The game from the Lyon studio Arkane won in five of the eight categories in which it was nominated: the “best game”, “visual excellence”, “the best game design”, the “best universe” and the new ” Pegasus of the public”.
The first person shooter death loop from the Lyon studio Arkane was named best video game of the year on Thursday evening during the 3rd edition of the Pégases, which reward the best French creations.
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The event presented by host Salomé Lagresle took place live at La Cigale in Paris, where some 700 people gathered, and was also broadcast on the Twitch streaming platform. death loopreleased in September 2021 on PlayStation and PC and published by the American Bethesda, won in five of the eight categories in which it was nominated: “best game”, “visual excellence”, “best game design », the «best universe» and the new «Pégase du public» awarded following an online vote open to Internet users.
The principle of this shooter, already awarded in the United States with the prize for best achievement at the Game Awards 2021, is based on a time loop, which leads the player to start over and over again the same day, to assassinate eight protagonists as you go. and as it progresses.
Dinga Bakaba, the creative director of the studio and author of the hit series Dishonored, was also awarded the Personality of the Year award. Founded in Lyon in 1999 and also based in Austin (Texas), Arkane was acquired in 2021 by Microsoft, which already owned the publisher Zenimax (and therefore Bethesda) and its studios. “Deathloop is a weird game” (odd) whose principle is not “not accessible to everyone” and which required many adjustmentssaid Dinga Bakaba.
An award-winning indie game
The title was overtaken in number of nominations by the independent game Road 96 from the Montpellier studio DigixArt (which recently joined the Koch Media group), a narrative adventure inspired by American road movies. Road 96 leaves with five awards, including the Pégase for best independent video game, as well as that of the best sound universe, narrative excellence, and best accessibility. “It’s a pleasure to see that independent games find a large audience”welcomed the team, on stage, saying they had “all done” to give the player the impression of really acting on the world of the game.
A prize for the best foreign game was awarded to The Forgotten City, from Australian studio Modern Storyteller. The “Pegasus” for the best mobile game was awarded to the strategy game NorthGard from Shiro Games, inspired by the Vikings universe. In 2021, the Bordeaux team of Asobo was honored for the second year in a row, with the prize for the best French production awarded to the flight simulator flight simulator, who was making his return after fourteen years of absence.
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The “Pegasus”, founded by the national video game union which brings together French professionals in the sector on the model of the Césars for cinema, have been awarded since 2020 following a vote by the 1,500 members of the Académie des video game arts and techniques. 85 games initially competed in 19 categories, selection reduced to three games per category after a first round of voting. The video game is the first French cultural industry in turnover with 5.3 billion euros generated in 2020, according to the Syndicate of leisure software publishers (Sell) which will publish the figures for the year 2021 on Friday.