Developer Virtuos have launched Calypte, a brand new studio primarily based within the bay space of San Francisco.
Calypte is Virtuos first full-service studio in North America and can cowl all points of recreation manufacturing together with artwork, design, and engineering.
Calypte will leverage the success Virtuos had working just about all through the COVID-19 pandemic by selling versatile working, with workers inspired to work from anyplace. The studio will even host workers from Virtuos’s 12 different studios worldwide, encouraging integration and interoperability.
Why San Francisco?
Virtuos hopes that Calypte’s proximity to the video games improvement hub of San Francisco will improve collaboration between itself and its companions, permitting a stronger alignment on venture necessities and a shorter turnaround time. The studio will even benefit from the area’s experience in improvement, storytelling, and expertise.
Through this, in addition to leveraging its established improvement mannequin and experience, Virtuos hopes to create greater video games extra rapidly, serving to it to satisfy rising shopper demand for high-quality stay content material.
“We saw the opportunity to bring Virtuos’ values and expertise in distributed game development to the Bay Area. With the launch of Calypte, we look to provide alternative and accelerated career paths with opportunities to work on diverse AAA games,” mentioned Virtuos basic supervisor of North America Jake DiGennaro. “We also remain dedicated to creating an inclusive environment that fosters and embraces creative endeavors – and ultimately, the making of great games.”
Calypte is led by studio director Kirsten Kennedy [pictured] a producer with over two years of expertise within the trade, together with engaged on franchises equivalent to Grand Theft Auto, The Walking Dead, and Sid Meier’s Civilization.
“I’m excited to be joining the Virtuos family and am honored by the trust that Jake and the team have in me to steer our growth in North America,” mentioned Kennedy. “From the concentration of gaming studios in the region to the diverse pool of highly-skilled and experienced gaming talent, the Bay Area is a fantastic place to grow our studio.”
This is the most recent in a string of expansions and acquisitions made by Virtuos, following the launch of a brand new studio in Kuala Lumpur and the acquisition of Volmi Games earlier this yr.
