All video games commercialized between December 1st and December 31st 2025 and for which the majority of the production team is based in France (not applicable for foreign awards) are eligible for Pégases 2026 Awards.
Development studios, publishers and educational institutions voluntarily submit their video games on the dedicated platform. All these games are then subject to a voting process to which the Academy members participate.
There is no appointed jury for the Pégases awards. The winners are chosen by the members of the Academy, more than 2,500 French video game professionals. To find out more about the Academy, please visit https://academiejeuvideo.org/. Only Academy members whose registration has been validated before December 31 of the year preceding the ceremony can vote to elect the Pégases nominees and winners. The “Honorary Awards” and the “Personality of the Year Award” are the only awards that are not decided by a vote of the Academy members. The SNJV Board of Directors nominates the winners of these awards.
The Academy of Video Game Arts and Techniques wants to federate all video game professionals. Gathered within colleges, the members are professionals belonging to the video game industry or exercising an activity that contributes to the development of the video game sector. Their membership is voluntary, declarative and free of charge, and is carried out on the Academy's website https://academiejeuvideo.org/.
The members vote by remote electronic voting, by secret ballot, in two rounds. In the first round, everyone votes from among the video games submitted by development studios, publishers and educational institutions. At the end of this first round, the three games nominated to compete at the Ceremony are determined. The second round takes place under the same conditions and with the same electorate, in order to determine the winner of each category. The results are then announced during the Ceremony.
The application is subject to the payment of 240 euros (including tax), per game submitted, by the development studio, publisher or training institution. The price is 120 euros, including tax, per game submitted, for members of the SNJV, the Network of Video Game Schools and regional associations that have signed the SNJV-regions partnership agreement (Bouftang, East Games, Game In, Game Only, Push Start, So Games).
It is entirely possible to submit a video game port if it was released the year before the Ceremony.
All entries in the "Best Indie Game" and "Best Mobile Game" categories will automatically be entered in the "Best Video Game" category. The same goes for the foreign categories.
Yes, it is possible to submit a video game released in early access only. However, this video game will then no longer be eligible for a future edition, unless it is ported to another platform.
For French Games : Each game can compete in three categories in addition to the main categories: Best Video Game, Best Independent Video Game, or Best Mobile Video Game, and the Best Accessibility category, to highlight the work of teams on this key aspect. A game can therefore compete in a maximum of 6 categories: Best Video Game + Best Independent or Mobile Video Game + Best Accessibility + 3 categories.
For International Games : 2 categories : Best International Video Game and either Best International Indie Game or Best International Mobile Game if the project is eligible in those categories
If you have any questions, please contact the Academy team at contact@academiejeuvideo.org or refer to the rules and regulations in the footer of the website https://soumission-pegases.academiejeuvideo.org/login.