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Added on the 31/01/2019 17:51:34 - Copyright : AFP EN
Video games had a huge year. More people than ever are buying and playing games during pandemic lockdowns. Industry analysts say video-game industry's revenues are expected to exceed both sports and film combined in 2020. "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" sold nearly 30 million copies between March and October. The COVID shutdowns impacted live sports and moviegoing. Business Insider reports that the game industry is dominating other entertainment mediums in revenue.
Set in a dystopian post-Brexit Britain, a new video game follows the struggles of a bouncer of foreign ancestry in a world of xenophobia and immigrant camps, but gamers are divided over its message.
In this edition, we talk about Alan Turing, the brilliant and eccentric mathematician who broke the Nazi's Enigma Code and who is considered the father of computers. His story is finally getting aired in popular culture through the Oscar-nominated film "The Imitation Game". Plus, we test Buddy, the cute companion robot by French firm Blue Frog Robotics!
The French video game industry is the second-largest in the world. In this week's TECH 24, we have a look at a sector that employs 5,000 people and generates an impressive 3 billion euros a year. And in Test 24, we check out the latest version of Tomb Raider.
Dans cette émission, 456 joueurs bien réels vont participer à une compétition dans l'espoir de gagner 4,56 millions de dollars, un prix qui peut changer une vie. Au fil des défis inspirés par la série originale (plus quelques ajouts qui vont créer la surprise), les stratégies, les alliances et le caractère de chaque joueur seront mis à rude épreuve au fur et à mesure que les autres concurrents seront éliminés.
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