Paris Games Week

Paris Games Week, or simply PGW, is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. It is organised by SELL (Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs), a French organisation that promotes the interests of video game developers.

Paris Games Week
Status	Active
Genre	Video games
Venue	Paris expo Porte de Versailles
Location(s)	Paris
Coordinates	48.830°N 2.286°E / 48.830; 2.286
Country	France
Inaugurated	27 October 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-27)
Most recent	23 October 2024; 9 months ago (2024-10-23)
Attendance	317,000 (2019)
Organized by	SELL
Website	www.parisgamesweek.com/en

With 317,000 visitors for the 2019 edition, the show is the second most popular trade show in Europe^[1] and one of the world's most visited video game trade shows, ahead of E3 in the United States (66 100 visitors in 2019^[2]) and the Tokyo Game Show in Japan (262,076 visitors in 2019^[3]), but behind Gamescom in Germany (373,000 visitors in 2019^[4]) and the Taipei Game Show in Taiwan (over 320,000 visitors in 2019^[5]).

History

2010

For its first edition, held between October 27 and 31, Paris Games Week took place in Hall 1 of the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. It offered 14,000 m² of exhibition space over five days, attracting 56,587 visitors during this first edition. ^[6]

2011

The second edition of Paris Games Week took place from October 21 to 25, 2011, again at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles offering 22,000 m² of exhibition space, a 60% increase compared to the previous year, the show hosted, in addition to numerous publishers presenting their latest games, the FISE finals and the ESWC world finals for certain games such as Just Dance and FIFA.^[7]

2012

The third edition of the show took place from October 31 to November 4, 2012, again at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center. It hosted the biggest video game publishers in nearly 30,000 m² of exhibition space, and the ESWC world finals for certain games such as Just Dance and FIFA.^[8]

2013

The fourth edition took place from October 30 to November 3, 2013. Still lasting five days, the show successed with a new record number of visitors: the 2013 edition welcomed 245,000 visitors over the entire period.^[9] The show once again hosted major publishers as well as the ESWC World Finals. The show, for the first time in partnership with Capital Games, opened its doors to independent studios by creating a "Made in France Games Space." ^[10]

2014

The fifth edition opened its doors on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, for five days at the Porte de Versailles. The size of the show has increased from 32,000 m2 to 50,000 m2.^[11] For the first time, Paris Games Week has partnered with Game Connection to create a global video game event in France bringing together professionals and individuals. Since 2014, Paris Games Week has partnered with the RespectZone association, promoting respect online.^[12]

Dates

Year	Dates	Venue	Location	Attendance
2010	27–31 October	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles	Paris	120,000[13]
2011	21–25 October			180,000[13]
2012	31 October–4 November			212,000[14]
2013	30 October–3 November			245,000[15]
2014	29 October–2 November			272,000[15]
2015	28 October–1 November			307,000[16]
2016	27–31 October			310,000[17]
2017	1–5 November			304,000[18]
2018	26–30 October			316,000[19]
2019	30 October–3 November			317,000[20]
2022	2–6 November
2023	1–5 November
2024	23–27 October