The acquisition of Volmi marks Virtuos’ first foray into Japanese Europe, bolstering its improvement capabilities for purchasers within the area and world wide
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 26 January 2022 – Virtuos, a number one world recreation improvement firm, in the present day introduced the completion of its acquisition of Volmi Video games (‘Volmi’), a 2D and 3D artwork manufacturing studio with 140 staff primarily based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The enlargement is a key a part of Virtuos’ development technique, because it will increase its world footprint to higher meet the rising calls for of its purchasers.
Volmi was co-founded by Vladimir Loban, Chief Govt Officer, and Miroslav Baranenko, Chief Working Officer, in 2016. Previous to Volmi, each Loban and Baranenko held management positions at Wargaming Kyiv. The Volmi workforce has in depth expertise within the space of content material creation for video video games. Core competencies embrace photo-realistic, stylized 2D and 3D content material, ideas and illustrations, informal recreation graphics, and animation. Volmi has contributed to notable video games reminiscent of Diablo 2: Resurrected, Metro Exodus, Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, Smite, Paladins, and Gwent: The Witcher Card Sport.
Following the acquisition, Volmi will rebrand itself as “Volmi – A Virtuos Studio”. Loban and Baranenko will proceed to helm the studio as Common Director and Operations Director, respectively.
Virtuos’ enlargement into Kyiv marks the corporate’s first foray into Japanese Europe, tapping into Ukraine’s rising pool of tech expertise. The brand new studio will operate as a key node in Virtuos’ increasing world footprint and bringing the corporate nearer to its European purchasers, whereas bolstering its recreation improvement and artwork manufacturing choices.
Gilles Langourieux, CEO at Virtuos feedback, “We’re kicking off the brand new 12 months on a excessive by welcoming one other passionate workforce to the Virtuos household. What Volmi has achieved within the 5 years since its inception is really exceptional. We’re excited to leverage the workforce’s deep artwork manufacturing experience and excessive development potential to make sure our continued success. Trying ahead to working with and rising alongside Volmi, as we develop our capabilities collectively as a workforce.”
Vladimir Loban, Common Director at Volmi – A Virtuos Studio provides, “Becoming a member of Virtuos is a pure subsequent step in Volmi’s development journey. Supported by Virtuos’ world portfolio of AAA initiatives, end-to-end artwork manufacturing and full-stack recreation improvement options, we’re assured of accelerating Volmi’s development and shifting up the worth chain to supply even higher content material for our purchasers.”
Miroslav Baranenko, Operations Director at Volmi – A Virtuos Studio provides, “Each Virtuos and Volmi are culturally aligned in our pursuit of excellence and having expertise improvement on the core of our companies. Along with Virtuos’ help, we goal to develop the Volmi workforce from about 140 to 500 staff inside three years, in tandem with our wider development ambitions.”
The institution of Volmi – A Virtuos Studio builds on Virtuos’ monitor report of studio acquisitions and integrations previously decade, together with CounterPunch Studios in Los Angeles in 2020, Black Shamrock in Dublin in 2017, and Sparx* in Vietnam in 2011. In 2021, Virtuos additionally secured a USD150 million funding from Baring Non-public Fairness Asia and opened a studio in Lyon, including on to a rising record of studios inside its world community.
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