Gameloft has closed a branch in New York
The Gameloft branch in New York closed, the staff was fired. This was announced by the lead programmer of the local branch of the company Kevin Chen (Kevin Chen) on Facebook.
Chen posted a message that the branch was disbanded on July 8. Then the lead programmer deleted it, because he does not have the authority to talk about the reasons for what happened on behalf of the company. However, he confirmed the fact of dismissal of employees in a new post.
According to the Gamasutra resource, about 100 employees lost their jobs. Gameloft management did not directly confirm the information. It reported that “Gameloft optimizes the organization of production and concentrates capacities in the most productive points – in order to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions.”
For Gameloft, we recall that the financial year began with growth. In the first quarter of 2015, the company’s sales increased by 17% compared to the same period last year. Financial success she, according to the resource Pocketgamer.biz , is due to the latest releases, including Dungeon Hunter 5.
A source: https://www.facebook.com
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