ESA: U.S. gained 13M gamers during the pandemic
The U.S. has nearly 227 million video game players of all ages, up 5.8% from 214.4 million a year earlier. This is according to...
Stanley Pierre-Louis interview: ESA CEO digs into its first digital E3
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) disappeared from the landscape during the pandemic, as it just wasn’t possible to gather 65,000 people in downtown Los...
E3 will hold its online game awards event on June 15
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) will hold its Official E3 2021 Awards Show on June 15 as part of the all-digital four-day E3 expo....
E3 will livestream video to its broadest audience ever
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) said it will livestream video to its broadest audience ever when the online-only event takes place June 12 to...
E3 picks virtual-event exhibitors Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, and Gearbox
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has picked up more virtual-event exhibitors: Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, and Gearbox are joining the event. E3 will...
STEAM education is critical to opening up new opportunities across the game industry
While many now understand that science, technology, engineering, art, and math education, or STEAM, is important to the success of the video game industry,...
E3 will take place virtually June 12 to June 15 — for free
E3 lives on, in digital form at least. The Entertainment Software Association confirmed today that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) will take place in...
Entertainment Software Association donates $1 million to support Black Girls Code
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and its philanthropic arm, the ESA Foundation, are supporting Black Girls Code with $1 million for education and mentoring...
ESA CEO: Why diversity matters for the metaverse
When it comes to diversity, the metaverse will represent a huge opportunity to amplify diverse voices and creators. That’s the view of Stanley Pierre-Louis,...
ESA: Games directly contributed $40.9 billion to U.S. economy and employed 143,045 people in 2019
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has released a new economic impact report today for the U.S. video game industry that says gaming directly generated...