Epic Games have filed a motion to dismiss the Silicon Knights suit, and filed a counterclaim stating Silicon Knights were aware that “the Unreal Engine 3 may not meet its requirements and may not be modified to meet them.”

The suit goes on to say:

Indeed, the plain language of the Silicon Knights’ Complaint makes clear that Silicon Knights wants to take Epic’s Licensed Technology, pay nothing for it, and use it any way it pleases.

Epic is seeking “compensatory and punitive damages, the destruction of infringing goods, including infringing computer code, and attorney’s fees and costs” totalling $650,000.

Silicon Knights’ attorney Chris Holland told GameDaily.biz:

We don’t think Epic’s counterclaim has any merit […] We believe strongly that our claims in our complaint will prevail and the damages Silicon Knights has suffered in connection with its original complaint are vastly more, millions of dollars more than what Epic claims its damages are in its counterclaim. They’ve set forth $650,000 and our claims will dwarf that substantially.

So what does this all mean to you? Not much. Holland insists Too Human will not be affected at all by the on-going legal shenanigans regarding its development - “we are back on track and this game is going to come out in a timely fashion.”

via Joystiq

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