On December 24, 2024, Shanghai – Recently, Virtuos, a world-leading video game development company, celebrated its 20th anniversary. Since its establishment in 2004, Virtuos has always been committed to attracting and cultivating top global game talents and shaping the future of game development. Today, Virtuos has established bases in major global game markets and has created many exciting game worlds in cooperation with partners, writing an extraordinary chapter in the game industry.
Looking back over the past two decades, Mr. Gilles Langourieux, CEO of Virtuos, is filled with emotion: ‘Twenty years ago, our four founders started from Shanghai with the dream of becoming a leading force in the global game industry. Today, we are extremely proud to have a big family of more than 3,800 global game experts, spread across 23 studios and offices around the world. Connected by our love and dream for games. 20 years is a milestone. Thank you to every team member and partner for your support; 20 years is also a new starting point. Looking ahead, we hope to continue to exert efforts in technological innovation, talent cultivation and global layout to create more great games and start the next more prosperous 20 years.’ Mr. Gilles Langourieux, CEO of Virtuos, moves forward with the ‘V’ dream and witnesses the glorious moments of games all the way. Starting as a game content service provider at first, after 20 years of development, Virtuos has become a giant in the field of game co-development, covering three core fields of game development, game engineering and game art. Virtuos has so far established long-term cooperative relationships with globally renowned enterprises in the industry such as Electronic Arts (EA), Konami, Naughty Dog, Tencent and Smilegate. It has cooperated with more than 900 game studios and participated in the production of more than 1,500 wonderful game projects, including classic 3A masterpieces such as ‘Cyberpunk 2077’, ‘League of Legends’, ‘The Callisto Protocol’ and the ‘Final Fantasy’ series. It is worth mentioning that the game of the year winner at ‘The Game Awards 2024’, ‘Astro Bot’, also received strong support from Virtuos. In order to help classic games reappear and create more familiar and stunning game experiences, Virtuos has participated in the remastering of many blockbuster games, including the highly anticipated ‘Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition’ and ‘Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’ this year.In March of this year, Virtuos collaborated with industry consulting and research institutions to write the white paper ‘The Golden Age of Game Remastering,’ sharing for the first time the company’s successful remastering experiences and research findings. The white paper indicates that the potential of the remastering/reset market is enormous, with 90% of the top ten highest-rated games in 2023 being remastered or high-definition remakes.
In China, Virtuos has established an elite production team of over 2000 members in Shanghai, Chengdu, and Xi’an, and has been deeply involved in the development of multiple AAA-level games such as ‘PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,’ ‘Marvel’s Avengers,’ and the ‘Call of Duty’ series. Virtuos China General Manager Tian Li stated: “‘Creating better games together’ has been Virtuos’ unwavering commitment for twenty years. In the future, we will continue to increase local investment, relying on our excellent team and deep technical accumulation to create more exciting games in partnership with Chinese game developers.” Virtuos China General Manager Tian Li is committed to exploring and pursuing the mastery of game craftsmanship. Virtuos has always been dedicated to exploring cutting-edge technologies to enhance game development efficiency and player experience. As early as 2018, Virtuos established a research and development center in Singapore, focusing on exploring advanced computer imaging, rendering, and production technologies. In 2022, the VirtuosLabs studio, led by senior technical directors, was established to focus on expanding engineering and R&D capabilities and actively participated in numerous projects involving proprietary engines. At the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the VirtuosLabs team showcased Virtuos’ forward-looking applications and explorations of virtualized geometry technology, sharing how this key technology allows developers to create resources more efficiently while ensuring game performance, thereby significantly enhancing game graphics quality and optimizing performance. Virtuos technical expert Alexis Vaisse presented at GDC2024 in China. Virtuos actively explores cutting-edge technology applications such as AIGC, photogrammetry, and digital humans, and promotes the implementation of UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) projects, continuously breaking boundaries to provide players with an unprecedented immersive interactive experience. Last week, Virtuos game experts shared their experiences at the 2024 China Game Industry Annual Conference, detailing how Virtuos uses hardware and software, as well as filming techniques, for 3D scanning, and demonstrated how to combine AI technology with 3D scanning to enhance accuracy and efficiency. In 2022, the Virtuos team also traveled to the Devil’s City in Xinjiang for a 14-day Gobi landscape data collection and created a concept short film based on this using UE5.The art director of Virtuos, Jin Xiyun, gave a speech at the 2024 China Game Industry Annual Conference. The Virtuos team conducted a 14-day photogrammetry data collection in the Xinjiang Devil City. In addition, at the ‘WDCC2024 World Design Capital Conference’ jointly hosted by UNESCO and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government this year, Virtuos’s game experts also shared the application status of AIGC technology in game design and its impact on the future game industry.
They pointed out that AIGC technology is promoting game design to enter a new stage of development. By improving design efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing creative expression capabilities, it brings new vitality to the game industry. Virtuos art director Wu Xingjian gave a speech at the WDCC2024 World Design Capital Conference. People-oriented, fulfilling corporate responsibilities and undertakings. Virtuos has always adhered to the concept of ‘people-oriented’ and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. From China to Vietnam, and then to Mauritius and Ecuador, the company currently has a multicultural background team from more than 50 countries and regions around the world. Under the guidance of the core values of ‘excellence, trust, and positivity’, the company is committed to providing every employee with broad career development and personal growth opportunities. Among them, Virtuos especially values the cultivation and development of female employees. Through leadership training, special benefits, and university lectures and other measures, the company has successfully increased the proportion of female managers to more than 30% and plans to increase the proportion of female employees to 40%. As a result, Virtuos has been rated as the ‘Best Workplace’ in all countries/regions where it operates for two consecutive years. In 2024, it achieved a breakthrough achievement and won the ‘Best Workplace for Women in Greater China’ award, receiving high recognition from employees. Virtuos won the ‘Best Workplace for Women in Greater China’ award. At the same time, Virtuos actively fulfills corporate social responsibilities and combines its own business expertise to help the sustainable development of the community. In 2019, Virtuos and the public welfare organization Netspring launched the ‘Green Computer Classroom’ project. Through scientific processing and refurbishing of computer equipment, it provides digital teaching support for schools in multiple places. At present, the project has successfully established five green computer classrooms in Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi’an and Vietnam, directly benefiting more than 3,500 students. In addition, Virtuos also spares no effort to cultivate talents in the game industry. It not only conducts extensive school-enterprise cooperation with universities but also opened the first riverside studio in Chengdu focusing on talent training. Moreover, through the ‘Girls Got Game’ scholarship project, it continuously subsidizes female students who are passionate about the game industry and provides fresh blood for the game industry.Virtuos was founded in 2004 and is one of the largest game development companies in the world. Headquartered in Singapore, we have 23 studios and offices in Asia, Europe and North America, with more than 3,800 full-time game production experts. We focus on full-process game development and art production. Over the years, we have provided high-quality content for more than 1,500 console, PC and mobile games. Our clients cover 23 of the top 25 game companies in the world.
‘In the past 20 years of Virtuos’ global development, it is also 20 years of taking root in China and growing together with China’s game industry.’, said Tian Li. ‘Facing a new journey, we are full of confidence. In the future, Virtuos will continue to closely collaborate with Chinese game talents and create more world-class game masterpieces with a global perspective and leading technology.’ – End – About Virtuos: More details, please visit: Click to enter>>>
