Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association

...Association has trumpeted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's debut as a sign that "interactive entertainment has completely come of age." Said Michael Rawlinson, Director General of the ELSPA: "These first day sales figures are astonishing.

In this article: Modern Warfare 2 and UK

...games have become as integral a part of modern culture as films, music and television. Michael Rawlinson, director general for Elspa, the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association in the UK, called the sales figures...

In this article: Modern Warfare 2, UK, Tax, Multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto IV, Infinity Ward, Activision, and PS3

...2's debut as a sign that "interactive entertainment has completely come of age." Said Michael Rawlinson, Director General of the ELSPA: "These first day sales figures are astonishing and clear evidence that video games are now mainstream...

In this article: Modern Warfare 2, UK, Grand Theft Auto IV, Dragon Quest VI, Wonder Boy III, Street Fighter II', Infinity Ward, and PS3

...has grossed $32 million (GBP19 million) during the first four days of its release. Michael Rawlinson, director general of ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association), said: "These first day sales figures are...

In this article: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, A Christmas Carol, GfK, The Daily Telegraph, Disney, and Britain

...give you an artificial feeling, created by your body's natural endorphins, when you have killed some monster or solved a problem.'' The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association denies that playing online games could lead...

In this article: Britain, Weston-super-Mare, DVD, Endorphin, World of Warcraft, and Chicago

Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association logo The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) was an organisation established in 1989 by videogame software publishers in the United Kingdom. Until 2002...

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...providing an escape for their struggling social life"; however the games could also ruin a "successful social life". ELSPA The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association denied that playing online games could lead to...

In this article: Britain, Recession, FLU, Opiate, Heroin, and Endorphin

...against both the PS3 and Xbox 360, as newly released stats from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) show. Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii are the top three best-selling games in the UK in 2009...

In this article: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo DS, Wii Fit, Nintendo Wii, and E3

...may never make it to PS3 The UK-based Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) is trying to show that the PEGI system -- which it supported in the great BBFC ousting of '09 -- is by no means weaker than the BBFC...

In this article: GameStop, Wii, Fight Night Round 4, The Last Remnant, Final Fantasy, PlayStation Network, Square Enix, and Xbox 360

...admitted to running the illegal operation for approximately two years. Michael Rawlinson, managing director of ELSPA, said: "ELSPA works closely with Trading Standards across the country and we would like to thank Staffordshire Trading...

In this article: Xbox 360, Wii, Gumtree.com, Staffordshire, Scooby Snacks, Dog, and PlayStation 2