While we've told you about Silicon Knights' case against Epic for issues surrounding the Unreal 3 engine, Law of the Game, in all their properly-qualified-to-talk-about-law snootiness, has pointed out that Silicon Knights has a strong case that is actually quite common in the non-gaming world.

This is, at its core, one of the simplest contract disputes. Party A promised to deliver a good in form X, and Party B alleges that good arrived in form X-1 and Party A never fulfilled their contractual agreement.

So is Silicon Knights in the money?

Assuming Silicon Knights can show that Epic neglected the licensees in order to work on Gears, the Gears profits will become some measure of damages. While it seems unlikely Silicon will receive all of the profits they demanded, a substantial award for Silicon would not be out of the ordinary.

One thing's for sure: this suit is helping Too Human get back into the spotlight after a flop E3 showing and then a no showing the next year. I'd love to see Epic offer up that evidence to subsidize the bill.

Silicon Knights v. Epic: The Unreal 3 Engine Case [lawofthegame]

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