The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015 (E3 2015) was the 21st E3 held. The event took place at the

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. It took place from June 16 to June 18, 2015, with 52,200 total attendees. Major exhibitors at the convention included Activision Blizzard,

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, Microsoft Studios,

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and

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. While E3 is a closed event to only members of the video game industry and the media, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) allowed access to the event from gamers for the first time by distributing 5,000 tickets the various exhibitors that they subsequently distributed to their fans.

Press conferences

Oculus

Oculus VR hosted a pre-E3 press conference on June 11, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. During the conference, Oculus Rift's final design was revealed. Oculus Touch, a controller for the Rift, as well as exclusives, including '' Damaged Core'' from High Voltage Software, '' VR Sports Challenge'' from Sanzaru Games, ''Chronos'' from Gunfire Games and '' Edge of Nowhere'' from

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were announced.

Bethesda

Bethesda hosted its first ever E3 press conference on June 14 at 7:00 p.m. During the conference, Bethesda Softworks revealed ''

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'', '' Dishonored: Definitive Edition'', '' Dishonored 2'', as well as '' The Elder Scrolls: Legends'', a card game set within the ''Elder Scrolls'' universe. Release windows, trailers and gameplay demo were released for '' Fallout 4'', ''

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'' and '' BattleCry''.

Microsoft

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hosted a press conference on June 15 at 9:30 a.m. During the conference, Microsoft announced ''

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'', Xbox One backward compatibility, a new Elite controller, '' Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2'', '' Dark Souls III'', '' Ashen'', '' Beyond Eyes'', ''Ion'', '' Rare Replay'', ''

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'' and '' Gears of War: Ultimate Edition'' and showed footage of '' Halo 5: Guardians'', '' Forza Motorsport 6'', '' Fallout 4'' with mod support, ''

Tom Clancy's The Division ''Tom Clancy's The Division'' is an online-only action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published in 2016 by Ubisoft, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is set in a near future New York City i ...

'', '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', '' Gigantic'', '' Tacoma'', '' Cuphead'', '' Rise of the Tomb Raider'', ''

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'', a version of ''

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'' compatible with Microsoft HoloLens and '' Gears of War 4''.

Electronic Arts

hosted a press conference on June 15 at 1:00 p.m. The conference lasted for an hour. During the conference, Electronic Arts announced ''

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'', showed gameplay of ''

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'', announced the '' Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire'', '' Unravel'', showed gameplay of '' Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2'', announced ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes'', ''

Minions Paradise ''Minions Paradise'' was a mobile game based on characters appearing in the computer-animated comedy film franchise ''Despicable Me''. The game was developed by Electronic Arts in partnership with Illumination Entertainment and Universal Partner ...

'', showed footage of ''

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'', showed gameplay of ''

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'', showed footage of ''

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'' and showed gameplay of ''

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''.

Ubisoft

hosted a press conference on June 15 at 3:00 p.m. During the conference, Ubisoft announced '' South Park: The Fractured But Whole'', a new IP titled '' For Honor'', '' The Crew Wild Run'', '' Trials Fusion: Awesome Level Max'', ''

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'', '' Just Dance 2016'', '' Trackmania Turbo'' and '' Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands'' and showed gameplay of ''

'', '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' and '' Assassin's Creed Syndicate''.

Sony

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hosted a press conference on June 15 at 6:00 p.m. During the conference, Sony re-announced ''

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'', announced a new IP titled ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Dreams'', '' Firewatch'', '' Destiny: The Taken King'', ''

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'', and '' Shenmue III,'' in addition to showing footage of '' No Man's Sky'', '' Assassin's Creed Syndicate'', '' Batman: Arkham Knight'', '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'', ''

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'', '' Star Wars: Battlefront,'' '' Ratchet & Clank'' and '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End''.

Nintendo

, for a third consecutive E3, decided to forego hosting a traditional press conference in favor of a ''Nintendo Digital Event''—a pre-recorded video presentation that was streamed online on June 16 at 9:00 a.m. with an accompanying press release. Prior to E3, Nintendo also held an event, the '' Nintendo World Championships 2015'' (a competition in which a group of players participated in a multi-round competition across multiple Nintendo games), and also featured the announcement of new content for '' Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U'', '' EarthBound Beginnings'', ''

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'', and new gameplay of '' Super Mario Maker'' as part of the competition's finale. During the ''Digital Event'', Nintendo announced '' Star Fox Zero'',

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figures compatible with '' Skylanders: SuperChargers'', '' The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes'', ''

Hyrule Warriors Legends ''Hyrule Warriors'' is a hack and slash video game developed by Omega Force and Team Ninja for the Wii U video game console. The game is a collaboration between Koei Tecmo and Nintendo, mixing settings and characters from Nintendo's '' The L ...

'', '' Metroid Prime: Federation Force'', ''

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'', '' Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE'', showed footage of ''

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'', announced '' Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer'', '' Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival'', showed footage of ''

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'', announced '' Yo-kai Watch'', '' Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'', '' Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash'' and showed footage of ''Super Mario Maker''.

Square Enix

hosted a press conference on June 16 at 10:00 a.m. During the conference, Square Enix announced '' Nier: Automata'' under the provisional title Nier New Project, ''

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'', '' Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ'', '' Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness'' and a new IP titled ''

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'' and showed footage of '' Just Cause 3'', '' Rise of the Tomb Raider'', ''

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'', '' World of Final Fantasy'', ''

'' and '' Deus Ex: Mankind Divided''. Announcement footage of

was revealed as part of Sony's presentation.

PC Gaming Show

A webcast focusing on PC gaming was held on June 16 at 5:00 p.m. by gaming magazine ''

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'' and AMD, and hosted by

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. Representatives of studios including Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft Studios,

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, Paradox Interactive, Obsidian Entertainment, as well as Tripwire Interactive, ArenaNet, The Creative Assembly,

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, SCS Software, Splash Damage,

Cloud Imperium Games Logo Cloud Imperium Games ''Star Citizen'' is an in-development multiplayer, space trading and combat simulation game. The game is being developed and published by Cloud Imperium Games for Microsoft Windows. An extended retry of unrealized plan ...

and Devolver Digital made appearances. ''Tripwire Interactive#Games developed, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam'', a PC port of ''Killer Instinct (2013 video game), Killer Instinct'', ''American Truck Simulator'', a ''Pillars of Eternity'' expansion known as ''Pillars of Eternity: The White March, The White March'', ''Planet Coaster'' and an expansion of ''Arma 3'' known as ''Tanoa'' were announced, and there was footage shown of ''Killing Floor 2'', ''Star Citizen'', ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution'', ''Total War: Warhammer'', ''

'', '' Gigantic'', '' Gears of War: Ultimate Edition'', ''Eve Valkyrie'', ''Ion'', ''Strafe (video game), Strafe'', the ''Guild Wars 2'' expansion ''Guild Wars 2#Heart of Thorns expansion, Heart of Thorns'', ''

'', ''Soma (video game), Soma'', ''DayZ (video game), Day Z'', ''Take on Mars'', ''BlueStreak (video game), BlueStreak'', ''Enter the Gungeon'' and '' No Man's Sky''.

List of notable exhibitors

This is a list of major video game exhibitors who made appearances at E3 2015.

List of featured games

This is a list of notable titles that appeared at E3 2015.

Notes

References

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