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Pégases
The Pégases awards honor achievements in the French video game industry since 2020. The awards ceremony, ''Palmarès des Pégase'', is held annually. Since 2022, the ceremony is typically held in the first or second week of March at La Cigale in Paris. The first ceremony, in 2020, was held at Théâtre de la Madeleine, while the second ceremony, in 2021, was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Background In 2020, the French created the Academy of Video Game Arts & Techniques. The purpose of creating the Academy was in part to establish a national video game award for the French video game industry to showcase creators and talent within the industry and to promote France as a hotbed of video game development. The awards were to be modeled on the César Awards, given out for excellent in the French film industry. The Academy of Video Game Arts & Techniques is divided into six colleges representing broad areas of video game development and publishing: the Technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Cells
''Dead Cells'' is a 2018 roguelike-Metroidvania game developed by Motion Twin and Evil Empire (company), Evil Empire, and published by Motion Twin. The player takes the role of an amorphous creature called the Prisoner. As the Prisoner, the player must fight their way out of a diseased island in order to slay the island's King. The player gains weapons, treasure and other tools through exploration of the procedurally-generated levels. ''Dead Cells'' features a permadeath system, causing the player to lose all items and other abilities upon dying. A currency called Cells can be collected from defeated enemies, allowing the player to purchase permanent upgrades. Production of ''Dead Cells'' began after Motion Twin planned development for a follow-up to their previous browser game ''Die2Nite''. The developers decided to replace the Cooperative video game, cooperative gameplay of ''Die2Nite'' with a Single-player video game, single-player experience focused around combat and actio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GreedFall
''GreedFall'' is an action role-playing game developed by Spiders (company), Spiders and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game is set in an early 18th century-styled fantasy setting and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on September 10, 2019, and subsequently in a graphically uplifted and performance enhanced version for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox Series X/S on June 30, 2021. ''GreedFall'' was met with a mixed, but generally positive critical reception. A prequel, titled ''GreedFall 2: The Dying World'', is in development. Gameplay The player, alongside other settlers, mercenaries, and treasure hunters, explores a remote island where the locals, who are fighting off invading settlers, are protected by supernatural beings. The game includes combat, diplomacy, and stealth. The player's decisions influence and affect the game's story, as well as the relationship between the different factions established on the island. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Is Strange 2
''Life Is Strange 2'' is a 2018 episodic adventure game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. As a main sequel in the ''Life Is Strange'' series, the game's plot features Hispanic American brothers Sean and Daniel as they travel along the US West Coast as fugitives from the police after the younger brother discovers his telekinetic abilities. In the game, which is played from a third-person perspective, Sean must make crucial decisions that will lead to different branches in the storyline, while serving as a surrogate parent for Daniel. Following the unexpected success of ''Life Is Strange'' (2015), development of a second game started in 2016 after the team completed the retail edition of the first game. The primary creative team behind the original returned for the sequel. The team chose a road movie structure in contrast to the original game, and was inspired by films and novels such as '' Into the Wild'' and ''Of Mice and Men''. While the game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Dance 2020
''Just Dance 2020'' is a 2019 dance rhythm game developed and published by Ubisoft. It is the eleventh main installment of the ''Just Dance'' series, following '' Just Dance 2019'', and was a celebration of the series' tenth anniversary. The game was originally released on November 5, 2019, for Nintendo Switch, Wii, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia. It was the final title in the main ''Just Dance'' series released on the Wii console — the platform where the series made its debut in 2009 — as well as the final Wii video game released physically in North America and Europe. Development and release It was unveiled on June 10, 2019, during its E3 press conference. The game was exclusively released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan on March 12, 2020, and in China on December 24, 2020, in the latter of which the game is simply titled ''Just Dance''. ''Just Dance 2020'' is the final Wii video game released physically in North America. It was reported in 2020 that Nintendo of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unruly Heroes
Unruly Heroes is a platform video game developed by French company Magic Design Studios for the Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The mobile version published by Perfect Games Speed. It is inspired by the Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. Development The game entered production in June 2017. Since a part of the Magic Design Studios has worked for Ubisoft on ''Rayman Legends'', there are some similarities in the hand-drawn art style. During development, each level (using the Unity engine) was split into separate scenes so that the multiple people would work on it at the same time. Gameplay Unruly Heroes features four characters ( Sanzang, Wukong, Kihong and Sandmonk), that can be switched anytime. Each of them have their own unique skills and traits, like double-jump, gliding, or powers activated by special statues. There are character-specific statues that can be used by pushing them into the right place. While the game is based on Journe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRC 8
