{"id":20211,"date":"2022-01-26T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/26\/virtuos-furthers-global-growth-ambitions-with-new-studio-in-kyiv-ukraine-2\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:30:00","slug":"virtuos-furthers-global-growth-ambitions-with-new-studio-in-kyiv-ukraine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/26\/virtuos-furthers-global-growth-ambitions-with-new-studio-in-kyiv-ukraine-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtuos Furthers Global Growth Ambitions with New Studio in Kyiv, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach<\/a> – 26 January 2022 – Virtuos<\/a>, a leading global game
\ndevelopment company, today
\nannounced the completion of its acquisition of Volmi Games (‘Volmi’), a 2D and
\n3D art production studio with 140 employees based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The
\nexpansion is a key part of Virtuos’ growth strategy, as it increases its global
\nfootprint to better meet the growing demands of its clients.<\/p>\n

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Volmi<\/a>
\nwas co-founded by Vladimir Loban, Chief Executive Officer, and Miroslav
\nBaranenko, Chief Operating Officer, in 2016. Prior to Volmi, both Loban and
\nBaranenko held leadership positions at Wargaming Kyiv. The Volmi team has
\nextensive experience in the area of content creation for video games. Core
\ncompetencies include photo-realistic, stylized 2D and 3D content, concepts and
\nillustrations, casual game graphics, and animation. Volmi has contributed to notable
\ngames such as Diablo 2: Resurrected, Metro Exodus, Sniper: Ghost Warrior
\nContracts 2, Smite, Paladins, and Gwent: The Witcher Card Game.<\/p>\n

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Following the acquisition, Volmi will rebrand
\nitself as “Volmi \u2013 A Virtuos Studio”. Loban and Baranenko will continue to helm
\nthe studio as General Director and Operations Director, respectively.<\/p>\n

Virtuos’ expansion into Kyiv marks the
\ncompany’s first foray into Eastern Europe, tapping into Ukraine’s growing pool
\nof tech talent. The new studio will function as a key node in Virtuos’
\nexpanding global footprint and bringing the company closer to its European
\nclients, while bolstering its game development and art production offerings. <\/p>\n

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Gilles
\nLangourieux, CEO at Virtuos<\/b>
\ncomments, “We’re kicking off the new year on a high by welcoming another
\npassionate team to the Virtuos family. What Volmi has achieved in the five
\nyears since its inception is truly remarkable. We are excited to leverage the
\nteam’s deep art production expertise and high growth potential to ensure our continued
\nsuccess. Looking forward to working with and growing alongside Volmi, as we
\nexpand our capabilities together as a team.”<\/p>\n

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Vladimir
\nLoban, General Director at Volmi – A Virtuos Studio<\/b> adds, “Joining Virtuos is a natural next step in
\nVolmi’s growth journey. Supported by Virtuos’ global portfolio of AAA projects,
\nend-to-end art production and full-stack game development solutions, we are
\nconfident of accelerating Volmi’s growth and moving up the value chain to
\nprovide even better content for our clients.”<\/p>\n

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Miroslav
\nBaranenko, Operations Director at Volmi – A Virtuos Studio<\/b> adds, “Both Virtuos and Volmi are culturally
\naligned in our pursuit of excellence and having talent development at the core
\nof our businesses. Together with Virtuos’ support, we aim to grow the Volmi
\nteam from about 140 to 500 employees within three years, in tandem with our
\nwider growth ambitions.”<\/p>\n

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The establishment of Volmi \u2013 A Virtuos Studio
\nbuilds on Virtuos’ track record of studio acquisitions and integrations in the
\npast decade, including CounterPunch Studios in Los Angeles in 2020, Black
\nShamrock in Dublin in 2017, and Sparx* in Vietnam in 2011. In 2021, Virtuos
\nalso secured a USD150 million investment<\/a> from Baring Private Equity Asia and opened a
\nstudio in Lyon, adding on to a growing list of studios within its global
\nnetwork.<\/p>\n

#Virtuos<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 26 January 2022 – Virtuos, a leading global game development company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Volmi Games (‘Volmi’), a 2D and 3D art production studio with 140 employees based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The expansion is a key part of Virtuos’ growth strategy, as it increases its …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}