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It’s game over for E3 as the ESA declares the tradeshow officially dead

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Time to scramble around and tweak any awards that mention the death of E3 as a possibility as it's now a certainty: The Entertainment...

Video game trade association says most people want video games for Christmas, huh

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When I asked my kids to write me out their Christmas wish lists this year, they both turned in lists with games and game...
why does this continue

The ESRB seeks a COPPA provision to let apps scan children’s faces for age verification

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You might have heard the legal disclaimer "ask your parents' permission before going online" in some advertisements aimed at children, which is understandable because...

ESA claims it is ‘currently having conversations’ about E3 in 2024 and 2025

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With E3 officially dead for this year, many are likely assuming that the Entertainment Software Association's marquee show is completely dead. This presumption was...

E3 2020 wants more consumers, more celebrities, and to pay major media outlets to ‘control the message’

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E3 is looking to be a completely different show in 2020 if the plan slides distributed today mean anything. Pitch slides and details shared...

Predictably, the ESA rebuffs UK call to ban lockboxes, citing nebulous transparent lockbox plan

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Yesterday, we covered the UK government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee panel report on addictive technologies: Readers will recall that the lengthy...

ESA president argues ‘video games never take money from a player and leave them with nothing’

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GamesIndustry.biz has a fantastic piece illuminating the Entertainment Software Association's apparent game plan on lockboxes going forward. The publication recaps a lengthy talk ESA...
We were so certain we had this.

MMO business roundup: Steam, toxicity, Kartridge, contracts, dopamine, and guns

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What's going on in the online video games business this week? Let's dig in. Steam, toxicity, and Kartridge The Center for Investigative Reporting (via Motherboard) has a...

Raph Koster on the ESA’s DMCA battle: ‘Preservation matters’

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Remember last week when we covered how the Entertainment Software Association is fighting a proposal to amend the DMCA that would help preserve online...
May foulness attend thee.

The ESRB proposes new microtransaction label, while Hawaii’s Chris Lee questions the ESA on lockboxes

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board claims it's taking steps to solve the lockbox crisis, in part in response to bills before multiple state governments...

The ESA is fighting proposed DMCA exemptions that would preserve sunsetted MMORPGs because of course it is

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Over the last couple of years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been petitioning for changes to the DMCA to help preserve old video games...

Game devs react angrily to ESA’s support of government tax proposal

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Last week, the Entertainment Software Association, the video game trade association you probably know best from its stewardship of E3, released a contentious statement...

The MOP Up: EVE Valkyrie lowers its price point (June 11, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

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