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Paris Games Week highlights France’s video game industry crisis
Paris Games Week runs from 22 to 25 October at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris.
The annual event brings together video game fans and the industry.
France’s game market made €5.8 billion in 2025, and more than 2,000 games were in production in the country that year.
Yet 61.4% of French game companies are pessimistic about the sector’s future.
The industry has been facing an economic crisis for four years, affecting even leading companies.
The contrast is between popular games and studios under strain.
The event’s 2026 edition continues through 25 October.
Paris Games Week 2026 runs from 22 to 25 October at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris.
The event takes place as France’s video game industry faces an economic crisis that has lasted four years.
While video game playing remains widespread in France, 61.4% of companies surveyed said they were pessimistic about the sector’s future.
The French video game market generated €5.8 billion in revenue in 2025.
More than 2,000 games were in production in France in 2025, across more than 1,000 companies.
- Who
- France’s video game industry and the organisers, the Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs.
- What
- Paris Games Week 2026 is being held amid an economic crisis affecting French game studios.
- When
- 22 to 25 October 2026.
- Where
- The Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France.
- Why
- The event aims to bring together video game fans and celebrate the industry, while professionals face a crisis that has lasted four years.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The first edition of Paris Games Week was held.
France’s video game market generated €5.8 billion in revenue, and more than 2,000 games were in production in the country.
The CNC and SNJV published their 2025 video game industry barometer.
Paris Games Week 2026 opened at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre.
Paris Games Week 2026 is scheduled to run.
- Paris Games Week 2026
- 22–25 October
- Venue
- Porte de Versailles, Paris
- French game market revenue
- €5.8 billion in 2025
- Companies pessimistic about sector’s future
- 61.4%
- Games in production in France
- More than 2,000 in 2025
- French game companies
- More than 1,000 компаний
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