Virtual Fairground Explained

Virtual Fairground
Fate:Bankruptcy
Foundation:2008
Defunct:2011
Location Country:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Industry:Retail
Products:Video game industry
Interactive entertainment

Virtual Fairground (2008 - 2011) was a Dutch video game developer from Amsterdam. In 2008 it acquired the Dutch Flash development studio Flashclub (and renamed it BigWheel Studio) to serve as main development outfit.[1] Virtual Fairground created Club Galactik (2010), a Flash based virtual world and MMO based on an international animated television series called Galactik Football.[2] With the game Virtual Fairground targeted a younger audience.[3]

In 2010 the company collaborated with Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten and announced Pulse, a dance themed rhythm game for iPhone and Steam. It was promised Ferry Corsten would produce 7 new music tracks exclusively for Pulse.[4] The final iOS version of Pulse: The Game was released in March 2010 after being completed by Dutch game developer Rough Cookie.[5] In the same year Virtual Fairground also developed a development platform for Flash-based 3D MMO's; this engine was called The Ride.[6]

In 2011 Virtual Fairground went bankrupt. The company had financial problems due to some cancelled projects and to a disappointing number of visitors of Club Galactik, the game version of Galactik Football.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Flashclub acquisition. GamesIndustry.biz. 25 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Club Galactik. GamesIndustry.biz. 25 May 2016.
  3. Web site: GDC10: Massively's interview with Virtual Fairground. Engadget. 25 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150129022714/http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/gdc10-massivelys-interview-with-virtual-fairground/. 29 January 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: World Famous DJ Ferry Corsten and Virtual Fairground Create Music Game Pulse. 25 February 2010. IGN. 25 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Gamesauce: Global Inspiration for Game Developers - The Global Game Jam and beyond: Pulse (2009). Gamesauce: Global Inspiration for Game Developers. 25 May 2016.
  6. Virtual Fairground moves into engine market. Develop-online.net. 16 July 2010. 25 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Virtual Fairground• Control Magazine • . https://archive.today/20130222151955/http://www.control-online.nl/gamesindustrie/tag/virtual-fairground/ . 22 February 2013 . dead.