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• E3 2021 planning to be a digital-only show – report

  The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, will be an online-only affair in 2021 as its organizers plan around the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

  3 weeks ago

• E3 2020 under further threat as California declares coronavirus state of emergency

  E3 organiser The ESA has said it is actively assessing the coronavirus situation and its potential threat to the annual video game convention, following California’s governor declaring a state of emergency.

  12 months ago

• E3 2020 "full speed" ahead despite coronavirus concerns

  With growing concerns over the spread of coronavirus, some wondered if this year’s E3 will be affected.

  12 months ago

• E3 2020 hopes to "invigorate" show by teaming up with a shop

  The Entertainment Software Association has teamed up with online shop iam8bit in order to reinvigorate the annual show and “shake things up.”

  1 year ago

• Trump's proposed game console tariff has been delayed

  The United States’ trade war with China conveniently won’t affect holiday shoppers.

  2 years ago

• Epic Games promises loot box transparency going forward

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

  2 years 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.

  2 years 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.

  2 years 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.

  3 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.

  3 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.

  3 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.

  3 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.

  6 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.

  6 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.

  7 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.

  7 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.

  7 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.

  7 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 […]

  8 years ago