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Virtual Playground

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. Their works include Prison Tycoon, Homeland Defense, Beer tycoon, Eco Tycoon: Project Green, and Mall Tycoon 2.

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Virtual Playground
Company type
Public
IndustryVideo games
GenreBusiness Management Games
Founded13 November 2002
Headquarters
Newcastle upon Tyne
,
England
SubsidiariesMicrovalue group
Websitehttp://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 ValuSoft7 and are typically based on the Gamebryo Game Engine. Since late 2018, many games published by Virtual Playground were removed from Nintendo eShop.

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References

  1. http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=76567
  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.