Recreation service supplier Testronic is shutting down one more studio. The corporate confirmed in an announcement to Recreation Developer that it is winding down operations at Testronic Bucharest and shedding an unknown variety of workers.
The closure is seemingly pushed by the corporate’s have to “optimize, focus, and consolidate” Testronic’s presence in Warsaw and London. It said that the Bucharest workplace will work with current purchasers to finish their tasks, although some tasks will “transition” to groups in different places.
“It is going to be supplied to the very best doable high quality requirements, that we persistently ship to our companions, from all our services, worldwide,” Testronic concluded.
A Testronic spokesperson advised Recreation Developer that the corporate is implementing measures to “help impacted workers. These embody job looking webinars, particular person resume evaluations from native human sources representatives, and particular person written references for “all workers.”
Some former Testronic workers have accused the corporate of “sabotage”
Whereas Testronic is one among many firms to put off sport business employees in 2025, it is one of many few to face vocal backlash from former workers. In July, workers of Secret 6 (Testronic’s Madrid-based subsidiary it acquired in 2022) claimed that the UK-based firm intentionally slowed down shopper outreach and denied them any sources for securing new contracts. They advised Recreation Developer that it appeared their new guardian firm was stifling incoming work so as to drive purchasers to its new Manila-based subsidiary—which is reportedly far cheaper to function than its Spanish workplace.
Then in September it introduced the closure of its Belgrade-based studio whereas planning to put off 4.8 p.c of all workers.
This all adopted one other main slim-down for Testronic, which offered off Dungeons of Hinterberg writer Curve Studios—in addition to its in-house improvement studios—to Nazara Applied sciences earlier in Could. Curve and Testronic have been each subsidiaries of Catalis Group, although that identify has now been retired, leaving Testronic as the corporate on high of the group chart.
That is a yr of dramatic change for an exterior improvement useful resource supplier. Sadly it is more likely to be a traumatic change for the various employees now with out jobs.
