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Virtual Playground
Company type Public
Industry Video games
GenreBusiness Management Games
Founded13 November 2002
Headquarters,
SubsidiariesMicrovalue group
Website http://virtual-playground.co.uk

Virtual Playground was a software company producing many tycoon or business simulation games primarily for the PC platform, but their works do also extend to the Nintendo DS. [1] Their works include Prison Tycoon, [2] Homeland Defense, [3] Beer tycoon, [4] Eco Tycoon: Project Green, [5] and Mall Tycoon 2. [6]

Their games are published by Take 2 Interactive, Koch Media, Global Star Software and ValuSoft [7] and are typically based on the Gamebryo Game Engine. Since late 2018, many games published by Virtual Playground were removed from Nintendo eShop.

References

  1. ^ http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=76567 [ dead link]
  2. ^ "VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Prison Tycoon". Virtual-playground.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  3. ^ "VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Homeland Defense". Virtual-playground.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  4. ^ "Virtual Playground - Beer Tycoon". Virtual-playground.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  5. ^ "ECO Tycoon : Project Green". Virtual Playground. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  6. ^ "VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Mall Tycoon 2 Deluxe". Virtual-playground.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  7. ^ "VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Company Information". Virtual-playground.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-27.