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.^[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 ValuSoft^[7] and are typically based on the Gamebryo Game Engine. Since late 2018, many games published by Virtual Playground were removed from Nintendo eShop.