The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) is an independent federation, representing the interests of the

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to the main stakeholders: EU institutions, international organisations, academics, or the general public. This objective is pursued through a variety of actions, such as meetings, conferences, sponsorships and informational actions aimed towards the public.

History

Founded in 1998, the ISFE initially only included the national interactive software trade associations of

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and

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. In January 2002, the ISFE opened up to include any company representing the industry within the 30 member states of the

European Economic Area The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the ''Agreement on the European Economic Area'', an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade As ...

, plus Switzerland. In 2002 the ISFE was registered under Belgian law as an international association with scientific and pedagogical purposes. In April 2003, ISFE founded

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('Pan European Game Information) which has become the gaming industry's rating system for Europe. The ISFE secretariat is located in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Activities

ISFE's main activities regard the following goals: * Creating European awareness * Providing information to consumers * Providing research/market data * Supporting national representation in all EU countries * Acting against software piracy

Members

Game publishers

Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in July 2008 through the merger of Activision, Inc. (the publicly traded parent company of Activision Publishing) and Viven ...

* Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe *

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the ...

Gameloft Gameloft SE is a French video game publisher based in Paris, founded in December 1999 by Ubisoft co-founder Michel Guillemot. The company operates 18 development studios worldwide, and publishes games with a special focus on the mobile games ma ...

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* Microsoft Europe *

Nintendo of Europe is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade playing cards ...

* SEGA Europe * SIE Europe * Square Enix *

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* Take-Two Interactive Software *

Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', ...

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE; also known as Warner Bros. Games or WB Games) is an American video game publisher based in Burbank, California, and part of the newly-formed Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of ...

Wooga Wooga is a mobile-first game developer in Berlin, Germany. The company develops free-to-play mobile and social games for mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets and social networks like Facebook. The company's name comes from the words ...

Local interactive software associations

* Österreichischer Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware (OVUS) -

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( German Wikipedia) * Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) -

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* Syndicat des Editeurs de Logiciels de Loisir (SELL) -

* Bundesverband für Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (BIU) -

( German Wikipedia) * Associazione Editori Sviluppatori Videogiochi Italiani (AESVI) -

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* Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld - en geluidsdragers (NVPI) -

Association for the Nordic Game Industry Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

(ANGI) -

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* Stowarzyszenie Producentów i Dystrybutorów Oprogramowania Rozrywkowego (Spidor) -

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

* Associação de Empresas Produtoras e Distribuidoras de Videojogos (AEPDV) -

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

* Asociación Española de Videojuegos (AEVI) -

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Swiss Interactive Entertainment Association Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia *Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss International ...

(SIEA) - Switzerland *

The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie) is a non-profit trade association for the video game industry in the United Kingdom (UK). Ukie was originally founded as the European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), and the ...

(UKIE) -

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

References

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