Canada funds new Silicon Knights, Digital Extremes projects
by Jason Dobson 
{ Feb 13th 2008 at 3:55PM }
While Silicon Knights continues to divide its forces between the long-in-development Too Human and the legal mosh pit that is its relationship with Epic Games, the company has apparently marshaled enough energy to begin work on another game, as both it and fellow Canadian dev Digital Extremes have been given a combined $1 million in funding to begin work on a pair of development projects. The investment, awarded by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), serves as part of the agency's Video Game Prototype Initiative, which looks to help companies create prototypes of video game concepts in order to attract potential publishers.While Pariah dev Digital Extreme's game is described as a third-person "old school" horror game for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, Silicon Knights, which recently expanded its Canadian ops, is apparently using the funds for something a bit farther out, promising a third person action/psychological thriller for release sometime in 2010 for unspecified "next-generation systems" -- which by that time may actually be an accurate moniker.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
FidliousWong @ Feb 13th 2008 4:13PM
Expect this new game sometime in the spring after Too Human launches in 2031.
Dyack, Duke Nukem Forever keeps looking at your studio wondering what the holdup is on this game...
Mr Khan @ Feb 13th 2008 4:17PM
And whoever said handouts never led to anything useful?
Miz @ Feb 13th 2008 4:27PM
I'm not sure a picture of the American dollar is exactly fitting here.
silverwolf761 @ Feb 13th 2008 5:34PM
Man, that new Silicon Knights game had BETTER be an Eternal Darkness sequel
mike @ Feb 13th 2008 5:42PM
So my tax dollars get to fund the development of the next big SK game who will go on to (possibly) make millions in profits? Im not to thrilled you know. Why stop there, lets give blizzard some tax dolalrs to make another MMO. SK is not exactly a small developer. If your gonna take my tax dollars and throw them at video game developement which I dont support, at least give it to smaller people who need the money more.
hotnutz @ Feb 13th 2008 6:14PM
yeah, let's give that million dollars to 1000 people on welfare who are going to go out and spend it on cigarettes, lotto tickets and booze.
What's wrong with giving that money to a company who is going to pay people to work there, pay lease money for the property where they stay at and produce a game that has a better chance of pulling in many times more than the initial investment into the local economy.
mike @ Feb 13th 2008 7:57PM
why was the homeless brought into this? I never said anywhere in my post that I would rather have tax dollars go to them.
Geist @ Feb 14th 2008 1:26AM
I'm very small (not in the pants lulz)! Give me money.
Count Noobula @ Feb 13th 2008 5:56PM
Silicon Knights should use that money to buy back the rights to Legacy of Kain. Then make a remake of the original Blood Omen. That would make my day.