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The Entertainment Software Association, the group that lobbies on behalf of the interests of video game developers and publishers, have announced that it is no longer actively supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act but urges representatives and senators to continue looking for ways to battle pir... |
23 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the organization which represents many of the biggest players in the video game industry, has issued an official statement in support of the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill which sits before Congress and would open up new avenues of attack against those who host copyright infrin... |
4 January 2012
10:20 GMT |
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A number of huge players in the video game world have taken their names of the list of supports for the Stop Online Piracy Act bill which is now under consideration by Congress, probably because of pressure coming from their fan bases.Nintendo, a company that creates both software and hardware, Sony, who is in the sa... |
3 January 2012
17:31 GMT |
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A new report from the Entertainment Software Association shows that during the calendar year 2010 sales of video games on the United States market, the most important in the world, have slowed down and that digital distribution has increased its share of the market.The documents titled “2011 Essential Facts Abo... |
13 June 2011
15:21 GMT |
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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the Entertainment Software Association have announced that their joint project Into the Pixel has selected 17 pieces of video game art that will be added to its collection, widely seen as being the greatest recognition that a video game artist can get.
Those who are int... |
26 May 2011
14:01 GMT |
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A new study from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada seems to indicate that gamers parents are not aware of the online gaming activity of their kids, meaning that they have little control over the kind of content they are experiencing.The study is based on a poll which included more than 3,500 gamers whi... |
1 October 2010
03:00 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association has claimed that the video game industry has contributed no less than 5 billion dollars to the Gross Domestic Product of the United States, with the trend being overall positive despite the economic downturn.The ESA says that at the moment the video games industry directly emplo... |
12 August 2010
04:10 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association has announced that more than 46,000 people attended the E3 trade show this year, coming from no less than 90 countries. The industry trade body has trumpeted that the 2011 edition of the Electronic Entertainment Expo will be taking place from June 7 to 9, with the attendance exp... |
21 June 2010
01:58 GMT |
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Piracy seems to be on everyone's mind lately, Nintendo moving to sue mod chip producers and limit the availability of the hardware that enables piracy, and Ubisoft trying out a new form of PC Digital Rights Management on all its big titles like Assassin's Creed II and Settlers 7. And now, the Entertainment ... |
5 May 2010
03:40 GMT |
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The Obama administration has announced the formation of a new task force set to handle infringements on intellectual properties. Eric Holder, who is the Attorney General of the United States, has said that growth in industries like computer software and videogames cannot be guaranteed unless developers are certain th... |
17 February 2010
03:47 GMT |
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Getting games and game-related items banned seems to be a popular past time for some. As a rather controversial title with plenty of eyebrow-raising topics, Grand Theft 4 wasn't spared the "ban attention." But it seems that at least the interdiction the game received has been lifted. In 2008, several GTA4 ads we... |
11 January 2010
05:15 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association declared this year's E3 a success and already announced plans that the 2010 edition of the E3 trade show would take place June 15-17 at the same Los Angeles Convention Center. Apparently, the current format of the show will be maintained for the foreseeable future.This year... |
9 June 2009
02:35 GMT |
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One of the overlooked moments at this year's E3 conference has been the keynote given by Michael Gallagher, the president of the Entertainment Software Association, an organization that is supposed to look out for the interests of the videogaming industry. Amongst the topics that he touched on were piracy, the w... |
5 June 2009
03:54 GMT |
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In case you haven't been aware in the last few days, the Swine Flu is one of the world's most dangerous viruses and threatens to engulf the whole wide world in a pandemic. With the core of the outbreak around Mexico, slowly but surely the virus has spread around key points in almost every continent. But ev... |
30 April 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Are videogames addictive? Well, science apparently says so. A new study, which was conducted by the director of research of the National Institute on Media and the Family, who is also a psychology professor at the Iowa State University, puts the figure of addicted gamers at 8.5% of the overall population of people pl... |
22 April 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Piracy is one of the biggest problems that has been plaguing both the gaming and software industry for quite some time. As such, a lot of organizations like the Entertainment Software Association have been created in order to militate against pirates and show people just what toll downloading a pirated copy of a vide... |
21 April 2009
03:03 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the entity organizing the E3 trade show, is saying that the videogame-oriented event is set to attract about 40,000 visitors this year and that over 90% of the space available for participant companies has already been allocated to about 100 companies.Last year, E3 was a rather... |
20 March 2009
14:11 GMT |
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The governor of the state of New York, David Paterson, has announced that he plans to introduce new taxes aimed at creating revenue streams for the embattled budget. One of the newly introduced taxations will be aimed at video games, which will be tariffed more in this territorial division, if the state budget for 20... |
19 December 2008
12:01 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association is now officially confirming that the Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as E3, will be different in 2009. The trade show will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center, but the public will not be invited to attend, as some people speculated.The ESA says that the show w... |
24 October 2008
03:48 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the trade association which represents the video game publishers active in the United States, has endorsed the decision of the United States Congress to approve a bill called the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008, also known as the PR... |
15 October 2008
03:55 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association sends word that it has identified causes for which it plans to offer up to 1 million dollars in funds. This will be done through the ESA Foundation, which up until now has offered more than 11 million dollars in funds to various charities and other worthy causes.The recipients o... |
26 September 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto, who is a videogaming legend and a Nintendo senior managing director, is set to receive the 2009 Entertainment Software Association Champion Award at an event called Nite to Unite for Kids, which is an annual video game industry get together where a fund raising dinner is organized for the benef... |
19 September 2008
21:21 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association is sending word that it is hiring a new general counsel in the person of Kenneth Doroshow, who is a veteran of the Recording Industry Association of America. At the organization, Kenneth served as the head of the litigation department, which sought to go after all those who infr... |
21 August 2008
02:32 GMT |
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When will it end? When will lawmakers understand that, just as it's unconstitutional and unfair to try and ban the sale of a newspaper because it prints an opinion or a fact that you don't like, it's also unfair and wrong to try and ban the distribution of videogames solely because you do not like the ... |
30 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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All is not well when it comes to E3, which took place last week in its usual Los Angeles setting. More and more industry leaders are expressing public discontent regarding the way the show is run and most are pointing an accusatory finger at the Entertainment Software Association.John Riccitiello, Chief Executive Off... |
21 July 2008
03:22 GMT |
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E3 is no longer a public trade show and lately the Entertainment Software Association, which organizes the event, is taking some flak of its own. Activision and LucasArts, together with id Software, have pulled out of the organization and a lot of the other members are declaring themselves dissatisfied with the work ... |
17 July 2008
16:11 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association has been taking a lot of flak recently for failing to adequately represent the videogame industry in the United States. Activision and Blizzard, the soon-to-merge videogame giants, and then LucasArts and id Software, all have withdrawn membership from the trade association, with... |
12 June 2008
19:21 GMT |
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One of the hallmarks of the rise of the Nazis in pre-WWII Germany was the habit of book burning. When a book was not really in tune with the official line, it got burnt rather quickly. You'd think that now, more than 70 years later, this kind of practices, also enjoyed by such nice organizations as the Communist... |
11 June 2008
10:32 GMT |
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id Software is announcing that it is not renewing membership with the ESA, and the video gaming industry association is confirming the move. The company that developed such iconic videogames as Doom and Quake has not offered a statement that provides rationales for its decision, while the ESA has said that no officia... |
26 May 2008
10:19 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the trade body that reunites major game publishers in the United States with the purpose of representing them and their interest, has been dealt a few pretty major blows lately. First Activision and Vivendi Games, which will soon merge to create the single largest game publishi... |
21 May 2008
18:06 GMT |
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