fortress
In Real Life

What A Western Final Fantasy Could Have Sounded Like

One of the most fascinating dead ends in recent history has been the fact that, up until a few years ago, a Swedish developer was working on a big-money Final Fantasy game.

June 29, 2011
In Real Life

Tony Holmsten’s Video Game Art Is A Final Fantasy

Tony Holmsten, formerly of Sweden now living in Japan, has been working as a video game artist since 2002 at two of Sweden’s biggest studio’s, Battlefield developers DICE and the now-defunct Grin.

May 29, 2011
News

Bankrupted Studio Says Square Enix Demanded Code By Fax, Didn’t Recognize FFXII Screenshots

In a feature story published today in Sweden, the founders of GRIN lay their studio’s precipitous demise at Square Enix’s feet, saying the publisher reneged on payments during the development of a Final Fantasy game and saddled them with ridiculous requirements as the project went sour.

September 22, 2009

GRIN’s Ill-Fated “Fortress” Still Under Development

Citing unnamed sources, GamesIndustry.biz says the Final Fantasy spinoff codenamed “Fortress” has not died along with original developer GRIN. When the Stockholm studio closed, Fortress had already been taken back by Square Enix.

Subscribe Contact