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• Epic Games promises loot box transparency going forward

  Epic joins Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and more in promising to make loot boxes less unpredictable.

  4 months ago

• Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to require developers to disclose odds of paid loot boxes by end of 2020

  Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will enact a policy requiring developers to disclose the odds of paid loot boxes.

  4 months ago

• Trump administration proposes 25 percent tariff on game consoles, board game imports

  Trade politics between the U.S. and China may soon result in a 25 percent tariff affecting the video game and tabletop industries.

  7 months ago

• GTA, Fallout bosses to attend today's video games meeting with Trump

  The names of the big industry executives attending today’s meeting with Trump on video game violence have been revealed.

  2 years ago

• ESA to meet with White House officials this week to discuss video game violence

  The White House announced last week that president Trump will be meeting with representatives from the games industry to discuss violent video games.

  2 years ago

• ESA said it and members unaware of a meeting with Trump administration, White House says "invites going out" soon

  No, the invitations weren’t lost in the mail. They just hadn’t been sent out yet.

  2 years ago

• The ESA denounces Donald Trump's "shithole countries" comments

  The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has issued a statement in response to the most recent, racially charged comments made by US President Donald Trump.

  2 years ago

• Up to 5,000 members of the public will be invited to E3 2015

  Exhibitors at E3 2015 this year will be able to invite fans to attend the annual trade show which has always been closed to the public.

  5 years ago

• Dying Light mod DMCA takedowns "should not have been sent", says ESA

  Dying Light mods taken offline by DMCA takedowns should not have been, according to the Entertainment Software Association.

  5 years ago

• This ESA study says more adult females in the US play games than teenage boys

  A new study from the Entertainment Software Association has found that more adult females play games than boys under the age of 18 in the US.

  5 years ago

• Care to guess how many people attended E3 2014?

  E3 2014 is basically over, but the news will continue to trickle out of the internet, like a thin stew dribbling down the beard of some weary old man. It may surprise you to learn that more people attended the show than last year, but it wasn’t all good news.

  6 years ago

• E3 2016 could take place in a city other than Los Angeles

  Every year for the past three, a report surfaces stating the ESA could move E3 to a venue other than the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year, however, the subject has come early this year, thanks to a report from CNBC.

  6 years ago

• Texas Film Commission to offer more financial incentives for games

  The Texas Film Commission is set to expand its economic incentive program for games. The Entertainment Software Association has announced that the state is increasing its top tier base percentage rate to 20%, up from 15 and lowered the threshold from $5 million to $3.5 million.

  6 years ago

• ESA Fellowship seeks games for change from young developers of colour

  The Entertainment Software Association in partnership with several organisations has launched an initiative called the ESA Loft Video Game Innovation Fellowship. The fellowship will award a grant to 20 young people of colour aged six to 24, who submit a game or game idea which qualities such as “vision, creativity, and potential impact on their […]

  6 years ago

• The ESA somehow spends more cash lobbying the US government than the NRA does -- at least officially

  Despite the fact that gun debates within the US government basically don’t happen while it took the Supreme Court to decide that the creation of video games is protected by the freedom of expression, the Entertainment Software Association managed to beat the National Rifle Association in lobbying bills last year, $4.8 million to $3 million, […]

  6 years ago

• More US gamers use PCs than smartphones or tablets

  Significantly more polled US households report using PCs for games than smartphones or wireless devices.

  6 years ago

• ESA report: 58% of US'ers are gamers, 31% are ladies, parents taking more interest

  The ESA has released a report which states that 31% of video game players are adult women, and 17 year old boys make up only 19%. This makes women 45% of the entire game playing population and 46% of the time they are the most frequent game purchasers.

  7 years ago

• Winning entries for the 2013 Into the Pixel collection announced

  The AIAS along with the ESA has announced 16 pieces of gaming art which will included in the 2013 Into the Pixel collection. The 10th annual exhibition will be shown during E3 next week.

  7 years ago

• ESA report suggests crackdown on game copyright infringement in 2012

  The Entertainment Software Association has released its 2012 annual report, confirming that it successfully served over 99,500 takedown notices to owners of Google Links leading to material that infringed on game copyrights.

  7 years ago