december 2004 key people gilles langourieux ceo pan feng managing director andrey supryaga managing director christophe gandon gm europe number of employees 1000 1 website www.virtuosgames.com virtuos ltd. is a video game developer and a provider of digital entertainment production services for the game and movie industries . the company was founded in 2004 . virtuos has development centers in shanghai chengdu and xi an china and in ho chi minh city vietnam and offices in paris vancouver and tokyo . its services include 3d art concept art and animation full game co development and adaptations software engineering sound design and qa testing . as a video game developer virtuos creates both parts of games as well as full game co development which includes porting and adaptations . 2 virtuos is a licensed developer on ps3 xbox 360 wii nds and psp . virtuos clients include 15 of the top 20 digital entertainment publishers . 3 its clients include activision electronic arts lucasarts microsoft sony square enix ubisoft and zynga . to date virtuos has co developed two games noted more than 85 on metacritic final fantasy x x 2 hd remaster scored 85 on ps3 and ps vita and xcom enemy unknown scored 95 on ios . in september 2011 virtuos acquired sparx animation studios and added a saigon development center dedicated to 3d animation digital production for film and tv and game cinematics . citation needed contents 1 games co developed by virtuos 2 history of virtuos 3 controversy 4 references 5 external links games co developed by virtuos edit game title platform operating system publisher final fantasy xii the zodiac age ps4 square enix batman return to arkham ps4 xbox one warner bros. interactive entertainment heavy rain ps4 sony computer entertainment final fantasy x x 2 hd remaster ps3 ps vita ps4 pc square enix fable anniversary xbox 360 microsoft game studio injustice gods among us android warner bros. interactive entertainment jackpotjoy android gamesys xcom enemy unknown ios 2k games nba 2k14 ios android fireos 2k sports bubble safari ios android zynga nba 2k13 android wii psp ps2 2k sports might & magic heroes vi shades of darkness expansion pc ubisoft the enchanted library facebook gsn the game of life pc mac ea popcap civilization revolution wp7 2k games the price is right decades xbox 360 ubisoft who wants to be a millionaire xbox 360 ubisoft hollywood squares psn ubisoft family feud decades psn ubisoft dreamworks super star kartz nintendo ds activision hasbro family game night value pack nintendo wii electronic arts monopoly collection wii electronic arts generator rex agent of providence ps3 xbox 360 wii 3ds nds activision hole in the wall xbox 360 kinect microsoft mlb 2k12 psp ps2 nds wii 2k sports nba 2k12 ps2 2k sports mlb 2k11 psp ps2 nds 2k sports monster jam path of destruction ps3 xbox 360 wii nintendo ds psp activision sid meier s pirates wii 2k games ghost recon predator psp ubisoft dora the explorer explorer leapfrog ben 10 ultimate alien explorer leapfrog press your luck ps3 ipad ubisoft family feud ps3 ipad ubisoft the price is right ps3 ipad ubisoft 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 entertainment beowulf psp ubisoft street riders psp ubisoft asphalt urban gt 2 psp nintendo ds gameloft history of virtuos edit this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . october 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message december 2004 virtuos is established july 2005 virtuos opens its european office in paris gamesource june 2006 virtuos receives investment from legend capital 4 november 2006 virtuos opens its north american office in los angeles january 2008 virtuos opens in chengdu 5 march 2009 virtuos acquires bsp audio production studios 6 may 2009 terminator salvation is released in theaters featuring 3d art made by virtuos december 2009 virtuos enters japan signing partnership with kyos march 2010 virtuos reaches 500 employees 7 march 2010 virtuos announces new gen work for hire game development 8 9 may 2010 virtuos releases the price is right on psn november 2010 virtuos ships monster jam path of destruction for ps3 xbox 360 wii nds and psp january 2011 virtuos receives china sme entrepreneur award 2010 march 2011 rango reaches the top box office spot including 3d models from virtuos august 2011 virtuos reaches 800 staff and signs work for hire online game development agreement with tencent september 2011 virtuos acquires sparx 3d animation studio march 2012 virtuos 900th employee is hired in saigon for sparx subsidiary . july 2012 virtuos releases first fully developed facebook game the enchanted library for gsn october 2012 virtuos 1000th employee is hired . november 2012 virtuos first android game nba 2013 released for client 2k sports on wii nds and psp june 2013 virtuos opens office in san francisco october 2013 xcom enemy unknown . virtuos developed the port from x360 to ios of enemy unknown and it wins the 2013 golden joystick award for best mobile tablet game of the year december 2013 virtuos developed fangs dash releases for china mobile game entertainment on chinese appstores 10 april 2014 virtuos developed the adaptation of final fantasy x x 2 hd for ps3 and ps vita with 85 % metacritic score 11 controversy edit 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 the main reasons for the rise of outsourced production stating that he doesn t think it s a disservice to the industry in the west . 12 references edit virtuos reaches 1 000 virtuosi worldwide . gamasutra . virtuos game developers increasingly open to code outsourcing . gamasutra . virtuos clients testimonials . virtuos . legend capital invests in leading video games outsourcing provider virtuos . legend capital . virtuos opens new china studio . gamesindustry.biz . outsourcing firm virtuos acquires bsp audio studio . develop online . virtuos workforce hits new milestone . develop online . china s virtuos gets into full scale retail game development with major publisher . gamasutra . virtuos kickstarts full cross platform development project . gamesindustry.biz . fang dash . final fantasy x x 2 hd remaster . metacritic . special inside china s game outsourcing biz . gamasutra . external links edit company website sparx website interview with virtuos ceo gilles langourieux 2011 feature story on virtuos by gamasutra retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title virtuos & oldid 742070172 categories companies established in 2004companies based in shanghaivideo game development companiesvideo game companies of chinahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016articles needing cleanup from october 2013all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from october 2013articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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