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Rumor: GRIN's unreleased title a Final Fantasy game... what? photo

When the now-defunct developer GRIN closed its doors, the company's co-founders cited the cause of publishers that had "been delaying their payments, causing an unbearable cashflow situation." Additionally, the developer of games like Bionic Commando and Terminator Salvation had referenced an "unreleased masterpiece" it wasn't "allowed to finish."

Our sources had indicated to us last week that one of the publishers in question was, surprisingly, Square Enix. In fact, the publisher is said to have owed GRIN payments upwards of a few million dollars. The project? An action title based in the world of Final Fantasy -- more specifically, Final Fantasy XII. Hard to believe, right?

Now, a handful of resumes and portfolios have been dug up on the Internet that seem to confirm what we had heard, referencing and showing concept art from a canceled GRIN-developed project for Square Enix called "Fortress." superannuation, who unearthed the information, connected some dots -- "Fortress" appears to be a working title for the Final Fantasy game our sources had told us about. 

With GRIN out of the picture and Square Enix apparently unwilling (or unable) to continue funding such a project, we'll probably never know for sure. Unless someone wants to start talking; we're all ears


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20 comments | showing # 1 to 20

timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 21:46
timtheterrible
Maybe it's for the best, because their 3d games really sucked.
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 21:47
phantomile
Interesting. Very interesting. I'll keep thinking of this as just a rumor for now, though.
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 21:47
TheCleaningGuy
Wow. I know Grin gets a lot of vitriol from people, but (aside from Terminator Salvation) I'm a pretty big fan. I'd be interested to see what this would become, shame it will never come to fruition. (Although I know a lot of people wouldn't want Grin near their Final Fantasy)
bluexy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 21:49
bluexy
I've thoroughly enjoyed FF12 & the DS's Revenant Wings. It would have been amazing to see what this might've turned out to be. Especially if they could drop Vaan and Penelo for some better lead characters!
MountainGorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 21:52
MountainGorilla
So while developing and teasing multiple XIIIs and XIV, they would've released another XII? I'm leaving before Jim shows up.
flabzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 21:58
flabzilla
May not have been specifically XII, just a Final Fantasy set in the Ivalice world.
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 21:59
Magesx
Final Fantasy Fortress 2.
Zeta Crossfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 22:01
Zeta Crossfire
I really do think all of grins titles could of been better with a little more time... and i did like salvation or the idea at least
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 22:05
Doomsday Forte
Aww, and I liked the Ivalice setting too. =\
Mr Kite's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 22:06
Mr Kite
Wouldn't it have been ironic had they released it just before closing? Oh imagine the lulz.
Ben PerLee's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 22:22
Ben PerLee
this makes me sad
Brlito's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 22:48
Brlito
I liked the FFIII/VI world... just so much going on, of course it looked like it was populated by like 100 people but that's the tech.
funran's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 23:16
funran
Ivalice is awesome :(
super2j's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/20/2009 00:07
super2j
Bionic comando: rearmed was the first downloadble game i got. It was the only thing keeping me from giving up gaming forever ( i was feeling REALLY bored of shooters) in fall 2008. Grin was a good company, and i love action rpg's so an action game based on a rpg seems proper for me. OH well
BS3 Owner's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/20/2009 01:06
BS3 Owner
L@@K the Concept Picture Link, in this article.
"...the Biggets Project yet."

/Typos of a 17 Year Old Scam Artist. hahaha!
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/20/2009 02:26
Los255
Out of all of them, FF12? That's the most disappointing Final Fantasy if anything. Why they thought any good can come from that bland world, I don't know.
Shulamm's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/20/2009 02:42
Shulamm
I'm on my 2nd playtrough on Bionic Commando and it's a blast. I can't understand all the grief against Grin.
koehler83's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/20/2009 09:22
koehler83
I don't buy it.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/20/2009 13:02
GohanGVO
Depending on how much work is left to complete of the project, perhaps the newly-acquired Eidos could find someone in-house or externally to finish it up? Then again, it sounds as if this was barely in the early stages of development ...
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2009 21:46
EternalDeathSlayer
This makes me happy.

Grin sucks.
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