Virginia (video game)

Virginia
Developer(s)Variable State
Publisher(s)505 Games
Director(s)
  • Jonathan Burroughs
  • Terry Kenny
Producer(s)Carlos Aguilar
Programmer(s)Kieran Keegan
Artist(s)
  • Terry Kenny
  • Mikael Persson
  • Abby Roebuck
  • Steve James Brown
  • Matt Wilde
  • Stephen Brown
Writer(s)
  • Jonathan Burroughs
  • Terry Kenny
  • Lyndon Holland
Composer(s)Lyndon Holland
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
ReleaseSeptember 22, 2016
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Virginia is a 2016 first-person mystery adventure video game developed by Variable State and published by 505 Games. The game follows graduate FBI special agent Anne Tarver as she investigates her first case: the disappearance of a boy in rural Virginia.

The game was directed by Jonathan Burroughs and Terry Kenny, with music composed by Lyndon Holland. Burroughs, Kenny and Holland co-wrote the script.[1]

The game was first announced in July 2014 and originally slated for release in 2015. A game prototype was showcased at the 2014 Future of StoryTelling summit[2] and at the EGX Leftfield Collection[3] that year. On August 30, 2016, it was announced that video game publisher 505 Games would be publishing the game. A game demo was released on Steam to coincide with the announcement.[4]

Virginia released on September 22, 2016 for macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One.[4]

  1. ^ "Detective Thriller Virginia Could be This Year's Her Story". Kotaku UK. Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  2. ^ "Favorite Projects from the Future of StoryTelling Summit - Information Space". 2014-10-13. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  3. ^ "6 alternative games to see at EGX London". Digital Spy. 2014-09-27. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  4. ^ a b Frank, Allegra (2016-08-25). "Virginia looks like a Twin Peaks fan's dream game, and you can try it now". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2016-09-09.