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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (February 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 1,207 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Jeuxvideo.com]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Jeuxvideo.com}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Jeuxvideo.com

Type of site	Video game journalism
Available in	French
Owner	Webedia
Founder(s)	Sébastien Pissavy, Jérôme Stolfo, François Claustres
Managing director	Fabien Metsa
General manager	Cédric Siré
URL	jeuxvideo.com
Commercial	Yes
Launched	1997; 28 years ago (1997)

JV (French: jeux vidéo; pronounced [ʒøvideo]; transl. video games; formerly Jeuxvideo.com and also called JVC) is a French website, and also available as an application, specializing in video games since 1997. It is built as an information tool intended for players by a team of editors and notably offers news, files, video game tests and video presentations. Editors travel to major global events, such as E3, Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom, Paris Games Week or IDEF to meet development teams and follow games throughout their life cycle, from development to commercialization.

History

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The website traces its history to a video game hint collection on Minitel, a precursor to the World Wide Web, and was founded by Sébastien Pissavy while on military service in 1995. As his work became more popular, he moved it to a website, Jeuxvideo.com, in 1997. Gameloft purchased an 80% share of the site in 2000, though Pissavy ran it independently until his departure in 2012.[1] HiMedia purchased the site in 2006 and sold it in 2014 to Webedia for 90 million euros.[2] Webedia subsequently moved the offices to Paris, causing several staff members to leave.[3] In August 2015, the site was hacked; administrators said no private information was leaked but still advised users to change their passwords.[4]

Forums

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Jeuxvideo.com's forums have caused it controversy and legal problems.[1] The forums are often compared in spirit to 4chan and have few rules.[5] L'Obs and Le Monde have both criticized the forums for their hatred and intolerance.[6][7] Forum posters have also uncovered controversies, such as making plagiarism claims against popular YouTube users.[8]

References

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1. ^ a b Doucet, David (2013-07-17). "Jeuxvideo.com: histoire d'une odyssée". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
2. ^ "Webedia rachète Jeuxvideo.com pour 90 millions d'euros". Le Monde (in French). 2014-06-06. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
3. ^ Piquard, Alexandre (2015-01-27). "Aurillac ou Paris : l'heure du choix pour les salariés de Jeuxvideo.com". Le Monde (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
4. ^ "Jeuxvideo.com cible d'une tentative de piratage". Le Monde (in French). 2015-08-23. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
5. ^ Rossigneux, Aude (2014-08-29). "Internet : forum à consommer avec modération". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
6. ^ "Antisémitisme, homophobie, fanatisme : Jeuxvideo.com, la ruche à fiel". L'Obs (in French). 2015-09-27. Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
7. ^ Reynaud, Florian (2016-02-16). "Jeuxvideo.com, les trublions du Web français". Le Monde (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
8. ^ Brandy, Grégor; Manilève, Vincent (2016-02-09). "Comment jeuxvideo.com a mené l'enquête pour accuser un influent YouTubeur de plagiat". Slate.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2016-07-28.

External links

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• Official website (in French)

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