According to Canadian developer Silicon Knights, the layoff of 26 employees was – ahem – too human.

Joystiq reports that Silicon Knights is currently reshuffling talent for a forthcoming game. I don’t know about you, but when I shuffle a deck, I don’t throw away 26 cards during a game of poker.

The official Silicon Knights PR statement is available after the jump.

“After any big game ships, there is always some attrition. Teams are lean and mean in the beginning, grow toward the end of the project, and then whittle down once the project is finished.” To that end, Silicon Knights temporary [sic] laid-off 26 employees today while they ramp up on other projects. All the company’s directors and leads are still at Silicon Knights and working on its next projects.

“The slight cutback comes after four years of unprecedented growth for the St. Catharines’, Ontario (Canada) company, during which its headcount had expanded to more than 180 employees.

“Denis Dyack, President and founder of the company, stated, ‘Silicon Knights is currently working on several new and exciting games that will be announced to the public in the coming months. In addition to those projects, Silicon Knights continues to develop and promote other new and original ideas, which will become the innovative games of tomorrow. These 26 individuals are hard-working and valued team members that we hope to bring back as we ramp up on our future projects.’”

Dyack did not comment further on any other hard-working and valuable team members he plans on sacking in the future.

Source: joystiq.com

Tags: Dennis Dyack, now there's the door, pink slip, thanks, too human, you're fired

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1 Comment » Wade on October 7, 2008 7:32 pm maybe with the economy sucking more than Too Human (zing!) they’re just trying to cut costs by dropping a few people until they need them again. Seems like cost cutting to me, not quite malicious GTFO treatment. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.