The French Open 1998

France is the second-biggest producer of video games in the world. Franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Dishonored, Life is Strange, and … whatever the hell David Cage is doing, come from French-based companies. So France has had a huge influence on gaming, globally. But what you might not know is how weird and counter-cultural some of France’s early games are! In the 1980s, French game developers were going wild, making games that would fit right in on itch.io today.

Location, cast, and story revealed for open-world action-driving game, Clutch.

Clutch - the cinematic, open-world, action-driving game from the team at Maverick Games, and which is being headed up by former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown - just got itself a very slick new trailer at this evening's Summer Game Fest, showing of its rather lovely rendition of Monaco and the French Riviera. Read more

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