Virtuos

Virtuos 
== Virtuos == 
Virtuos is a provider of digital entertainment production services for the game and movie industries. 
Virtuos' main development center is located in Shanghai, and it has another development center in Chengdu, China, as well as offices in Paris, Vancouver and Tokyo. Virtuos has over 500 employees. 
The company offers production services including: 3D art, concept art and animation, full game co-development and adaptations, software engineering, sound design and QA testing. Virtuos is a licensed developer on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, NDS and PSP. Its clients include Activision, Electronic Arts, LucasArts, SCEE, Ubisoft and Zynga.
Virtuos creates both parts of games as well as full game “co-development,” which includes porting and adaptations. As of 2010, Virtuos began developing full games on a work-for-hire basis. The company does not create or own its own IP. 
 
== Games Developed by Virtuos ==
Game Title 	Platform 	Publisher
Sid Meier's Pirates! 	Wii 	2K Games
Dora the Explorer 	Explorer 	Leapfrog
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien 	Explorer 	Leapfrog
Press Your Luck 	PS3, iPad 	Ludia
Family Feud 	PS3, iPad 	Ludia
The Price is Right 	PS3, iPad 	Ludia
MotorStorm: Arctic Edge 	PS2 	Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Pimp My Ride Street Racing	PS2, Nintendo DS	Activision
Madagascar Kartz 	Nintendo DS 	Activision
Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 	Nintendo DS 	Activision
Crash: Mind over Mutant 	PSP 	Activision
Wolverine 	DIDJ 	Leapfrog
Indiana Jones 	DIDJ 	Leapfrog
Hannah Montana 	DIDJ 	Leapfrog
Speed Racer 	Nintendo DS 	Warner Bros. Interactive
Beowulf 	PSP 	Ubisoft
Street Riders 	PSP 	Ubisoft
Asphalt2: Urban GT 	PSP, Nintendo DS	Gameloft
== History ==
* December 04: Virtuos is established
* July 05: Virtuos opens its European office in Paris: Gamesource
* June 06: Virtuos receives investment from Legend Capital
* November 06: Virtuos opens its North-American office in Los Angeles
* January 08: Virtuos opens in Chengdu
* March 09: Virtuos acquires BSP Audio Production Studios
* March 09: Virtuos’ staff reaches 450
* May 09: Terminator Salvation is released in theaters, featuring 3D art made by Virtuos
* December 09: Virtuos enters Japan, signing partnership with Kyos
* January 10: Virtuos acquires Russian concept art studio 
* March 10: Virtuos reaches 500 employees
* March 10: Virtuos announces work-for-hire game development 
* July 10: the company reports to have contributed to 30 titles shown at E3 2010 (noted to be 30 titles shown on the E3 show floor as well as behind closed doors)
== Controversy ==
As a prominent game outsourcing company, Virtuos has occasionally found itself at the center of the debate about outsourcing’s impact on game-industry jobs in the west. 
When asked about the issue by gaming industry website Gamasutra in 2006, Gilles Langourieux, the CEO of Virtuos pointed to the extra number of man-months required to produce titles on new-gen platforms and the larger number of platforms to cover as as the main reasons for the rise of outsourced production, stating that he "doesn't think it's a disservice to the industry in West."
== References ==
== External links ==
* Company Website 
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