The Honorable Jamieson Greer United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20508 RE: United States Leadership in […]
03.27.2025
Taking place April 27–30, 2026 in Las Vegas, the Interactive Innovation Conference is set to be an essential convening for […]
02.06.2025
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
As President and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, it is my privilege to lead the organization that serves as the voice and advocate for the U.S video game industry.
06.06.2024
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04.07.2025
"By establishing a balanced legal framework for compelling the disclosure of electronic data stored in another country, the CLOUD Act will help prevent the release of private data in situations that might otherwise result in a conflict of legal rights and obligations. ESA thanks congressional leaders for their help bringing this important legislation forward.”
03.22.2018
This study explores ways commercial video games may be used to develop useful skills and competencies in undergraduate students. An examination of student attitudes revealed a broadly positive perception of games' efficacy for skills development.
03.03.2018
36 internationally renowned and respected mental health experts, leading social scientists and academics from research centers and universities – including Oxford University, Johns Hopkins University, Stockholm University and The University of Sydney – will oppose, in an upcoming journal paper, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) plan to create a new gaming disorder classification. The experts’ paper (‘A Weak Scientific Basis for Gaming Disorder: Let us err on the side of caution’) will appear in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
03.01.2018
ESA and its member companies are committed to, and actively support, serious professional efforts to preserve video games and recognize the industry’s creative contributions under circumstances that do not jeopardize game companies’ rights under copyright law.
02.13.2018
Following an enormously successful, gamer-powered show in 2017, E3 invites the global video game community to experience its best E3 yet, taking place June 12-14, 2018, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade association that represents the US video game industry and owns and produces E3, today announced that E3 public ticket sales will begin on Monday, February 12, at 12 p.m. Eastern.
02.09.2018
This study explored ways in which game-based interventions could reduce body mass index (BMI) among children who were overweight or obese. Such interventions may have the potential to help combat the obesity epidemic.
02.01.2018
"A pro-growth H-1B visa program is a critical part of our nation’s economic, technological, and creative development. Sen. Hatch’s proposal is a forward-thinking approach to continuing the expansion of America's world-class, high-skilled workforce."
01.27.2018
The US video game industry generated a record $36 billion in revenue in 2017, up 18 percent from 2016, according to new data released today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group.
01.19.2018
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents the US video game industry, commended today’s release of the 2017 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
01.13.2018
"The empirical basis for a Gaming Disorder proposal, such as in the new ICD-11, suffers from fundamental issues. Our main concerns are the low quality of the research base, the fact that the current operationalization leans too heavily on substance use and gambling criteria, and the lack of consensus on symptomatology and assessment of problematic gaming."
01.08.2018
"The World Health Organization knows that common sense and objective research prove video games are not addictive. And, putting that official label on them recklessly trivializes real mental health issues like depression and social anxiety disorder, which deserve treatment and the full attention of the medical community. We strongly encourage the WHO to reverse direction on its proposed action.”
01.05.2018
Specifically, ESA seeks to provide information to the Court regarding the expressive nature of video games and to explain to the Court that it should interpret “advertising” and “trade” under Section 51 so as not to cover video games and other expressive works.
12.22.2017
