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Silicon Knights Win May Cause Engine Breakdown?
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Next-Gen spoke with an attorney with an expertise in the games industry who said if Silicon Knights wins the Unreal Engine 3 case against Epic Games, middleware providers should beware.The attorney, who is not involved in this particular case and wished to remain anonymous, warned, "It should make anyone that has middleware nervous if the licensee of that middleware can make out a claim for damages based on the quality of the middleware provided."
Unreal Engine 3 licensee Silicon Knights is doing just that. The Ontario-based developer of Eternal Darkness and the upcoming UE3-powered Too Human is suing UE3 developer and licensor Epic for delivering an allegedly inoperable game engine that didn't work as advertised.
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