Singapore โ January 2020 โ After over a decade of growth, Virtuos has shifted its Chengdu studio into new premises at the Taikoo Li area, marked by a grand inauguration event on Wednesday, 8th January 2020. The new office is located at Pingan Finance Center, No.99 Dongda Streetย Jinjiang District, Chengdu China.
The eventโs guests of honor include Virtuos CEO Mr Gilles Langourieux, General Manager of Virtuos Chengdu Studio Mr Tian Li, Virtuos Group HR Director Mrs Minny Abels, Consul General of the French Consulate Mr Bruno Bisson (Bai Yusong) and Secretary General of CASS (Chengdu Association of Sourcing Service) Mrs Xu Jie, who capped off the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Left to right: Tian Li (General Manager of Virtuos Chengdu Studio), Xu Jie (Secretary Generalโ of CASS), Gilles Langourieux (Virtuos CEO), Bruno Bisson (Consul General of the French Consulate), Minny Abels (Virtuos Group HR Director).
Founded in 2008, Virtuos Chengdu studio is the groupโs second ever development and production center in China after its Shanghai studio, launched with a start-up team of 15 staff and an office space totaling 900 m2 at the time. The following ten years has seen multiple expansions for the Chengdu studio in terms of office space and staff numbers. In 2018, an eventful year for Virtuos that included the raising of $15 million and the opening of a new headquarters and R&D Center in Singapore, the Chengdu studio expanded still further to accommodate 5,700 m2 of office space. In contrast, the new offices for Virtuos Chengdu in a 5A class building now covers an area of 6,000 m2, with enough space for more than 650 employees.
Chengdu Studio new office: interior
Under the leadership of veteran staff members, business for Virtuos Chengdu studio has continued to grow rapidly over the past decade. In the past 2 years alone, the studio was involved in several high-profile AAA game productions โ including titles such as Dark Soulsโข: Remastered, The Outer Worlds, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Assassinโs Creed Liberation Remastered, Astral Chain and Heavy Rain, among others โ that have since garnered widespread attention and praise throughout the industry.