Virtual Playground

{{Short description|British software company}}

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| type = Public

| genre = Business Management Games

| foundation = 13 November 2002

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| location_city = Newcastle upon Tyne

| location_country = England

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| industry = Video games

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| subsid = Microvalue group

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| homepage = http://virtual-playground.co.uk

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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.http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=76567 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}} Their works include Prison Tycoon,{{cite web|url=http://www.virtual-playground.co.uk/products/pt3/pt3.htm |title=VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Prison Tycoon |publisher=Virtual-playground.co.uk |access-date=2010-01-30}} Homeland Defense,{{cite web|url=http://virtual-playground.co.uk/products/border/border.htm |title=VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Homeland Defense |publisher=Virtual-playground.co.uk |access-date=2008-12-27}} Beer tycoon,{{cite web|url=http://virtual-playground.co.uk/pages/BeerTycoon.asp |title=Virtual Playground - Beer Tycoon |publisher=Virtual-playground.co.uk |access-date=2008-12-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080804124625/http://www.virtual-playground.co.uk/pages/BeerTycoon.asp |archive-date = 2008-08-04}} Eco Tycoon: Project Green,{{cite web|title=ECO Tycoon : Project Green|url=http://virtual-playground.co.uk/products/eco/eco.htm|publisher=Virtual Playground|access-date=25 May 2011}} and Mall Tycoon 2.{{cite web|url=http://virtual-playground.co.uk/products/mall2del/mall2del.htm |title=VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Mall Tycoon 2 Deluxe |publisher=Virtual-playground.co.uk |access-date=2008-12-27}}

Their games are published by Take 2 Interactive, Koch Media, Global Star Software and ValuSoft{{cite web|url=http://virtual-playground.co.uk/company.htm |title=VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND - Company Information |publisher=Virtual-playground.co.uk |access-date=2008-12-27}} and are typically based on the Gamebryo Game Engine. Since late 2018, many games published by Virtual Playground were removed from Nintendo eShop.