Paris Games Week
Annual video game trade fair in Paris, France
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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 | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Video games |
| Venue | Paris expo Porte de Versailles |
| Location | Paris |
| Coordinates | 48.830°N 2.286°E |
| Country | France |
| Inaugurated | 27 October 2010 |
Most recent | 23 October 2024 |
Next event | 30 October 2025 |
| Attendance | 317,000 (2019) |
| Organized by | SELL |
| Website | www |
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]).
Dates
| Year | Dates | Venue | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27–31 October | Paris Expo Porte de Versailles | Paris | 120,000[6] |
| 2011 | 21–25 October | 180,000[6] | ||
| 2012 | 31 October–4 November | 212,000[7] | ||
| 2013 | 30 October–3 November | 245,000[8] | ||
| 2014 | 29 October–2 November | 272,000[8] | ||
| 2015 | 28 October–1 November | 307,000[9] | ||
| 2016 | 27–31 October | 310,000[10] | ||
| 2017 | 1–5 November | 304,000[11] | ||
| 2018 | 26–30 October | 316,000[12] | ||
| 2019 | 30 October–3 November | 317,000[13] | ||
| 2022 | 2–6 November | |||
| 2023 | 1–5 November | |||
| 2024 | 23–27 October | |||
| 2025 | 30 October-2 November | |||
| 2026 | 22-25 October |
