ECA RALLIES INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR THE UPCOMING VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE
High-Profile Game Developers, Publishers, Retailers and Media Outlets Join the Fight
SEATTLE, WA – September 2, 2010 – The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA), the non-profit membership organization that represents gamers, today revealed a list of new partners that have offered their support to the ECA and the gamer petition campaign. The numerous companies involved are showing their support by promoting the petition and increasing the awareness of Schwarzenegger v. EMA, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court violence in video games case. The petition will serve as a collective voice of game consumers and will be submitted to the Court on September 17th, the documents submission deadline for the oral arguments hearing, which will take place on November 2nd.
Over the past three months, the association has proactively reached out to all of the game publishing companies, development studios, retailers, distributors and media for assistance in getting the word out – asking them to help consumers, help the industry. A cross-section of businesses that pledged their support and are actively engaged include:
Publishers: Developers: Media: Activision Aeria Games Bitmob Atari CCP Games CBS Interactive Bethesda Softworks Divide by Zero Future Publishing Blizzard Epic Games GamePro Media Capcom Gaikai IGN Electronic Arts Gas Powered Games MTV Networks NCsoft Irrational Games Prima Publishing PopCap Games Oddworld Inhabitants Spike TV Sony (SCEA & SOE) Running with Scissors Themis Media SouthPeak Games Spicy Horse Games UGO Entertainment A complete list of all petition supporters can be found here.
To sign the gamer petition, please go to: www.GamerPetition.org. For more information on the ECA or to learn more about the ECA’s amicus brief and the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing of California’s violent video game case, please visit: Schwarzenegger v. EMA.
To learn more abut the ECA and to sign the gamer petition in person, attendees of the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle, WA (Sept 3-5, 2010) are invited to visit ECA Booth #1430.
