Gameloft reports 27 percent sales growth in 2012, allegedly closes India studio

Mobile game developer Gameloft has allegedly closed its Hyderabad, India studio on the same day it announced 27 percent sales growth in 2012, according to Gamasutra.

About 250 developers are now out of work, according to Gamasutra’s report. An anonymous source said employees were called into a meeting at around 2 p.m. local time and given the bad news. The source then said that they were then reportedly asked to immediately pack up their belongings and leave, the company Internet was disabled, and the studio’s balcony doors were shut.