Variable State
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The current logo as of September 2016.
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| Variable State | |
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| Industry | Video game |
| Founded | January 2014 |
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| Headquarters | London, England, United Kingdom |
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Worldwide |
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| Products | Virginia |
| Services | Video game development |
| Website | variablestate.com |
Variable State Ltd (doing business as Variable State) is a British independent video game developer established in January 2014 by Jonathan Burroughs and Terry Kenny, who are based in London, England and Dublin, Ireland respectively.
Upon forming, the company was joined by collaborator Lyndon Holland, composer and graduate of the National Film and Television School, who Burroughs and Kenny met through an internet forum.
The team began development of what would become Virginia in early 2014. Drawing inspiration from American television shows such as Twin Peaks and The X-Files and capitalising on Kenny's experience as an animator, Virginia progressed into a period interactive drama with an emphasis on characters and setting.
In August 2016 it was announced that 505 Games would be publishing Virginia and that the game would be releasing on September 22 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. At the same time a demo was released via Steam.
Jonathan Burroughs and Terry Kenny, the company's founders, were both developers at DeepMind Technologies in London until shortly before it was acquired by Google in January 2016. Prior to DeepMind, Burroughs had developed for Rare and Electronic Arts on titles such as Kinect Sports and Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. Kenny had been a developer at Rockstar Games, working on a variety of titles, including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto IV.
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