GRIN’s situation was as dire as recent reports indicated. Following several office closures and heavy layoffs, GRIN announced that the studio is no more. In a somber message on its official Web site, founders Ulf and Bo Andersson cite delayed publisher payments as the reason for its closing.
“It is with a heavy heart we announce today that GRIN has been forced to close its doors,” the posting reads. “This as too many publishers have been delaying their payments, causing an unbearable cashflow situation.”
“After twelve years of hard work, employing hundreds of wonderfully talented men and women, it is over. It has been a great adventure and the GRIN family has experienced what few have.”
The studio experienced a meteoric rise and fall, penning several deals with publishers after proving themselves with two successful PC ports of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. The last two games from the studio were Bionic Commando and Terminator Salvation.
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3:42 PM on 08.12.2009
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I'm glad they got shut down less shovelassware for the people
I feel the same way man, I never touched those games with a 10 foot hooker leg.
Which just confirms that HD development cost are way too high for these small studio's to compete with the big boys anymore. The easy way to fix it is to just make better games, but let's face it, that's not always going to happen. So with one, or two mistakes on the PS3/360, and that's it. Any small studio could be the next to go under!
The only truly bad game GRIN made where Terminator Salvation. Bionic Commando was average, as with Wanted. I'm sure BC would have sold a bunch more IF CACPOM DID SOMETHING TO PROMOTE IT.
BC:R has already been patched with trophies.... well at least in the US and UK it has.
It's sad to see a promising studio go... It goes to show that mediocre film tie-ins don't cut it with Gen-Pop now a days.
It's sad to see these guys go though.
Thanks! I Haven't fired the game up in a while, I'll definitely check it now.
Shame the employees are out of the job, but as for the company itself.... won't miss ya.
Grin's closing is not a good sign of things to come. Hope this doesn't happen to many other publishers, anytime soon.
I still believe the new Bionic Commando got a bad rap, it was an enjoyable game with a few flaws. I believe, like the original, it will build a cult following in the coming months and years.
I loved every minute of it... Thank you, Grin.
Yes, BC: Rearmed is amazing.
During my semester living in Sweden last spring, I would always walk by the HiTechBuilding where GRIN's Stockholm office was. I always wanted to walk in and thank them for making Bionic Commando Rearmed, but thought it would be a awkward thing to do. Now I wish I had...
I'm pouring a Nils Oscar out for you, GRIN. Sorry things didn't work out.
Point taken, however there is a way to combat the shutting down of game studio's by making better games, like you said, but smaller in size. There are numerous options for game distribution now than ever before. PSN, XBLA, Steam can make a company money, sure it might not be looked at as a AAA title but you can have a great HD gaming experience for a lower development cost. Its still a real shame that the company closed down, all those people losing there jobs is never a good thing.