Denis Dyack Considering Ditching President Role at Silicon Knights

The always strongly opinionated Denis Dyack is heavily embedded in the game creation process at developer Silicon Knights. He’s the director on Too Human, yet continues to also function as the company’s president. But with a staff of 170 people and with the intention of adding another 80 people or so, Dyack is considering stepping aside as the company’s president so that he can focus on the creative side of the business.

“This is kind of a funny thing; as the company grows, these are the kind of things you think about,” he told GameDaily. “I’ve been involved in a lot of IP creation within Silicon Knights and as the company grows, I have to look at whether I want to continue to be president and director, and I’m leaning towards staying creative.”

He continued, “And on the other project that’s unannounced I’m not the director on that project. I’ll certainly lend a hand wherever I can but there’s a different director and we’re going to have a director for every project.

“So, in the end as the company grows, for my role I’ll probably hire someone to be my boss and help run the company, which is kind of a weird thing, and I actually won’t run the company while I continue to work at what is the company’s bread and butter, which is original IPs with great stories and game concepts that are provocative to gamers.”

Game|Life raises the question if the ongoing legal battle with Epic Games is having a toll on Dyack, and if that could potentially be what’s causing him to want to stick with the creative side. So long as he continues working on the company’s games, though, I’m not worried.