Virtuos strengthens with the opening of a studio in Lyon
Codevelopment and portages giant, the Virtuos network stretches a little more with the announcement of a new studio based in Lyon. It is the second development site of Virtuos in France after that of Paris.
If the Virtuos Headquarters is in Singapore and the Group has developed in China, Canada, the United States, Ireland or Vietnam, France is for the small story the native country of Gilles Langourieux, The CEO of Virtuos who founded the company in 2004 after being general manager of the Chinese subsidiary of Ubisoft.
The founding team of Virtuos Lyon is composed of 12 programmers with the director of the Aurélien Studio Kerbeci and the Technical Director Domenico Albani. The first has 17 years of experience in the sector and founded Founded Agharta Studio, while the second is part of the founders of Osome Studio and the 20 years of experience. The opening of this studio is part of the wake of a $ 150 million fundraising by Baring Private Equity Asia in September, an investment to finance Virtuos s growth strategy.
We are delighted to welcome Aurélien, Domenico and the rest of the talented Founding team of Lyon within the great Virtuos family. Not only is the team in phase with cultural virtuos, but it also has skills in-depth in engineering, which will play a vital role in ensuring our continued success. Thanks to this expansion, we are well positioned to accelerate our growth in order to respond and outstand the demands of our customers, said Christophe Gandon, responsible From the Games Division at Virtuos.
Specialized in the development of games and 3D art production on consoles, mobiles and PCs, Virtuos today employs more than 2,500 people in the world and has participated in more than 1,300 projects since 2004. Its recent contributions include Demon s Souls, MEDAL OF HONOR: ABOVE AND BEYOND, DOOM ETERNAL, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, STAR WARS Jedi: FALLEN ORDER or the Switch portages of The Outer Worlds and Dark Souls Remastered.
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