What is "virtuos"

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. Virtuos is a licensed developer on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, NDS and PSP. Virtuos' clients include 15 of the top 20 digital entertainment publishers. 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.