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Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in America, Trade | No Comments »
Looks like a few insulting remarks from the ESA didn’t faze ECA pres Hal Halpin one bit. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, he cleared the air between the two organizations. "I would say ... Read more..Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in America, Legalities | No Comments »
California has had to pay ESA $280k in legal fees after the state lost a court case that would have criminalised the sale of 18-rated games in the region. This isn't ... Read more..Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in America, Trade | No Comments »
ESA's released what, according to Joystiq, is a first annual report. The report covers federal work, a state-by-state breakdown and goes into other initiatives, like anti-piracy and general research. Good to ... Read more..Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in America | 1 Comment »
Newly launched Edge-Online is reporting that an ESA study has shown that 40 percent of gamers in the US are female. In addition, 94 percent of parents questioned by the survey ... Read more..Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008, Trade | No Comments »
ESA boss Mike Gallagher said that "now is the time" for the games industry in his E3 keynote yesterday. "When we look back, we'll see now is the time that our ... Read more..Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, America, Trade | No Comments »
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has spoken out about why the company decided to leave the ESA, Variety reports. Apparently, the departure was caused by nothing more than wanting a little time ... Read more..Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in America, Legalities, Trade | No Comments »
According to this GI report, ESA's announced that Minnesota paid $65,000 in legal fees incurred as a result of the association's successful challenge to the state's unconstitutional videogame law. "Minnesota's citizens ... Read more..Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in America, Crave, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking to GI, Crave chief Michael Mass has admitted that the company's decision to leave ESA had nothing to do with the organisation itself, but was rather motivated by an ... Read more..Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in America, Crave, Trade | No Comments »
ESA's issued a statement confirming Crave's exit from the body, saying the publisher still believes in its goals. Not enough to keep paying membership fees, clearly. “We can confirm that Crave ... Read more..Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in America, Crave, E3 2008, Trade | No Comments »
What’s big and powerful, yet small and vulnerable? Sadly, we’re talking about the ESA. Joining the likes of id Software and Activision, Crave Entertainment is now politely excusing itself from the ... Read more..Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in America, Politics | No Comments »
According to this AP report, the ESA spent $714,000 lobbying the Federal Government in the first quarter of this year. Besides Congress, the group lobbied the Patent and Trademark Office, US ... Read more..Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in America, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking to the Washington Post, id boss Todd Hollenshead said that the firm's widely reported decision to leave the ESA is unlikely to be a permanent one. "Our departure from ESA ... Read more..Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in America, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking to Kotaku, ESA head Mike Gallagher has palmed off talk of an "exodus" from the organisation saying it's normal for membership to fluctuate, and pointing out that while some ... Read more..Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008, Politics, Trade | 1 Comment »
Oh dear. The ESA issued a statement today, aimed at GamesPolitics.com, after it came to light that E3 keynote speaker and Texan Governor Rick Perry believes that non-Christians will go ... Read more..Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008, Trade | 4 Comments »
id Software has become the latest company to quit the ESA, GamePolitics reports. No reason has been given for the decision, but the move will no doubt be seen as ... Read more..Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008, Trade | No Comments »
According to this Kotaku piece, it cost ESA $5 million to break contract with the LA Convention Center and move E3 to Santa Monica last year. The charge was due to ... Read more..Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008, Trade | 4 Comments »
According to MCV, ESA's announced the full list of E3 exhibitors this year. It looks a bit... sparse. A - M 1UP Network; Akella; Atari Inc.; Bethesda Softworks; Capcom USA Inc.; Crave ... Read more..Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008, Trade | No Comments »
GI's reporting that LucasArts has followed Activision and Vivendi by quitting the ESA. "We can confirm that LucasArts is no longer a member of the ESA," the company said in a ... Read more..Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, America, Codemasters, E3 2008, Foundation 9, NCSoft, Trade | 4 Comments »
We thought we'd leave this last night as some of the details involved seemed less than solid. The confusion focused mainly on a Kotaku story that claimed six publishers were to ... Read more..Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, America, Trade | No Comments »
According to Kotaku, both Activision and Vivendi have left US trade body ESA. ESA's Rich Taylor said in a statement: "While the Entertainment Software Association remains the preeminent voice for U.S. computer ... Read more..Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in America, Development | No Comments »
According to this, ESA is to offer 15 $3,000 education scholarships for those interested in pursuing a career in games development. The Americans just can't help themselves: this is the ... Read more..Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in America, Politics | No Comments »
According to this, ESA's shutting down its operation in New York and consolidating in Washington DC. There are more details through the link, but this is all yet to be ... Read more..Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in America, Nintendo, Piracy | 4 Comments »
Hot on the heels of ESA's 301 filing to the US government, pleading for help in the international war on pirates, Nintendo's jumped on board and done the same thing. This ... Read more..Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in America, Piracy | No Comments »
All jokes aside, this is a bit scary. ESA, the US games trade association, has filed a request to the US govenment to threaten sanctions against countries "where piracy runs ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
America's Parent Television Council has made a stand against ESA's recent announcement that it intends to lobby on Capitol Hill, saying that any official seen by the organisation as taking ... Read more..
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