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ESA adds 505 Games

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Mar 25, 2009 4:24 pm PT

Publisher's US branch signs on with gaming-industry trade group, pushing membership to 23 companies.

Although high-profile defectors such as Activision and id Software remain absent from the membership rolls of the Entertainment Software Association, the industry trade group has been steadily adding smaller publishers to its ranks for weeks. Following recent news that SouthPeak Interactive and Natsume have joined the ESA, the group announced today that the US branch of 505 Games has joined the fold, bringing its roster to 23 companies.

The North American branch of 505 Games was just launched last year, and to date has published only a handful of games including Hotel for Dogs, Championship Foosball, and a line of Discovery Kids pet simulations set to arrive on the Nintendo DS this week. Later this year the company plans to publish IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for all major consoles and handhelds. The European branch of 505 Games offers a more diverse lineup of games, including Armored Core 4, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, and Wild Arms 5.

Though Natsume and SouthPeak committed to exhibiting at the ESA's premier trade show the Electronic Entertainment Expo, today's announcement did not mention 505 Games' plans for the show. The official E3 Web site does not currently list 505 Games as participating in the show.

15 Comments

  • hunterkill1997

    Posted Sep 28, 2009 1:30 am PT

    I SOO Really want his Gmae Really Bad!!!!!

  • joelgargan

    Posted Mar 28, 2009 2:32 am PT

    I AM ALIVE better turn out well, Still only one trailer.

    High hopes, Though!

  • alexlaroux

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 1:33 pm PT

    i am really hoping to see a lot on " i am alive" because that game looks awesome

  • grigjd3

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 12:21 pm PT

    It's striking to me that the small publishers are willing to pay the (now) much larger fees of the ESA whereas some of the larger and most successful publishers aren't (Activision). I mean, where the did South Peak come up with the money?

  • pai-may

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 12:13 pm PT

    IL-2 looks real interesting and I'd rather play a historically based flight sim than something like HAWX.

  • frogiggy323

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 11:34 am PT

    If Activision were on board, all we'd hear about are the 505 guitar hero games coming out this year.

  • lucky326

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 11:14 am PT

    I still don't see Activision and Id returning anytime soon.

  • modem22

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 10:40 am PT

    This years E3 is gonna be awesome. Here's hoping Activision and id get on board real soon.

  • ThAdEa82

    Posted Mar 26, 2009 10:17 am PT

    IL-2 should be great!

  • Kleeyook

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 11:10 pm PT

    Why childish games!?

  • thelastguy

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 7:28 pm PT

    Hotel for dogs

  • eggmcmuff

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 7:15 pm PT

    eat one.

  • GatCloudX

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 7:01 pm PT

    lame

  • eggmcmuff

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 5:52 pm PT

    me either.

  • parrot_of_adun

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 4:28 pm PT

    Can't wait for Birds of Prey.

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