Entertainment Software Association
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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the computer and video game industry in the United States. It was formed in April 1994 as the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) and was renamed to ESA on July 16, 2003.
Most of the top publishers in the gaming world (or their American subsidiaries) are members of ESA, including Activision, Atari, Capcom, Crave Entertainment, Disney Interactive Studios, Eidos Interactive, Electronic Arts, Her Interactive, id Software, Konami, LucasArts, Microsoft Corporation, Midway Games, Namco Bandai, Nintendo, NovaLogic, SEGA, Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix, Take Two Interactive, THQ, Ubisoft, Vivendi Universal Games, Warner Bros. Interactive, and Wild Tangent.
ESA's programs include:
- Presenting the annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
- Supporting the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)
- Combatting software copyright infringement
- Combatting governmental regulation of video games
- Combatting governmentally imposed video game censorship
The president and founder of the ESA is Doug Lowenstein.[1] On Dec. 14 game blog Kotaku reported that he was resigning to take a job in finance outside the industry.
[edit] List of ESA members and their subsidiaries
Bold Companies are companies currently mentioned on the ESA homepage. Indented entry indicates a subsidiary of the above bold company.
- Activision, Inc
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- Infocom
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- Atari
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- Accolade
- Beam Software
- FormGen
- Gremlin Interactive Ltd.
- GT Interactive
- Hasbro Interactive
- Infogrames Entertainment
- Ocean
- Spectrum Holobyte
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- Buena Vista Games
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- Walt Disney Computer Software, Inc.
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- Capcom
- Crave Entertainment
- Eidos Interactive
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- Domark
- Psygnosis
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- Electronic Arts
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- Bullfrog
- Crack Dot Com
- EA Sports
- EA Sports BIG
- EA Store
- Maxis
- Origin
- Westwood Studios
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- Her Interactive
- id Software
- Konami Digital Entertainment
- LucasArts
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- LucasFilm
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- Microsoft Corporation
- Midway Games, Inc
- Namco Hometek, Inc
- Nintendo
- NovaLogic, Inc
- SEGA
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Square Enix, Inc
- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc
- THQ, Inc
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- Rainbow Arts
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- Ubisoft Entertainment
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- Blue Byte
- Brøderbund
- The Learning Company
- MECC
- Mindscape
- Software Toolworks, The
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- Vivendi Universal Games
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- Black Label Games
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Coktel
- Davidson & Associates
- Dynamix
- Fox Interactive
- Game Arts Co., Ltd.
- Impressions Games
- Interplay
- inXile Entertainment
- Knowledge Adventure
- Majesco
- Massive Entertainment
- Mythic Entertainment
- Sierra Entertainment
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- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertaiment, Inc
- Wild Tangent
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- 3DO Company, The
- New World Computing
- Cyclone Studios
- Archetype Interactive
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The last four companies are partially owned by several ESA members, which is why they are separated from the rest of the list.
