Virtuos, the developer working with Konami on Steel Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater, has introduced it is increasing to South Korea with a brand new studio opening in Seoul. The transfer is designed to develop on the staff’s work within the nation, which has seen it collaborate with the builders behind PUBG, Stellar Blade, and extra. Now, Virtuos will deepen its “collaboration with Korean recreation builders and publishers” with a everlasting studio within the area.
Seunghwan “Sean” Yoon will function common supervisor of Virtuos Seoul, and he mentioned the brand new studio will permit the agency to “straight deal with the distinctive challenges confronted by Korean studios, with the proximity facilitating nearer co-development and collaboration”. It is trying to carry extra South Korean video games to a worldwide market, with one current spotlight from the nation’s growth scene being Lies of P.
From its headquarters in Singapore, Virtuos is finest identified for ports and remasters of pre-existing titles. It is labored on The Outer Worlds, Cyberpunk 2077, Useless Island 2, Hogwarts Legacy and far more within the 20 years it has been working.
Its newest effort, with the assistance of Konami, Steel Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater, launches for PS5 in August. Final 12 months, we performed the opening Virtuous Mission at a preview occasion: concluding: “With out the necessity for gameplay or story adjustments, what Konami and Virtuos are doing is tweaking near-perfection. On the premise of the Virtuous Mission, they’re going concerning the endeavour within the appropriate method.”
