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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States. It was formed in April 1994 as the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) and renamed to ESA on July 16 2003. It is based in Washington, D.C.

Most of the top publishers in the gaming world (or their American subsidiaries) are members of ESA, including Atari, Capcom, Disney Interactive Studios, Eidos Interactive, Electronic Arts, Konami, Microsoft, Midway Games, Namco Bandai, Nintendo, SEGA, Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix, Take Two Interactive, THQ, Ubisoft and WildTangent.

ESA's programs include:

Presenting the annual E3 (E3 Media and Business Summit, originally the Electronic Entertainment Expo)
Supporting the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)
Combatting copyright infringement of software
Combatting governmentally imposed video game censorship and regulation

Doug Lowenstein founded the ESA.^[1] On December 14 2006, game blog Kotaku reported^[2] that he was resigning to take a job in finance outside the industry. On May 17 2007, Mike Gallagher replaced Doug Lowenstein as the president of ESA.^[3]

On August 18 2007, it was discovered that someone from an IP address belonging to the ESA modified the modchip and abandonware articles on Wikipedia by changing article content to represent legal opinions held by the ESA.^[4]

1 List of ESA members and their subsidiaries
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

List of ESA members and their subsidiaries

Bold companies are companies currently mentioned on the ESA homepage.^[5]

As of May 23 2008, Activision, Vivendi Universal, LucasArts and id Software have discontinued membership in the ESA.^[6]^[7]^[8]

As of October 9 2008, Codemasters has also discontinued its membership in the ESA.^[9]

companies partially owned by multiple ESA members
The 3DO Company • New World Computing • Cyclone Studios • Archetype Interactive

Atari
Accolade • Beam Software • FormGen • Gremlin Interactive Ltd. • GT Interactive • Hasbro Interactive • Infogrames Entertainment • Medalist International • MicroProse • Ocean • Spectrum HoloByte
Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Interactive • Buena Vista Interactive • Walt Disney Computer Software, Inc.
Capcom
Eidos Interactive
Core Design • Domark • U.S. Gold
Electronic Arts
Bullfrog • Crack dot Com • EA Games • EA Mythic • EA Sports • EA Sports BIG • Maxis • Origin • Westwood Studios
Her Interactive
Konami Digital Entertainment
Microsoft Corporation
Midway Games, Inc
Namco Hometek, Inc
Nintendo
NovaLogic, Inc
SEGA
Sony Computer Entertainment
Psygnosis
Square Enix, Inc
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc
THQ, Inc
Rainbow Arts
Ubisoft Entertainment
Blue Byte • Brøderbund • The Learning Company • MECC • Microïds • Mindscape • The Software Toolworks •
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Inc
Monolith Productions
Wild Tangent