Silicon Knights

Canada Founded 1992

Silicon Knights was a game development company Headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1992 by Denis Dyack. In 2007, Silicon Knights sued Epic Games, the developers of the Unreal Engine, about their losses and problems related to Unreal Engine 3. However, on August 9, 2007, Epic Games counter-sued Silicon Knights over, among other things, copyright infringement related to Unreal Engine. Epic Games won on May 30, 2012. This case led Silicon Knights to multiple lawsuits, resulting in the company filing for bankruptcy on May 16, 2014.

Silicon Knights at a Glance

Silicon Knights has been active in the gaming industry from 1992 to 2011, with 10 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Shooter, with additional titles in Role-playing (RPG) and Strategy. The studio carries a solid 72.6/100 average rating across their catalog, with 3 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (86.1/100). Games from Silicon Knights are available across 10 platforms, most notably Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows).

Total Games

72.6

Avg Rating

1992

First Release

2011

Latest Release