At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, video games alone won’t soak up all the attention.
Besides the usual laundry list of sequels and new titles coming to gaming consoles, the annual interactive extravaganza at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which starts today, will also play host to exhibitors from around the world pushing augmented and virtual reality systems, video streaming services, as well as games specifically created for PCs and mobile devices.
“We have a tradition of being open to new technologies, new game companies and new approaches,” says Michael Gallagher, president of the Electronic Software Association, which organizes the industry trade show. “We have more than 270 exhibitors at E3 this year showing over 1,600 products, including 100 of them that haven’t even been teased. It’s meant to be a very diverse environment. This will probably be the most diverse E3 in the show’s history.”
Here’s a look at what’s likely to unfold during gaming’s biggest week:
Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox division and Microsoft Studios, speaks at the Xbox E3 2015 briefing ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the University of Southern California’s Galen Center on Monday, June 15, 2015 in Los Angeles. Microsoft is promoting the next installment in its popular sci-fi franchise, “Halo 5: Guardians,” at E3. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) VIRTUALLY HEAD OVER HEELS