Silicon Knights expanding with Canadian business incentives

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 31st 2008 at 1:30PM }

Despite Silicon Knights being in the middle of a major lawsuit, the company still needs to ~~make~~ finish games and do business. The Too Human developer is planning to add 80 employees to its studio thanks in part to a Canadian initiative called the Niagara Interactive Media Generator (nGen), which seeks to "nurture a new generation of interactive entertainment companies."

The Welland Tribune reports nGen is a partnership that includes Brock University, Niagara College, regional and city governments, Niagara Economic Development Corp. and the Niagara Enterprise Agency. The Ministry of Culture will provide $245,000 to nGen's two-year $560,000 budget. Hopefully Silicon Knights will put those kids to work fast and finally get Too Human out the door sometime in '08.

[Via GameDaily]

Tags: canada, niagara, silicon-knights, siliconknights, too-human, toohuman

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

upz @ Jan 31st 2008 1:38PM

I'd never nGen again after the Isla Nublar incident...

upz @ Jan 31st 2008 1:39PM

*trust

doc j @ Jan 31st 2008 1:57PM

*applause*

That's a quality reference. Bravo.

Luke @ Jan 31st 2008 2:12PM

I'm just saddened that you beat me to the reference. Well played.

ViagraFiend @ Jan 31st 2008 2:36PM

Nedry: How am I supposed to transport them?

Dodgson: The bottom screws open, it's cooled and compartmentalized inside. They can even check it if
they want. Press the top.

Nedry: *squeals

baby sea tuna @ Jan 31st 2008 2:58PM

Oh, that picture's purty. Too Human in 08 plz.

Daniel @ Jan 31st 2008 3:37PM

Silicon knights..around a block or two from my house...now if they only had co-op there....:)

Spl1nter @ Jan 31st 2008 10:26PM

Silicon Knights do have a coop. They do a coop mainly with Brock students I think. Maybe Waterloo also. How do I know? I got a personal tour of the studio in late November. Got to see the game and Too Human and ask about the industry. Great experience. The game looked amazing. They are already the largest game developer in Ontario with around 160 employees.

Deck @ Jan 31st 2008 4:22PM

Too human... will you be to human to play?

generic @ Jan 31st 2008 8:16PM

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. I'm not all that happy that ANY industry here can get propped up by government money, but it's been going on, it is going on, and it always will go on. With any luck, fifty years down the road, we'll have a higher percentage of high-tech jobs that are subsidized, as opposed to the bloody automotive industry, which just keeps bleeding our country dry due to high export costs.

With the war in the 'States, our economies have come closer and closer to being at parity, and maintaining our status as an exporting country simply isn't realistic anymore. It's nice to see at least one region smarting up to this and seeing the need for high-tech jobs.

develin @ Feb 1st 2008 7:10AM

Adding people to a late project makes the project even more late. Do you think they will ignore the most basic of all IT project management rules ? I doubt it. They will put those people onto new projects.