- Emmanuel Macron has announced the creation of an International Video Game Festival.
- The event is meant to be a celebration of gaming and digital creativity.
- He believes that games should be celebrated as they are among the greatest creative art forms of today.
Gaming has become one of the biggest entertainment mediums today, and one need only look at an upcoming blockbuster like GTA 6 to understand why this is the case.
GTA 6 alone is expected to generate billions in revenue, and various other games continue to push for creativity and innovation within the industry. As this trend continues, the French President has proposed a celebration of gaming as a whole.
Why it matters: Last year, the French President was left impressed by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and praised the game for its global influence.
Parce que les jeux vidéo font partie de notre culture, nous allons créer un festival international du jeu vidéo. pic.twitter.com/45g7UYfOzk
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 7, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the creation of an International Video Game Festival. The aim behind this initiative is to give video games a larger cultural platform, similar to how film, music, and animation already have major international showcases.
During the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence 2026, the French President placed a great emphasis on games during his opening address. He believes games are nothing short of a cultural phenomenon, especially for a country like France.
Emmanuel Macron hopes the International Video Game Festival will become a broad platform for developers and others in the games industry to interact and discuss the future.
Games are one of the major creative forms of our time.
The French President’s latest interest in games appears to have come from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s success.
Note that various similar events for games already exist, such as Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom, Summer Game Fest, etc. However, a huge country like France giving the industry a platform should help it expand further in the coming years.
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