[citation needed] The site's attendance record dates from E3 2013, on June 11, 2013, with a peak of 33 million visits to its pages.

[citation needed] The website traces its history to a video game hint collection on Minitel, a precursor to the World Wide Web, and was founded by Sébastien Pissavy while on military service in 1995.

[2] Webedia subsequently moved the offices to Paris, causing several staff members to leave.

[3] In August 2015, the site was hacked; administrators said no private information was leaked but still advised users to change their passwords.

[6][7] Forum posters have also uncovered controversies, such as making plagiarism claims against popular YouTube users.