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Silicon Knights Breaks with Nintendo

by Jonathan Metts - April 13, 2004, 1:33 pm EDT
Source: Silicon Knights

Critically acclaimed developer ends exclusivity agreement with Nintendo.

Reports broke today of Silicon Knights ending their second-party

exclusive development deal with Nintendo. The story first ran on

href=http://cube.ign.com>IGNcube, and PGC has confirmed the

information with Denis Dyack, President of Silicon Knights.

Dyack confirmed that his company is no longer an exclusive developer for

Nintendo, but he could not offer much further information.

"Our relationship with Nintendo is still strong, and it's possible that

we may develop games for Nintendo in the future. This was a positive

split, and we continue to have a great respect for Iwata-san (President

of NCL) and the other people at Nintendo."

The real cause of the split is still shrouded in secrecy, however.

Dyack could not comment on whether Silicon Knights is now an indepenent

developer or if the company has aligned itself with one of Nintendo's

competitors, or even if Nintendo currently maintains the investment

stake it made in Silicon Knights back in 2000.

"Right now, because of the proprietary nature of game development, we

can't say much."

Nintendo of America offered a similarly agreeable, vague description of

today's events:

"Nintendo and Silicon Knights have reached an agreement allowing Silicon

Knights to pursue its vision of videogame entertainment with other

companies. Nintendo respects the creative work of Silicon Knights and

the parties have left the door open to work on future projects that meet

the creative vision of both companies."

Planet GameCube will be following this story closely, although official

details of the developer's future are not expected for some time.

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