ESA: 66% of Americans play games and 88% of players say gaming relieves stress
A total of 66% of Americans, or 215.5 million people, play video games and attitudes toward games have gotten more positive during the pandemic,...
E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns
The Entertainment Software Association is shifting the Electronic Entertainment Expo to an online-only event out of concerns around the pandemic. “Due to the ongoing...
GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming Summit: Keynote speakers announced
In 2020, the gaming industry hit unprecedented highs. Revenues surged for gaming-related businesses, and are now on track to surpass $200 billion by 2024....
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...