The second Pegasus ceremony, which rewards the cream of French video games, resulted in a very shared prize list.
"Microsoft Flight Simulator", from Bordeaux studio Asobo, won three awards, including best game of the year.
The games "Haven" and "Tell Me Why" also stand out with two trophies each.
In 2020, it was one of the last events in public before lockdown.
The Pegasus ceremony had experienced a privileged first edition, without viruses or masks.
The second did not have this honor since it was held online only on Wednesday evening.
This did not prevent the Academy of video game arts and techniques from rewarding the cream of French video game production.
And it is
Microsoft Flight Simulator
, new edition of the legendary aviation simulator, work of the Bordeaux studio Asobo, which won the Pegasus for Best Game.
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Return of the
Microsoft Flight Simulator
video game
: a technical feat "made in France"
Microsoft Flight Simulator
has collected three trophies.
In addition to the Best Game, it won those for Visual Excellence and Best Operating Service, an award that highlights the game that provided the best updates after release.
"It's crazy! I thank the Earth for this incredible artistic direction", joked Martial Bossard, co-founder of Asobo, in reference to the millimeter reproduction of the earth's surface which has blown the apprentice aviators.
Haven
and
Tell Me Why
win two Pegasus each
Another game that came out the winner of the evening:
Haven
, a moving romance in space named six times and which left with two Pegasus.
The creation of the Montpellier studio The Game Bakers won the trophies for Best independent video game and Best characters for its couple of space travelers.
Tell Me Why
, from the Parisian studio Dontnod, was also crowned with two trophies: Narrative Excellence and Beyond the Video Game, an award that highlights the strong message of a video game game. Its story, which stages two twins who return to their hometown and dive back into their past, Tell Me Why evokes rarely discussed themes such as transidentity and domestic violence.
The ZeratoR streamer in the spotlight
Note that
Ordesa
, an interactive film by Cinétévé Experience studio, published by Arte, was awarded the prize for Best mobile video game.
Internationally, the formidable
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
won the Pegasus for Best Foreign Video Game and
Hades
for Best Foreign Independent Game.
Prizes given by Samuel Étienne, new Twitch star, from his own channel.
The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot, present to present the honorary Pegasus to video game pioneer Eric Chahi, for her part welcomed the contribution of this entertainment to "French soft power".
Finally, the Pegasus Personality of the Year was awarded to streamer Adrien Nougaret, alias ZeratoR, the organizer of ZEvent.
For its fifth edition, in October, this charity event which brings together around fifty Internet gamers, raised 5.7 million euros for Amnesty International.
"I'm not chasing the prices but I'm very happy. I think especially of the creators of video games, it's difficult to produce and sell games so well done to them!" ZeratoR reacted, Pegasus in hand.