It is a sector that did not experience the crisis in 2020. On the contrary, by benefiting from a containment effect, the video games sector saw its turnover grow by 11.3% last year.
So, after a first edition at the Théâtre de la Madeleine in front of more than 500 people, the French branch renewed, for the second year, its Pegasus.
A ceremony held online this Wednesday evening and to award prizes for the best French video games of the year on the model of the César.
With less controversy.
She saw journalists Samuel Étienne, who has just interviewed Jean Castex on Twitch, or Jamy Gourmaud awarding prizes or even Roselyne Bachelot, the Minister of Culture.
“Video games employ 15,000 people in France.
80% of those nominated this evening are helped by the State ”, she wanted to recall, during a ceremony where many laureates wanted to thank her.
Adrien "Zerator" Nougaret, organizer of ZEvent, an annual charity event that brings together the biggest stars of video games in France, received the personality of the year award.
Last October, the event raised more than 5.7 million euros in one weekend for Amnesty International.
Microsoft Flight Simulator big winner
The most prestigious prize, that of the best French game of the year, saw the competition between the flight simulator "Flight Simulator", the car racing game "WRC 9" and the narrative game "Tell me why".
It is finally Microsoft Flight Simulator, created in Bordeaux, which wins this great Pegasus.
It also won the prize for best operating service, but also the Pegasus for visual experience.
The Pegasus of the best sound universe 2021 returns to Streets of Rage 4. An action and adventure game where the characters clash violently.
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"Tell me why" wins the award for narrative excellence.
This immerses the player in Delos Crossing, a small fictitious town in Alaska.
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Ordesa is named the best mobile video game.
This interactive experience for download on smartphone or tablet allows the viewer to travel through history, triggering additional events and scenes.
Some 1,500 members of the Academy of Video Game Arts and Techniques, created in 2019, had to give their opinion on video games produced in France and released in 2020. Three categories also reward foreign titles.
In 2020, the prize for the best game went to
A Plague Tale: Innocence
, a tale on the plague developed by the Bordeaux studio Asobo.
This one thus achieved the double with the victory “Flight Simulator” which it presented.
