Syndicat National du Jeu Video (SNJV), a trade organization, surveyed 577 French game development studios. She found out that more than half of the teams did not earn even 300 thousand euros last year. At the same time, the number of large studios has grown.

At the end of June, French President Emmanuel Macron blamed video games for the riots that were taking place in the country at that time. Almost three months later, he said that he did not condemn the video games themselves, but the violence that reigned on the streets of France.

France has decided to support game developers in Senegal. Its embassy in Senegal, together with the French studio Masseka Game Studio, invested 300 thousand euros in the creation of a “hybrid” gaming hub in the country.

The release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has become one of the most successful in France. The newspaper Le Figaro, citing French retailers, reports that 500 thousand cartridges with the game were bought in the country during the debut week.

The French antitrust regulator may in the coming weeks send Apple a so—called statement of objections – a list of concerns that the privacy policy on iOS has caused it. This is reported by Axios sources.

Last year, the French spent €5.5 billion on video games, consoles and gaming PCs, according to the SELL association. They spent more only in 2020 and 2021.

The French authorities have recognized a number of entertainment applications as a threat to cybersecurity. Among the dangerous applications were TikTok, Netflix, Twitter and Candy Crush.

Last week, the National Commission for Information and Freedom of France (CNIL) imposed a fine of €3 million on Voodoo. The agency concluded that the mobile publisher violated the French data protection law.

Apple is facing a new fine. The Paris court ruled that the company had created unfavorable commercial conditions for developers in the App Store, and demanded to pay a fine of € 1 million.

It will become the seventh largest market in the world. This is stated in a recent Newzoo study.

Власти Франции продолжают продвигать свою языковую политику. На днях Министерство культуры страны выразило обеспокоенность, тем как часто люди используют англицизмы, когда говорят о видеоиграх. По мнению чиновников, из-за этого французам, далеким от игр, тяжело понимать, о чем идет речь.

French startup Sorare raised $680 million. He operates an eponymous NFT game about football, the results of players in which depend on the performances of real athletes. According to the results of the round, the company’s valuation amounted to $4.3 billion.Sorare announced the completion of a new round of investments in its blog.

After Blizzard announced the closure of its office in France, local trade unions called on employees to go on strike. According to the organizations, the company just wants to get away from European taxes.This became known from a joint statement of three trade union organizations, including the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), which represent the interests of Blizzard employees in France.

Because of the coronavirus quarantine, people are paying more and more attention to games. According to Nielsen, a 45% increase in the indicator “time spent in games” was recorded in the United States. In addition, users began to spend more money on games.

Gameloft has once again become a partner in the field of cloud gaming. She announced a streaming service together with Blacknut.

What the game development market in France looks like today, — the French Video Game Trade Association together with IDATE DigiWorld told in its annual study.

In the French version of CS:Now there is an “X-ray for loot boxes”, and now users see their contents. You might think that Valve has made a concession to French players, but not everything is so simple.

The French publisher of hyper-casual games has launched a “daughter” on the territory of Ukraine. The new studio is based in Kharkiv and is built on the basis of the local h8games team.

French Bigben Interactive is expanding again. This time she agreed to buy the studio Spiders — the authors of The Technomancer and Bound by Flame.