Virtuos has opened a brand new improvement studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to increase its world community of studios.

The work-for-hire firm — which has labored on franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Call of Duty — mentioned the brand new opening will ship “full recreation improvement, engineering, and artwork manufacturing companies” to builders and publishers all over the world.

The Virtuos Kuala Lumpur group consists of builders with many years of expertise engaged on triple-A initiatives. Since it was soft-launched in 2021, the studio had grown to 90 workers and is looking for to increase additional.

“I’m happy to return dwelling to construct Virtuos Kuala Lumpur alongside a few of my closest buddies and pioneers within the trade,” mentioned studio basic supervisor, Mufizal Mokhtar. “We are excited to play an energetic half in Malaysia’s recreation improvement trade and the expansion of its digital ecosystem.”

Virtuos claims the nascent opening shall be a “vital addition to Malaysia’s quick creating online game sector,” and has been collaborating with the Malaysian authorities because it seeks to draw and prepare new expertise.

The information comes shortly after Virtuos raised $150 million from personal fairness buyers to speed up its development plans and provoke a “buy-and-build technique.”

Following that funding, the corporate bought Vietnamese artwork studio Glass Egg for an undisclosed charge to “considerably bolster” its artwork manufacturing and recreation improvement capabilities.