PTW, an organization that provides help improvement and help providers for sport studios, introduced right this moment that it’s opening a brand new workplace in Charleston, South Carolina. In line with PTW, it’s the primary workplace of gaming providers within the metropolis, with plans to create a whole bunch of jobs inside just a few years. That is PTW’s fourth studio in North America, following its acquisition of Fort Lauderdale-based indie studio Ghostpunch Video games earlier this 12 months.
Bernhard Rieder will function studio head at PTW Charleston, reporting to Sebastien Bisch, PTW’s VP of operations for the Americas, and can oversee day-to-day operations. In line with the corporate, the Charleston workplace will characteristic next-gen testing facilities and could have high-security certification, with the intention of utilizing native expertise to supply providers to its shoppers.
Bisch mentioned in an announcement, “To raised serve our US-based companions, we perceive the importance and significance of getting a home QA answer; the synergies are invaluable. Charleston stood out as the best location – it’s a rising tech hub with the proper mix of proximity and extremely expert expertise. PTW is happy to create a middle of excellence for the trade throughout the vibrant Charleston group and we stay up for constructing a brand new flagship studio within the US.”
PTW has provided help providers to studios akin to 2K, Gearbox and Bethesda Sport Studios, and its providers embody high quality assurance, participant help, localization, group administration and information assortment amongst others. Along with PTW Charleston and Ghostpunch in Fort Lauderdale, the corporate additionally has places in Montreal and Los Angeles.
