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Fortis Games Closes With Over 400 Jobs Impacted
Fortis Games has closed, affecting around 440 jobs, after its parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., ended its funding. The shutdown matters because it abruptly leaves more than 400 staff seeking work and ends a five-year effort to build mobile games with a community-focused approach.
CEO Steven Chiang said the company would focus on helping staff find new opportunities. Former employees said Las Vegas Sands terminated contracts worldwide; one praised the development workflow and early soft-launch metrics, while another said the games had struggled to gain traction. Founded in 2022 to help the casino group expand beyond gambling, Fortis had acquired several studios and announced the closure of Twilight Towers on 4 November, about a week before shutting down.
In short
- Fortis Games has shut down, affecting around 440 jobs.
- Parent company Las Vegas Sands ended its funding.
- The closure followed the planned sunset of Twilight Towers.
Explained simply
Las Vegas Sands Corp. is a casino and resort company that backed Fortis Games, a studio set up in 2022 to develop mobile games. Fortis brought together several studios and aimed to build games around player communities, as its parent explored business beyond gambling.
Fortis was led by chief executive Steven Chiang, and its teams worked on games including Twilight Towers. The company’s closure affects around 440 staff, who now face finding new roles; accounts from former employees differ on how well its games were performing.