Canard PC

{{Short description|French video game magazine}}

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| editor = Julie Le Baron{{cite web

| url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-midis-de-culture/critique-quels-sont-les-meilleurs-jeux-video-de-la-rentree-5207109

| title=Radio France

| publisher=radiofrance.fr

| date=2023-08-31

| accessdate=2024-09-16}}

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| frequency = Monthly

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| category = PC gaming magazine

| publisher = Presse Non-Stop

| firstdate = November 2003

| country = France

| based = Paris

| language = French

| website = {{URL|canardpc.com}}

| issn =1764-5107

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Canard PC is an independent magazine founded in France in 2003 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly.{{cite web

| url=http://www.krinein.com/medias/canard-pc-1220.html

| title=Canard PC

| publisher=krinein.com

| date=2003-12-12

| accessdate=2009-05-01}}{{cite web

| url=http://www.afjv.com/press0405/040505_canard_pc.htm

| title=Canard PC : des résultats extrêmement positifs

| publisher=Agence Française pour les Jeux Vidéos

| date=2006-12-26

| accessdate=2009-05-01

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422034757/http://www.afjv.com/press0405/040505_canard_pc.htm

| archive-date=2009-04-22

| url-status=dead

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The title Canard PC is a paronym, derived from Canard WC, which is the French name for Toilet Duck.

Canard PC{{'}}s independence from the game companies is recognized in the French video gaming circles.{{cite web

| url=http://www.gamepro.fr/actualites/20301/halo-3-canard-pc/

| title=Halo 3 : tous vendus sauf Canard PC ? (All are sold except Canard PC?)

| publisher=gamepro.fr

| quote=Thanks Halo 3. Thanks for having revealed the true face of a whole slew of the video game press worldwide, the one who do not care what is good or bad about a game, but who prefer to praise the marketing plan while kneeling to what a gang of internet fanboys could say.

| date=2007-11-05

| accessdate=2009-05-01

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428072028/http://www.gamepro.fr/actualites/20301/halo-3-canard-pc

| archive-date=2009-04-28

| url-status=dead

}}{{cite web

| url=http://www.lesnumeriques.com/news_id-4626.html

| title=CanardPC conteste notre test du 28'' ViewSonic : un peu de débat !

| publisher=lesnumeriques.com

| date=2008-03-10

| accessdate=2009-05-01}}{{cite web

| url=http://www.gamekult.com/actu/metacritic-l-autre-agence-de-notation-A0000098514.html

| title=Metacritic, l'autre agence de notation

| publisher=gamekult.com

| quote=Dans leur numéro daté du 17 décembre dernier, nos confrères du bimensuel Canard PC s'en sont publiquement ému dans un dossier intitulé "Comment les éditeurs ont changé la donne", expliquant notamment s'être vu proposer une avant-première en échange d'une note positive. .

| date=2012-01-23

| accessdate=2012-01-29}}{{cite web

| url=http://www.arretsurimages.net/contenu.php?id=5418

| title=Jeux vidéo : des sites sous pression

| publisher=arretsurimages.net

| quote=Canard PC, le monsieur propre de la profession ? Cela n'a pas été facile de les inviter, ils n'avaient pas envie "de se montrer", "on ne va pas sur les plateaux de télévision", m'a-t-on rétorqué. Finalement, Ivan Gaudé, le directeur de la rédaction, est là(...)Ivan Gaudé fait le pari de l'indépendance à l'égard des annonceurs. Un "pari risqué", de son propre aveu, car sans filet de secours..

| date=2012-12-02

| accessdate=2012-11-30}} Canard PC has a sister magazine, Canard PC Hardware.{{cite web

| url=http://www.presence-pc.com/actualite/Ivy-Bridge-4000-46321/

| title=Ivy Bridge et HD 4000 : performances estimées

| publisher=presence-pc.com

| date=2012-01-16

| accessdate=2012-01-29}}

Independent studies have shown that Canard PC reviews many games not mentioned by other magazines or websites specialized in video games, and has a strong variation in its review scores.{{cite web

| url=http://www.afjv.com/news/2068_analyse-notes-jeux-video-presse.htm

| title=Analyse comparative des notes de la presse francophone

| date=24 January 2013

| publisher=afjv.com

| accessdate=2013-01-25}}{{cite web

| url=http://www.gamestatistics.fr/Analyse%20des%20notes%20de%20la%20presse%20francophone.pdf

| title=Analyse comparative des notes de la presse francophone

| publisher=gamestatistics.fr

| accessdate=2013-01-25}} Canard PC Managing editor, Ivan Gaudé, recognized in a video games critics panel on a French network that they did not like scoring very much, but they felt they had to put them for their reviews because gamers wanted them.