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Global Report: Video Games Transcend Entertainment, Affect Positive Change in Players’ Lives
Video games affirmed as a source of connection, stress relief and mental stimulation in one of the largest consumer surveys […]
10.08.2025
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The ESA Joins Multi-Association Coalition Letter to United States Trade Representative Greer on Risks of Tariffs to American Innovation and Technology
The Honorable Jamieson Greer United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20508 RE: United States Leadership in […]
03.27.2025
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Entertainment Software Association Unveils iicon, Game-Changing Thought Leader Summit to Harness the Power of Interactive Entertainment and Shape the Future of Business and Culture
Taking place April 27–30, 2026 in Las Vegas, the Interactive Innovation Conference is set to be an essential convening for […]
02.06.2025
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U.S Consumer Spending on Video Games Totaled $58.7 Billion in 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2025 – Overall consumer spending on video games in the United States totaled $58.7 billion in 2024 according to data released by the Entertainment Software Association, Circana and Sensor Tower.
01.23.2025
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ESA Files Comments on White House Office of Science and Technology’s Request for Information on Regulatory Reform on Artificial Intelligence
10.29.2025
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The ESA’s Statement on the Confirmation of John Squires to lead the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
09.23.2025
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ESA Files Comments in the Colorado Children’s Privacy Rulemaking
09.10.2025
- Industry Updates
Video Games & Tech: Moving Beyond Their Entertainment Roots
Video games moved beyond their roots as pure entertainment vehicles long ago. Today, several other industries have adopted core video game technology and adapted it to their own needs. In many cases, that's a game-like training device. In others, it's using the graphical advances game developers have pioneered in other forms of entertainment.
07.02.2019
- Industry Updates
All The Right Moves
ESA Foundation scholar Roland Munguia is an aspiring video game designer who, along with his twin brother, is strategizing his […]
06.25.2019
- Industry Updates
Family Game Night with ESRB Senior Vice President Bill Garrity
Learn more about why ESRB Senior Vice President Bill Garrity loves family game nights. "Playing together is quality time, full stop. We’re talking. We’re encouraging each other at times and competing at others. I’m sure I’ll miss it when they move out."
06.24.2019
- Industry Updates
E3 2019 Highlights – Go Behind the Scenes at the World’s Premier Computer and Video Game Conference
Approximately 66,100 people attended the 2019 E3 Expo, which offered exclusive sneak peeks at upcoming game titles, celebrity appearances, and "breathtaking" moments.
06.18.2019
- Statements and Filings
ESA Comments to USTR on Proposed Tariffs on Imports in the Section 301 Investigation of China
June 17, 2019Filed electronically via www.regulations.gov, Docket No. USTR-2019-0004 Joseph BarloonGeneral CounselOffice of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street, NWWashington, […]
06.17.2019
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All Eyes on the Video Game Industry as E3 2019 Comes to a Close
E3 2020 will be held June 9-11 at the Los Angeles Convention Center LOS ANGELES – June 13, 2019 – […]
06.14.2019
- Industry Updates
ESA Leadership Desk: Telling Our Industry’s Story in a New Way
By Stanley Pierre-Louis, Chief Executive Officer, Entertainment Software Association This past year has been monumental for the video game industry. […]
06.07.2019
- Statements and Filings
ESA Amicus Brief in Support of Activision Blizzard in AM General LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. et. al.
INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE The Entertainment Software Association (“ESA”) is a trade association whose members create and publish computer and […]
06.07.2019
- Industry Updates
Character Creation: How an NYU Student Would Like to Change the Faces of Video Games
Isiah Rosa, a 20-year-old Brooklynite and ESA Foundation Scholar, is intent on learning all he can about the video-game industry. […]
06.04.2019
- Industry Updates
Making Connections: A Game-Designing College Student is Helping to Form Communities
ESA Foundation scholarship winner Geneva Heyward wants to showcase marginalized people in video games as dynamic characters — and is […]
06.04.2019
- Industry Updates
ESA Leadership Desk: Science Says Video Games Don’t Cause Real-World Violence
Video games are about more than fun. They make us better thinkers, more creative, more curious, and bring us closer together. Thanks to the passion of video game developers, publishers, and players across the globe, the future of interactive entertainment is brighter than ever before.
05.30.2019
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Global Video Game Industry Calls Upon World Health Organization to Reverse Video Game Classification
May 25, 2019 – The global video game industry, including representatives from across Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New […]
05.25.2019