Fortis Games appears to have closed. On November 10, 2026, dozens of former employees announced on LinkedIn that the mobile studio had shut down abruptly, mobilegamer.biz reported. A former communications director said more than 400 people were left out of work, although the company has not confirmed that figure.
What happened
According to a production employee, Las Vegas Sands, the casino company that created and fully owned Fortis, ended its funding and terminated all contracts worldwide. Cofounder Steven Chiang said the team was disappointed not to meet the goals it set more than five years ago, praised the talent of its staff and said the main focus now is helping them find new jobs.
Who Fortis was
The studio launched in 2022, founded by Steven Chiang, Shawn Foust and Calvin Lau, with previous senior roles at EA, Zynga, Machine Zone and Twitch. It started with about 150 people after buying three studios: Doppio Games in Portugal, Oktagon Games in Brazil and Metagame in Romania.
Its games
- Twilight Towers: in soft launch since September 2025; Fortis had announced the previous week that it would close this month
- Bloom & Breakfast: in early testing, with few downloads according to AppMagic
- Mergemon Wilds: no recorded installs, according to AppMagic
- Havoc Crew: it never reached soft launch
None of its games got beyond soft launch.
This article was written with AI assistance from the sources linked above.
