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Added on the 01/04/2013 17:14:28 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Two French video-game fans are leading the "Odyssey Project", which aims to open a museum dedicated to video games near Paris in 2026. They have already raised over one million euros for the project via an online crowdfunding campaign.
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.
Like many businesses across the UK, the billion-pound video game industry is already feeling the negative impact of Brexit. A voiced AFPTV report.
It's a treasure trove of video games and consoles... the National Academy of Video Games in Chalon-sur-Saône was created two years ago by Bertrand Brocard, a pioneer of French video game design, and the centre now hopes to gather as much information as possible about the origins of the gaming world.
Our reporters returned to the Indian city of Pondicherry, in the Gulf of Bengal, a former trading post of the French East India Company. Fifty-five years after it was handed back to India, French influence is waning in this former colonial enclave. But residents are keen to maintain the unique character of this little piece of France.
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