1. Denis Dyack was born on July 24,1966 and is a Canadian video game developer and the CEO of Apocalypse Studios.
11 Facts About Denis Dyack
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Denis Dyack is the former president of Silicon Knights, and is a video game designer, writer, director and producer.
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Denis Dyack was inducted into the Canadian Gaming Hall of Fame by the Canadian Game Development Talent Awards in November 2011.
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Denis Dyack cofounded Silicon Knights in 1992 and the company's early games were developed for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga computers, transitioning to console development in 1996 with Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain for the original PlayStation.
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In 2019, Denis Dyack explained that the dissolution from Nintendo occurred because at the time, the company wanted to focus on party games with their upcoming console the Wii and he felt it did not fit Silicon Knight's portfolio.
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Denis Dyack was subject to a successful countersuit from Epic Games in May 2012 over the development of games using Epic's Unreal Engine 3, and the latter was awarded US$4.45 million in damages.
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An unnamed source told Polygon that most of the company's employees were laid off in mid-2012 and Denis Dyack formed a new company, Precursor Games, with a core group of ex-Silicon Knights employees at around the same time.
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In late 2014, Denis Dyack announced the formation of Quantum Entanglement Entertainment, Inc.
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Denis Dyack announced his new company Apocalypse Studios and with it a new free-to-play role-playing game for the PC titled Deadhaus Sonata.
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Denis Dyack gained some notoriety after he expressed controversial opinions about the role of the gaming press and about the effects of forum culture on the video game industry.
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Denis Dyack is a member of the Peter Drucker Society and the board of the Entertainment Software Association of Canada.