Grin AB was a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. Founded by Bo and Ulf Andersson in 1997, Grin worked on numerous titles for the PC, consoles and arcade. The company filed for bankruptcy and became defunct in August 2009 and its founders went on to create Overkill Software.
History
Grin was founded by brothers Bo and Ulf Andersson in 1997. After Grin's first release Ballistics (PC, arcade) in 2001, Grin released the critically acclaimed Bandits: Phoenix Rising (PC) and several arcade machines as well as military and civilian simulators. Grin went on to develop two games for Ubisoft, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (PC) and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (PC). Bionic Commando Rearmed (Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, PC), Bionic Commando (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC), Wanted: Weapons of Fate (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC) and Terminator Salvation were the last titles, released in 2008–2009.[1] In 2007, Grin expanded into offices on the Barcelona, Spain beach front, in the Torre Mapfre skyscraper, followed by another studio in the center of Gothenburg, Sweden, along with the Grin Jakarta