<s>
Virginia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2016	O
first-person	O
mystery	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Variable	O
State	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
505	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
graduate	O
FBI	O
special	O
agent	O
Anne	O
Tarver	O
as	O
she	O
investigates	O
her	O
first	O
case	O
:	O
the	O
disappearance	O
of	O
a	O
boy	O
in	O
rural	O
Virginia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
demo	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virginia	B-Application
released	O
on	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2016	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virginia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
mystery	O
thriller	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
fictionalised	O
Virginia	B-Application
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
assigned	O
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
disappearance	O
of	O
a	O
missing	O
boy	O
,	O
Lucas	O
Fairfax	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
town	O
of	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Virginia	B-Application
,	O
paired	O
with	O
Maria	O
Halperin	O
,	O
an	O
experienced	O
but	O
discredited	O
agent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
arrest	O
the	O
teen	O
,	O
and	O
among	O
his	O
possessions	O
include	O
some	O
LSD	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Anne	O
keeps	O
a	O
small	O
sample	O
for	O
herself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
return	O
,	O
Maria	O
gives	O
her	O
the	O
envelope	O
that	O
Anne	O
had	O
kept	O
the	O
sample	O
of	O
LSD	B-Application
in	O
,	O
as	O
Maria	O
had	O
been	O
spying	O
on	O
her	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opting	O
not	O
to	O
follow	O
this	O
route	O
,	O
she	O
assures	O
Maria	O
has	O
her	O
locket	O
and	O
decides	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
LSD	B-Application
,	O
a	O
method	O
that	O
Judith	O
had	O
recommended	O
at	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virginia	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Variable	O
State	O
,	O
a	O
British	O
independent	O
game	O
developer	O
founded	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Burroughs	O
and	O
Terry	O
Kenny	O
,	O
former	O
developers	O
with	O
DeepMind	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lyndon	O
Holland	O
joined	O
the	O
project	O
early	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
composer	B-Application
and	O
sound	O
designer	O
and	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
creating	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
music	O
and	O
Foley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virginia	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variable	O
State	O
is	O
a	O
virtual	O
studio	O
;	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
are	O
remote	O
workers	O
and	O
coordinate	O
each	O
morning	O
using	O
videotelephony	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Progress	O
resumed	O
after	O
the	O
developers	O
played	O
Brendon	O
Chung	O
's	O
Thirty	B-Application
Flights	I-Application
of	I-Application
Loving	I-Application
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
and	O
found	O
themselves	O
inspired	O
by	O
its	O
creative	O
use	O
of	O
cinematic	O
editing	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
real-time	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
dialogue	O
,	O
Virginia	B-Application
conveys	O
its	O
story	O
through	O
the	O
physical	O
performances	O
of	O
its	O
large	O
cast	O
of	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
development	O
,	O
Variable	O
State	O
expanded	O
the	O
Virginia	B-Application
development	O
team	O
to	O
include	O
programmer	O
Kieran	O
Keegan	O
,	O
the	O
lead	O
programmer	O
on	O
Kitty	B-Application
Powers	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Matchmaker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
it	O
holds	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
82%	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
77%	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
76%	O
on	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daily	O
Telegraph	O
awarded	O
it	O
5	O
stars	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
It	O
is	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
titles	O
like	O
Dear	B-Application
Esther	I-Application
,	O
Gone	B-Application
Home	I-Application
and	O
Firewatch	B-Application
have	O
hinted	O
at	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
evolves	O
the	O
interactive	O
narrative	O
form	O
way	O
beyond	O
anything	O
we	O
’ve	O
seen	O
before.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
awarded	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
9.25/10	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
Virginia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
taut	O
thriller	O
that	O
strikes	O
a	O
fine	O
balance	O
between	O
storytelling	O
and	O
interactivity	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
narrative-driven	O
first-person	O
adventure	O
games	O
have	O
not	O
accomplished	O
since	O
their	O
inception.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
TIME	O
,	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
and	O
The	O
Telegraph	O
included	O
Virginia	B-Application
in	O
their	O
respective	O
lists	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
games	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mic	O
included	O
Virginia	B-Application
in	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
10	O
most	O
underrated	O
releases	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
