Fortis Games shuts down after Las Vegas Sands pulls funding, affecting 440 jobs

Published 10 Nov 2026 · Games Atlas Editorial · Studio Closure · Companies: BioWare

Games Atlas summary: Las Vegas Sands pulled funding from Fortis Games, shutting the mobile publisher after five years. The closure cuts as many as 440 jobs across four countries. Fortis rolled up three acquired studios but never shipped a title that reached commercial scale. "We just couldn't seem to get off the ground, and today, we finally ran out of runway," - Scott Butterworth, former communications director, Fortis Games

A single-sponsor rollup without a shipped hit

• Fortis acquired Doppio Games, Oktagon Games and Metagame between 2022 and 2025.
• The three acquisitions gave Fortis 150 staff at its 2022 launch.
• Headcount grew to as many as 440 before the shutdown.
• None of Fortis's three shipped titles reached meaningful scale.

Five years of live-service development ended without retention

• Twilight Towers reached soft launch only in September 2025, two months before closure.
• Fortis shut the game down on November 16, citing weak player retention.
• Mergemon Wilds never registered a single install, per AppMagic data.
• Bloom & Breakfast generated only a small number of downloads in testing.

Non-endemic capital exits abruptly, zeroing out the studio

• Las Vegas Sands fully funded and owned Fortis since its 2022 founding.
• "Las Vegas Sands has chosen to end funding and part ways, terminating all of the contracts, worldwide," - Gustavo Coronet, production employee, Fortis Games
• Chiang said Fortis could not achieve the goals it set five years ago.
• The shutdown is the latest in a string of closures following EA's BioWare shutdown.

Sources

• Fortis Games closes down, affecting 440 jobs | exclusive - GamesBeat (gamesbeat.com)
• Fortis Games appears to have closed with over 400 staff likely affected – Mobilegamer.biz (mobilegamer.biz)
• Fortis Games Closes With Over 400 Jobs Impacted (sea.ign.com)
• Mobile publisher Fortis Games shuts down, up to 440 workers affected | GamesIndustry.biz (gamesindustry.biz)