EnglishConvention - Paris Games Week Restart: Ask for the program!
By Mulder, 07 october 2022
Paris Games Week (PGW) continues to unveil itself! After 3 years of waiting, the time has come to meet again the big players of the industry who promise a more festive experience than ever. The PGW Restart is getting ready to offer a varied program around flagship games and licenses, to discover, test and share the passion of video games. Major publishers will be present at Paris Games Week 2022, including: Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, Nintendo, PLAION and its partners SEGA and Koei Tecmo, PlayStation, Square Enix, Ubisoft and Xbox. Before discovering in the next few days the official announcements of the complete line-up of publishers, PGW already confirms some of the games that will be playable on the show:
Exclusively, Just Dance 2023 Edition, scheduled for release on November 22, 2022, will make the PGW dance on the Ubisoft booth and stage. A new flagship game for the end of the year, Mario + The Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope will also be on the publisher's booth.
Young and old alike will be able to discover games for all audiences at the Bandai Namco Entertainment booth. The games One Piece Odyssey and Park Beyond, whose releases are announced for 2023, will be playable in preview. Families will be able to meet the Pat'Patrol puppies in Paw Patrol, La Patrouille Grand Prix and compete on Lego Brawls. Esports tournaments will punctuate the 5 days of the show with games such as Tekken 7, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure or Dragon Ball FighterZ.
On PLAION's booth, gamers will be able to test Sonic Frontiers and Like a Dragon: Ishin! from SEGA, which will be played for the first time in France. Masocore par excellence, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty from Koei Tecmo will invite visitors to surpass themselves. For music lovers, Let's Sing 2023 French and International Hits distributed by PLAION will allow you to win concert tickets!
For fans of simulation and thrills, Xbox will offer to test Forza Horizon 5 and Microsoft Flight Simulator with a small surprise on the latter to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the license. For the more strategically minded, Age of Empires, whose first opus celebrates its 25th anniversary, will also be playable at PGW. Pentiment, the Obsidian Entertainment's nugget scheduled for November 15, will also be there. Finally, an area entirely dedicated to Xbox Game Pass will feature the latest releases and additions to the catalog, with a few upcoming titles and many games made in France, allowing us to celebrate the know-how and excellence of the French video game industry at Paris Games Week.
Ready for a knockout? Street Fighter 6, the next game in Capcom's cult saga, available in 2023, promises intense fighting sessions. The latest version in development will be playable at PGW: it will feature a selection of 8 fighters so that everyone can find their champion!
The Made in France Games Area is also back and will gather more than 25 publishers and studios that will present the best of French creation, among which Amplitude Studios, Focus Entertainment, Microids, Nadeo and Shiro Games. More than 30 games will be on display, including : A Plague Tale: Requiem by Focus Entertainment, Endless Dungeon by Amplitude Studios, and How To Say Goodbye by ARTE France studio.
From console, PC, and mobile games, to AAA releases and independent games, Paris Games Week is the showcase of a vibrant ecosystem and is a great place for discovery for this reunion edition.
For the first time, visitors will be able to discover the PGW Stage with the FNAC. Esports competitions, animations, demonstrations and talents will punctuate the 5 days of programming of the stage offering 800 seats. FNAC, which already organizes more than 70 Esports events per year in its stores, will be present each day with many surprises during 15 hours of live entertainment throughout the show.
Among the key events:
- Skyrroz (2.6M subscribers on YouTube), Kaatsup (1.6M subscribers on TikTok), Linca and Little Big Whale will offer us a 2 vs 2 on Call of Duty on Friday, November 4th at 3:10 pm
- Domingo (1.5M subscribers on Twitch) will challenge his team on League of Legends on Saturday, November 5th at 3:30pm
- Fuze III (2.6M YouTube subscribers) will face its subscribers on Minecraft on Sunday, November 6th at 5pm
For its first edition, the League of Legends Coupe de France will be held at Paris Games Week! On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 November, the PGW stage with the FNAC will host the 2 semi-finals of the League of Legends French Cup, welcoming the best teams of the discipline. Esports will also be practiced in virtual reality with the Esports Virtual Arena (EVA), a new discipline mixing video games and sports, where teams move freely on an arena of more than 500 m².
A meeting place for all communities and all generations, PGW will offer many animations that reflect the plurality of the ecosystem. Young and old will be able to meet cosplayers on the Imagin'Con association's booth, which will offer many animations and activities, and to travel with the family through the 50 years of video games on the MO5 association's retrogaming space. You can also visit the PGW Shop, which will offer a range of Paris Games Week collectors' products, and the FNAC store area to discover new products, animations and demonstrations. PGW, which takes place during the All Saints' Day vacations, is naturally a meeting place for all families. The PGW Junior area will offer activities and games to try out for budding gamers and parents alike!
Key information :
-,Open to the general public from Wednesday 02 November to Sunday 06 November 2022
- Opening hours : 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
- Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles, Hall 1
- Ticketing (online only)
(Source : press release)