{"id":15276,"date":"2011-11-02T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"silicon-knights-confirms-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/15276-silicon-knights-confirms-layoffs","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Knights confirms layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s official, or at least mostly official – following yesterday’s rumours<\/a> that Silicon Knights<\/a> had sacked three quarters of its employees, it’s been confirmed that yes, employees have been sacked, but it’s actually only about half of them.<\/p>\n

“Last week Silicon Knights experienced layoffs due to extended contract negotiations falling through with a potential partner,” a company rep told Kotaku.<\/p>\n

“We are currently in discussions with other potential partners. The recent Ontario government funding is tied to future performance targets, spread out over the next 5 years, which we will meet.<\/p>\n

“The company is currently refocusing and returning to its roots, working on one of its most requested titles for the next generation.”<\/p>\n

Silicon Knights’ “roots” don’t go very deep, with a catalogue of just nine games released since 1992, and most of them you’ve probably never heard of.<\/p>\n

That leaves, basically, sequels to Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem.<\/p>\n

Or maybe another Cyber Empires, oooh!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Honestly, nope, I hadn’t heard of it either.<\/p>\n

Source: Kotaku<\/a>
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