ESA confirms major publishers leave organisation

Activision and Vivendi have discontinued their membership with the Entertainment Software Association.

Rich Taylor, Senior Vice President of Communications and Research, Entertainment Software Association, has confirmed to Kotaku that Activision and Vivendi have chosen to discontinue their membership with the ESA, the owner and operator of the E3 Media & Business Summit.

"While the Entertainment Software Association remains the pre-eminent voice for U.S. computer and video game publishers, we can confirm that Activision and Vivendi Games opted to discontinue their membership," said Rich Taylor, Senior Vice President of Communications and Research, ESA.

This confirms earlier reports that Activision would not be attending this year's E3 Media and Business Summit.