Dyack may step down as Silicon Knights lead [update]

by Xav de Matos { May 14th 2008 at 8:15PM }

In an interview with GameDaily, Silicon Knights top-dog Dennis Dyack hints that at the possibility of stepping down from his role as head of the studio. Citing a passion to focus on creating original IPs as the possible reason, Dyack admits it would be "weird," but prefers someone else to take over the business side of the company.

Since the notorious E3 2006 showing of Too Human, Dyack has been thrust into the spotlight with comments regarding the state of gaming journalism (specifically the validity of game previews) as Silicon Knights announced numerous delays for the first title in its Too Human trilogy. Could a new business director help shorten production times? Well, it's the old sports manager idea. Fire the coach all you want but it's the players who are losing the games.

Update: Dyack has told GameSpot: "I was as surprised to see this as everyone else. I am not stepping down." His original quote to GameDaily was as follows: "So, in the end as the company grows, for my role I'll probably hire someone to be my boss and help run the company, which is kind of a weird thing, and I actually won't run the company while I continue to work at what is the company's bread and butter, which is original IPs with great stories and game concepts that are provocative to gamers."

[via Joystiq]

Tags: dennis-dyack, silicon-knights, too-human

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ShockMister @ May 14th 2008 9:06PM

You should listen to three red lights podcast
dennis dyack talks about this

he doesn't say its not true but to me it sounds as if its on his mind

PerfectStrategy @ May 14th 2008 10:24PM

No one, for any reason, should EVER listen to the "three red lights podcast".

john paul @ May 15th 2008 5:51PM

i love that podcast (second only to you guys) and was just about to say the same thing...

Glitch W @ May 14th 2008 9:19PM

Should that be "thrust into the spotlight" not "trust into the spotlight" ?

Beau Kinnett @ May 16th 2008 10:53AM

that is a pretty amazing accomplishment selling 19 million consoles considering the reasons for this is because the xbox has so many malfunctions that true gamers have to go out and either get their system fix or have to replace it. I think that Microsoft should be able to make a better product considering they charge you $350.00 to buy this system i remember playing Nitendo when it first came out. Now that was a system you could rely on since you can still play them today maybe people have gotten dumber with how they make things or maybe it us who have gotten dumber by falling into their trap and lining their pockets with our hard earned money.

kevin @ May 14th 2008 11:00PM

lol hes fat

haukke @ May 14th 2008 11:12PM

lol...maybe your fat...jackass

Granteezy @ May 15th 2008 4:26AM

Anyone who believes this bullshit, listen to Denis Dyack's latest interview with the boys on Three Red Lights @ IGN.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/874/874001p1.html

Neuromancer @ May 15th 2008 9:21AM

Instead of telling us to listen to a podcast, maybe you guys could, you know, summarize or something.

Until then I'll take Xav's word for it, he seems to know what he's doing.

Larry @ May 15th 2008 10:14AM

OK. He said he doesn't really remember saying, but he did not deny it. He said he had thought if the company grew a lot he would address the issue at that time. It did not sound like he was planning on stepping down anytime soon. It is a really good interview, and I would recommend anyone interested in the game to listen to the podcast.