????

Profchaos1423d ago

Liked not loved. It's like a cheap dominos pizza it's not great but it's serviceable if your starving

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AK911423d ago

Wait wasn’t it always free?

Father Murder X1423d ago

This game had some potential. I actually liked it.

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Phoenix Down 87.0 – Too Human

Denis Dyack would disapprove.

darthv721671d ago

I liked this game. It has it's flaws but the story and mechanics are pretty good. It still holds up today.

Kribwalker1671d ago

i really enjoyed it when it came out.

It was free recently on xbox through BC. Id love to see this revived but sadly i think the legal issues would stop that

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Metal Gear Solid and Eternal Darkness Composer Passed Away

He worked in the game industry since the early ‘90s

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THC CELL1773d ago

Sad days for developers this year 3 we know of now
Rip 😕

2pacalypsenow1773d ago

I was worried it was Harry Gregson Williams.

AK911773d ago

Oh sad to say not that familiar with this man's work but RIP to this individual, his music must have been amazing.

SinkingSage1773d ago

Very sad news, I really enjoy the Eternal Darkness and Blood Omen soundtracks, masterpieces.

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