''WRC 8'', also known as ''WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship'', is the official game of the 2019 World Rally Championship. The game was developed by French developer Kylotonn and published on 10 September 2019 by Bigben Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The game carries an official World Rally Championship esports licence. Development and release ''WRC 8'' was revealed as the official game of the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship in February 2019. It features dynamic weather and an entirely redesigned career mode reminiscent of Codemasters' ''Formula One'' series. The game also sees the addition of new classic cars, much like its main rival, Codemasters' '' Colin McRae Rally/DiRT'' series, including the Lancia Stratos and Renault Alpine. The game also offers more content than the previous game, with 102 special stages spread across the championship's 14 countries. The game was released to Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayman Mini
''Rayman Mini'' is a platform video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and Pastagames and published by Ubisoft released on September 19, 2019 for iOS, macOS and tvOS through Apple Arcade as a launch title. Gameplay ''Rayman Mini'' is centered on Rayman who has been shrunk to the size of an ant. The players have to pass through scenarios (48 levels at total), full of different obstacles and enemies, with the goal to undo the spell. The game gives the opportunity to choose between three characters, (Rayman, Barbara, or Globox), and unlock different costumes to customize them. Development Michel Ancel said he "felt the right opportunity to immerse the player in a macro-photographic universe", giving this angle to him the idea to create a Rayman mini-universe, and he described the level design as the harder part of the game's development due to the game being fundamentally an endless runner. Ancel promised that future updates would arrive after ''Rayman Minis launch, wanting to giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubisoft Montpellier
Ubisoft Montpellier is a French video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Castelnau-le-Lez. Founded in 1994 as Ubi Pictures, it is best known for developing the ''Rayman'' and ''Beyond Good & Evil (video game), Beyond Good & Evil'' series. At 350 employees as of September 2019, Ubisoft Montpellier is led by co-founder Frédéric Houde as technical director. History Ubisoft Montpellier was founded by Michel Ancel and Frédéric Houde, two French video game designers. Houde, after obtaining a Brevet de technicien supérieur at the in Montpellier, first met Ancel (at the time still a high school student) in 1987 at Informatique 2000, a local technology store. They co-operated on the development of video games, sometimes spending multiple hours at a time in front of their computers. Houde later went on to serve his military service, while Ancel was hired by French video game company Ubisoft (then named Ubi Soft) to work at its Ubisoft Paris, Montreuil-based studio as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Pas Fragile
The United Nations (UN) is the global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among states, to promote international cooperation, and to serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of states in achieving those goals. The United Nations headquarters is located in New York City, with several other offices located in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague. The UN comprises six principal organizations: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, the Secretariat, and the Trusteeship Council which, together with several specialized agencies and related agencies, make up the United Nations System. The UN has primarily focused on economic and social development, particularly in the wave of decolonization in the mid-20th century. The UN has been praised as a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Industry
The video game industry is the tertiary industry, tertiary and quaternary industry, quaternary sectors of the entertainment industry that specialize in the video game development, development, marketing, distribution (marketing), distribution, video game monetization, monetization, and customer satisfaction research, consumer feedback of video games. The industry (economics), industry encompasses dozens of job disciplines and thousands of jobs worldwide. The video game industry has grown from niche to mainstream. , video games generated annually in global sales. In the US, the industry earned about in 2007, in 2008, and 2010, according to the Entertainment Software Association, ESA annual report. Research from Ampere Analysis indicated three points: the sector has consistently grown since at least 2015 and expanded 26% COVID-19 pandemic, from 2019 to 2021, to a record ; the global games and services market is forecast to shrink 1.2% annually to in 2022. The industry has i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Games In France
Video gaming in France is one of the largest markets in Europe. The French government gives special tax breaks to video game companies. In 2014, the French diplomatic service released a report which calculates the profit generated by the French video game industry at €2.7 billion. It states that there are 300 video game companies in France. It estimates the number of jobs directly related to the video game industry at 5,000. It estimates the number of indirect jobs created by the video game industry at 10,000. The report found that in 2013, around 8 out of 10 people had played a video game in the last 12 months. In 2018, the number of players was estimated at 32.8 million. In France video games have equal status as an artform, alongside more traditional formats, such as painting and theatre. In 2016, the French Minister of State for Digital Affairs, Axelle Lemaire, held talks with various French video game industry figureheads to find solutions to the problem of misogyny in video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiders (company)
Spiders is a French video game developer specializing in action role-playing games, owing to their previous experience. History Spiders was created in 2008 by former Monte Cristo developers who had worked together the previous year on the game '' Silverfall''. Wanting to stay together after the completion of this game, some developers team up to found Spiders. Jehanne Rousseau is the director. In addition to its role as service provider to other developers, in particular by porting games to Xbox 360, the studio has specialized in a specific genre, namely role-playing games. In July 2019, French publisher Bigben Interactive, now known as Nacon, announced that they had acquired Spiders. Game engine All Spiders games are produced and developed using the company's own modified version of Sony's PhyreEngine, called the "Silk Engine". It includes most of the features of its parent engine, and is modified to add its own unique features. Games References External linksSpider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
