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ESA EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag 68% of households play videogames 4 That's a pretty high number, right? The ESA recently completed a study called 'Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry 2009' that looked at the demographics of those playing vi... Crave, Koei and PlayLogic join the ESA 3 Things didn't look so good for the ESA last year, with major companies such as NCSoft and LucasArts abandoning ship and all the not-so-hot feedback about E3. The ESA obviously saw the need to mak... ESRB demands Ninja Gaiden II launch trailer removed 56 Yes, seriously. In what may be the most arbitrary and silly decision yet made by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, Destructoid has been asked to remove a launch trailer we posted for Ninj... ESA celebrates the Pirate Bay convictions 36 You must surely be aware by now that the founders of popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have recently been convicted of breaking copyright law and are due to be imprisoned for one year. Fre... ESA doubles number of scholarships to aspiring game designers 5 We know that Destructoid's audience isn't just game players. There's game makers in the bunch, as well as people who aspire to be. They'll be pleased to know that the ESA Foundation has now doubl... E3 2009's exhibitor list looks good, is growing 9 When we interviewed ESA president Michael Gallagher, he told us that the "old E3" would be back in some form. This was welcome news after the craptastic last couple of years we've atten... NCSoft speaks about ESA departure, indicates reasons were 'not financial' 1 Yesterday we filled you in on the latest regarding NCSoft's departure from the ESA, guessing that the reasons could possibly be financial. This morning, NCSoft's Director of Public Relations, Dav... NCSoft waves goodbye to the ESA 8 The ESA confirmed today that NCSoft has officially left the organization, marking the seventh departure this year (Activision, Lucasarts and idSoftware were a few of the others to leave).The reas... ESA lobbies Congress to help import some talent 6 There's an old joke about Mexico and the Olympics: the reason Mexico can't field an Olympic team is that every Mexican who can run, jump, and swim has already immigrated to the United States. Tha... ESA picks up a former RIAA executive 22 It looks like the Entertainment Software Association wants to put a bit more crackdown in their crackdowns of copyright infringement with the addition of a former Recording Industry Association ... Gamecock's Mike Wilson announces running mate 19 [video]94777:50[/video]After the news announcement yesterday that Gamecock president Harry Miller was boldly supporting current ESA prez Mike Gallagher rather than his business partner, Mike Wils... Scandal: Gamecock's Harry Miller announces support for ESA incumbent 12 Back in May, Gamecock's Mike Wilson announced he was running for president of the ESA against the man currently holding the post, Mike Gallagher. The announcement drew many a raised eyebrow, espe... Crave Entertainment is next to leave the ESA 8 Crave Entertainment has become the fifth company to part ways with the ESA, GamePolitics reports. Although no official announcement has been made, GP has learned from one of its sources that Crav... LucasArts joins Activision, leaves the ESA 25 A few weeks ago it was revealed that Activision had left the Entertainment Software Association, taking Vivendi with it, and we hinted that others might soon be following their lead. Well, it's n... Activision leaves ESA, takes Vivendi, others may go 14 Earlier today I ran a story about Activision not attending E3, and running its own separate event during the week of the expo. With no further details, we were ready to sit back and wait on news,... New ESA president Michael Gallagher should do us proud 28 Washington Post's technology columnist Mike Musgrove called new ESA head Michael Gallagher to see if he would be up for a video game showdown, which was really an attempt to see if Gallagher knew... Video Game Voters Network presents: "The Fight For Video Games" 19 I'm going to take the easy route here and just assume that this is what it looks like when the ESA and the VGVN try to make me laugh, because this is hilarious. While I'm most certainly... ESA boss pushing for a political voice for gaming 22 The good news just keeps coming. 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