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Well, that didn’t take long, did it? After not being invited to the White House to meet with the president along with other major video game companies, the Entertainment Software Association has now been granted an invitation to meet with President Trump on Thursday. This comes on the h...
As we reported earlier this week, there are a couple bills waiting to be seen by the Hawaiian legislature over loot boxes and microtransactions, which if they manage to pass could have an impact on the way the industry handles putting them in games moving forward. Today, the Entertainment...
E3 will be accepting fans back through the doors of the LA Convention Center this June, but this time, they’ve got a new badge type and a much cheaper price-tag. Thanks to how successful the trade show was in 2017, E3 will be inviting the global video game community to experience its best...
Today, the Entertainment Software Association announced their annual charity event, Nite to Unite, that will be taking place at the Fairmont San Francisco on March 20th. The event itself will have a cocktail event with a silent auction, and awards dinner and ceremony, and dessert for those a...
Despite backing several of US President Donald Trump‘s legislative decisions and tax bills, the Entertainment Software Association has come forward to condemn remarks he allegedly made about Haiti and other “shithole countries.” The remarks were leaked by attendees of...
In an interview with Rolling Stone, the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) has joined the ESRB in their stance that microtransactions and loot systems are not a form of gambling. The quote came from a story where Hawaiian officials are contemplating putting a law into effect, banning them...
In case American financial reform isn’t the sort of thing that hits your early morning news feeds, Republican lawmakers revealed a proposed $1.41 trillion tax plan today that cuts taxes for both corporations and certain middle-class families. The latter bit is interesting, since R...
According to the ESA’s new Essential Facts report of video game digital sales for the year of 2016, we’ve done a fantastic job of downloading things as a community this year. The report also includes some absolutely fascinating facts, like the fact that the average gamer is now 35 ...
