Fortis Games has shut down, resulting in several hundred people losing their jobs
Five years ago, veterans from Warner Bros. Games, Electronic Arts, and Zynga founded Fortis Games, a developer and publisher of mobile games. Now, the company is closing its doors.
Twilight Towers
The dissolution of Fortis Games was initially reported by its employees on social media. Later, the company's CEO, Steven Chiang, confirmed the situation in a comment to GamesBeat but did not delve into details.
According to posts from affected professionals on LinkedIn, Fortis Games did not choose to close on its own. This decision was made by its parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp, which ceased funding the team and terminated contracts with Fortis Games employees worldwide. The exact reason behind Las Vegas Sands Corp's decision is unclear, but it might relate to the performance of Fortis Games' projects.
A week ago, Fortis Games announced the shutdown of servers for the merge game Twilight Towers, citing insufficient audience retention as the reason. Besides Twilight Towers, the company’s portfolio includes only two games (Mergemon Wilds and Bloom & Breakfast), neither of which reached full release, and given the current situation, it seems unlikely they will have the chance to do so.
At the time of closure, Fortis Games employed 440 people.