The past year has definitely not been an easy one for... well... everybody. "Staggering" is how Silicon Knight's Denis Dyack describes the job losses that resulted from the many company restucturings that occurred in the past year and a half. Despite this depressing sight, though, Dyack is of the belief that amidst all this negativity, Ontario will continue to rise.

Sitting here on this computer chair, reading about the week's that's just passed, I'm amazed at how many updates have occurred in the interim. The spotlight happens to be shining on a few select games, with a number of updates, as well as surprising words from people in the industry. Let's take a look at this week's Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior, shall we?

Fans of cybernetic Norse gods will be happy to learn today that Silicon Knights' Too Human has finally achieved gold status. Not only that, the demo for the game is apparently very popular with Xbox 360 gamers! Learn more after the jump.

Microsoft has finally dated Silicon Knight's Too Human in Europe. It's much sooner than you may think, so head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below to find out when it is coming out on the Xbox 360.

Denis Dyack recently made an update on the Too Human blog, noting that the release candidate or gold status of the game may likely be "just days away." Learn more about it after the jump!

More Too Human goodness coming your way! Here's the third installment to the video diary series from Silicon Knights. This time around, Denis Dyack talks about the game's roots in Norse mythology, and talks more on the game's features, and RPG elements. Watch the video by following the "read more" link below!

Here's a little something we don't see everyday: An update on the upcoming Microsoft Xbox 360 exclusive Too Human. In the video up ahead, you'll see and hear Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack talk about how storylines make a game great and how Too Human was built around that philosophy. All that and more after the jump!

Silicon Knight, the developers of the Xbox 360 exclusive Too Human, has announced that it is working on a new third person action/psychological thriller for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the PC. Expected to be released by 2010, this new video game will be funded by a project called the Video Game Prototype Initiative. For more information, head on over to the full article.

Merriam Webster defines "berserker" as "an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable." That certainly seems to be the case with the class of the same name in Too Human, as Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack will tell you. In fact, Mr. Dyack has more information and a video waiting for you after the jump.

After Electronic Art's prediction of one standard gaming platform within the next 15 years, Silicon Knights' Denis Dyack believes that not only will the standardized console happen within 15 years, it will be inevitable. "It will happen," said Dyack in an interview with Official Xbox Magazine.

He explains that the standardized console will be brought about not by console wars but because of a phenomenon he coined as "performance oversupply", where all major consoles have already fulfilled their purpose of providing a competent gaming platform so well that the gaming market is suffering a split condition.

Split condition? In Dyack's terms, the gaming market is currently split due to the fact that third-party game developers are having a hard time choosing which platform to develop games for. Conversely, first-party manufacturers are also having a hard time perfecting their software AND their hardware in order to get more third-party developers to make games for them.

The result? Dyack said:

Despite all this, it's still not enough. The economics of the proprietary models seem to point toward spending more money and receiving fewer returns with each generation, with no clear winner.

A consortium of game makers will push through with the idea of a standard console, said Dyack, which would lead to a price drop benefiting consumers as well as an increase in quality. Third-party developers may also benefit the most in the "one console to rule them all" scenario, as it will mean 100% market penetration.