Too Human removed from Xbox Marketplace

<p><em>Too Human<&sol;em> and all of the game&&num;8217&semi;s associated content&comma; including a demo&comma; gamer pics&comma; and themes&comma; has been pulled from the Xbox Marketplace at the request of developer Silicon Knights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft issued the following statement regarding the move&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Microsoft received a Recall Notice from Silicon Knights for Too Human&comma; and we have removed the game from the Xbox Live Marketplace accordingly&period; We have no comment regarding&comma; nor involvement with the case between Silicon Knights and Epic&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Too Human<&sol;em> is an Xbox 360 exclusive which was released in 2008 after languishing in development hell for years&comma; and although it was the first part of a planned trilogy&comma; critical and commercial reception to the game was underwhelming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The case between Silicon Knights and Epic mentioned in the Microsoft statement relates to Silicon Knights suing Epic Games in 2007 for &&num;8220&semi;breach of contract&&num;8221&semi;&comma; the developer having used Epic&&num;8217&semi;s Unreal Engine 3 for <em>Too Human<&sol;em> and other titles&period; Later that same year&comma; Epic counter-sued Silicon Knights and then finally won in May of last year&comma; with Epic receiving over four million dollars in damages&period; Also&comma; Silicon Knights was ordered to recall and destroy all unsold copies of its games which use the Unreal Engine 3&comma; <em>Too Human<&sol;em> being one of them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Silicon Knights remains in existence&comma; although its future looks bleak after the failure of its most recent title <em>X-Men&colon; Destiny<&sol;em>&period; Apparently only five or less staff members remain at the developer&comma; including chief Denis Dyack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-01-18-too-human-and-associated-content-pulled-from-xbox-marketplace" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;