Jeuxvideo.com
Type of site
Video game journalism
Available inFrench
OwnerWebedia
Founder(s)Sébastien Pissavy, Jérôme Stolfo, François Claustres
Managing directorFabien Metsa
General managerCédric Siré
URLjeuxvideo.com
CommercialYes
Launched1997 (1997)

JV (from jeux vidéo; pronounced [ʒø video]; transl. video games), whose name is Jeuxvideo.com from 1997 to 2021, 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.

Jeuxvideo.com is the most popular French-speaking video game news site. The site's attendance record dates from E3 2013, on June 11, 2013, with a peak of 33 million visits to its pages.

It also hosts forums with very high traffic, often portrayed as the most active in France, and which the site administration declares to be the most consulted section of the site in July 2014. During the 2010s, the website is linked to various controversies to its forums “Blabla 15-18 ans” and “Blabla 18-25 ans” on which extremist, fundamentalist comments and calls for harassment were made. In 2017, the forum section stood out due to calls for cyberharassment committed by certain members and targeting feminists following the Harvey Weinstein affair. The Webedia owner group initially reacted by tightening moderation and applying keyword censorship, a measure quickly abandoned because it only partially combated the problem. Finally, the number of salaried moderators is doubled.

History

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

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

  1. 1 2 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.
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