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ESA Spent $980K on Lobbying American Government in Q2 The Entertainment Software Association, the industry organization representing the games industry in governmental and legal matters, spent $980,000 lobbying the American government between April and June, according to a press release.

Will Wright: E3 is a Zombie Will Wright, the Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame designer responsible for Spore and The Sims, dubbed the E3 trade show “the walking dead.” Talking to GamesIndustry, Wright added to a rising chorus in the games industry claiming the E3 Media & Business

Gearbox Confirms Halo-related Staff Departure, Addresses Title Confusion A Gearbox representative has confirmed with Shacknews that staff member Corrinne Yu has indeed taken a position at Microsoft, and clarified that across her six months at Gearbox, Yu served as director of platform technology, not technology director.

             First things first. i am covering this story with a double interest. i am interested in the news but i am also interested in clearing up a very fun and even amusing confusion some of our readers had with this story. some thought that widgets lab had something to do with Widgetlaboratory because of the very similar name.

ESA Welcomes Game Pirate Jail Sentences The Entertainment Software Association–the industry organization assisting game makers in legal and governmental matters and organizes the annual E3 event– today applauded the recent jail sentences of two American game pirates in a press release.

Attorney: Blame Grand Theft Auto in Court, Get Rich The use of Grand Theft Auto as a scapegoat isn’t going anywhere, says law professor Ashley Lipson. The trick is worth too much money. “A good defense lawyer will blame everyone in sight, except of course the client.

I've written about virtual worlds in some of my previous blogs, and this morning I'm excited to announce I'll be working more with Developers in Second Life, a Virtual Community.

Office Gaming Good for Business, Claims New Book The next big trends in business management come from video games, Xbox Live executive David Edery and MIT Business Ph.D. candidate Ethan Mollick argue in their new book “Changing the Game.” In a write-up for The Economist, Edery and Mollick

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Immersion Rumbled by MS in $20M Force-Feedback Lawsuit Settlement Immersion, the force-feedback company with a rather litigious history, today announced a settlement in its latest legal drama, this time with Microsoft.