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Most of the top publishers in the gaming world (or their American subsidiaries) are members of ESA, including Activision, Atari, Capcom, Crave Entertainment, Disney Interactive Studios, Eidos Interactive, Electronic Arts, Her Interactive, id Software, Konami, LucasArts, Microsoft, Midway Games, Namco Bandai, Nintendo, NovaLogic, SEGA, Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix, Take Two Interactive, THQ, Ubisoft, Vivendi Universal Games, Warner Bros. Interactive, and Wild Tangent. Activision, Inc. ... This article is about a corporate game company. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Crave Entertainment was founded in 1997 by Nima Taghavi. ... Disney Interactive Studios is the video game publishing division of The Walt Disney Company. ... Eidos Interactive is a publisher of video and computer games with its parent company based in the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that Electronic Arts Square be merged into this article or section. ... Her Interactive is a video game developer located in Bellevue, Washington, specializing in computer games for young and teenaged girls. ... id Software (IPA: officially, though originally ) is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... LucasArts is an American video game developer and publisher. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) is an American video game publisher. ... Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... NovaLogic was a computer game software developer and publisher established in 1985 and based in Calabasas, California. ... Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Sony Computer Entertainment, Incorporated ) (SCEI) is a Japanese video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, mostly in video game consoles and is a full subsidiary of Sony Corporation that was established on November 16, 1993 in Tokyo, Japan. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ... Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ... THQ Inc. ... Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ... Vivendi Universal (VU) is a French company active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications and the Internet. ... Warner Bros. ... WildTangent is a software development company that deals primarily with computer games. ...

ESA's programs include:

• Presenting the annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
• Supporting the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)
• Combatting software copyright infringement
• Combatting governmental regulation of video games
• Combatting governmentally imposed video game censorship

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List of ESA members and their subsidiaries

Bold Companies are companies currently mentioned on the ESA homepage ^[1]. Indented entry indicates a subsidiary of the above bold company.

• Activision, Inc

• Infocom

• 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
• Crave Entertainment

• Lobotomy Software

• 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
• id Software
• Konami Digital Entertainment
• LucasArts

• LucasFilm

• 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
• Software Toolworks, The

• Vivendi Universal Games

• Black Label Games
• Blizzard Entertainment
• Coktel
• Davidson & Associates
• Dynamix
• Fox Interactive
• Game Arts Co., Ltd.
• Impressions Games
• Interplay
• inXile Entertainment
• Knowledge Adventure
• Majesco
• Massive Entertainment
• Mythic Entertainment
• Sierra Entertainment

• Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Inc

• Monolith Productions
  
  

• Wild Tangent
• 3DO Company, The
• New World Computing
• Cyclone Studios
• Archetype Interactive

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See also

• Video Game Voters Network

The Video Game Voters Network is a newly formed lobbying organization designed to defend the rights of the video gaming industry and video gaming consumer. ...

References

1. ^ [1] ESA Members

External link

• Official ESA website