French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced the creation of an “International Video Game Festival” in France, declaring video games a “cultural exception” of the republic.
\n\nMacron made the announcement speaking at the Sommet Lumière, an international cinema and audiovisual conference hosted by France at the medieval town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence and co-chaired by Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
\n\nThe French president said he firmly believes that video games are part of culture and that they should “in fact, be part of France’s cultural exception” just as cinema and other forms creative expression are.
\n\n“So, we will create an international video game festival, conceived from the outset as a major global gathering of creativity, innovation, gamers, and the industry,” he announced.
\n\n“France’s major global video game successes highlight the richness of this creative output, which is, after all, an industry in its own right. We need to give it greater recognition and succeed in winning everyone’s support,” he continued.
\n\nFrench broadcaster BFMTV noted on that Macron’s goal appears to be the creation of a video game event comparable to Gamescom, a international festival hosted every summer at the German town of Cologne and whose 2026 edition took place…
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