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Swedish studio GRIN has officially closed.
"It is with a heavy heart we announce today that GRIN has been forced to close its doors," announce founders Bo Anderson and Ulf Anderson on the GRIN website. "This as too many publishers have been delaying their payments, causing an unbearable cashflow situation."
"After 12 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."
GRIN has been responsible for Ballistics, Bandits, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter I & II (multiplayer), Bionic Commando Rearmed, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Terminator: Salvation and, most recently, Bionic Commando. The Andersons also mentioned an "unreleased masterpiece" that they say they "weren't allowed" to finish.
Shortly before the announcement 25 former-GRIN employees, lead by lead programmer Peter Bjorklund, formed developer Outbreak Studios, which will focus on making games for digital platforms.
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Sad. They used to have a "office" close to me in Huddinge/Sweden and I even visited them for PC Gamer (Swed edition) when they were working on Ballistics. I think I still have the review copy of Ballistics somewhere which was codes with my name in it so they would know if I leaked it :/.
I think ballistics could have been a nice XBLA/PSN game .. |
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login_name
13/08/09 @ 08:12
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Shame. Even though they released a few duds (namely the movie licenses), there was a ton of potential.
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PearOfAnguish
13/08/09 @ 08:38
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Yeah I'm with donnie, it's always good when people lose their jobs.
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asphaltcowboy
13/08/09 @ 08:48
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Damn, that is a real shame. Bionic Commando (the new version and rearmed) were both f*cking awesome! Sad to see them go :(
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BillyBrush
13/08/09 @ 08:51
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Hmm..hopefully Starbreeze are hiring.
It is sad, but their recent games did show they were looking to basically use big liscences (wanted, terminator), and throw out liscenced shit in the hope it would make them millions, so in this regard, glad that part failed....but it would have been nice if they could have kept going and rectified matters....become a bit more like....starbreeze |
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PearOfAnguish
13/08/09 @ 09:08
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The licensed shit is how small developers survive, they have to make this stuff to get cash to produce the good games.
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login_name
13/08/09 @ 09:44
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@donnie080208
They did do a good job of Bionic Commando, you just didn't like it. I loved every minute of it. |
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It's a shame to see any business go under in this economic climate so I hope the GRIN staff go on to better things.
I suppose we were lucky to get the PC version of Bionic Commando at all and it likely explains why the promised DX10 enhancements weren't included despite the box claiming they are on the back. Shame the game wasn't as good as I'd hoped though; it's OK I guess, if a little hard, but marred severely by tiny levels (made almost completely linear by absurd/conveniently placed radiation pockets) separated by annoying loading screens that sap any atmosphere the game might have had. Have GRIN never heard of streaming?!? :? |
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Nooo.. GRIN were an inspiration to the movie licensed games. Yes, the were short, but the gameplay was definitely thought about more than other developers "LeTs MaKe It LiKe GeArS oR sOmEtHiN ElSe SuCcEsSfUl" GRIN always seemed to want to add something unique to the gameplay.
It's a shame as GRIN was a name I was beginning to trust and I could have seen big things for them if the world wasn't so cruel! |
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PearOfAnguish
13/08/09 @ 10:31
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I really enjoyed Wanted, it was short but sweet. Certainly one of the better movie licenses out there.
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CountFapula
13/08/09 @ 12:40
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Terminator wasn't anywhere near as bad as most made out.
It was a solid game that just wasn't worth the asking price unless you are a massive fan of the series. |
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So how come they got licensed a Capcom flagship franchise in Bionic Commando and they still went under? While Capcom did rather well.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ca... How much of the license fee did they have to pay upfront? |
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Transcendent
13/08/09 @ 21:19
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Their recent games were completely soulless and bland. There was no effort at all invested in the design, just in the gimmicks they used to hype the games.
Yet, another license game making let's-make-a-quick-buck company is gone, a company that pours effort into one good game instead of several mediocre ones can get funds instead, the gaming industry is moving away from making awful license games, and people still think it's a bad thing. How fucking sad is that. |
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RandomTerrain
15/08/09 @ 09:49
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I played the 2D BC rearmed a while back. Loved it.
Didn't get round to the recently released 3D one yet. Bad news. |
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