E3 2015: all the announcements in one place
Final Fantasy VII, The Last Guardian, Mass Effect, and more.
With such a large influx of news coming in during E3, it’s a bit difficult to keep track of it all. Thus, here’s a handy guide to all of this year’s biggest announcements.
Gameplay Roundup
- Doom unveiled, coming spring 2016
- Dishonored 2 and Dishonored: Definitive Edition announced
- Free-to-play Elder Scrolls card game announced
- Fallout Shelter announced for iOS, out now
- Fallout 4 coming November 10, first gameplay
Microsoft
- Halo 5: Guardians single-player gameplay, Warzone reveal
- Microsoft, Keiji Inafune, and Metroid Prime staff announce ReCore
- Xbox 360 backwards compatibility coming to Xbox One
- Xbox Elite controller coming this fall
- Fallout 4 PC mods will work on Xbox One [Update: and PS4]
- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 announced
- Forza Motorsport 6 launches September 15
- Dark Souls III officially announced
- Gigantic E3 2015 gameplay trailer
- Rainbow Six Siege includes Vegas and Vegas 2 on Xbox One
- ID@Xbox gets Early Access program
- DayZ creator announces ION for Xbox One, PC
- Rise of the Tomb Raider launches November 10
- Fable Legends E3 2015 trailer
- Rare Replay announced for Xbox One
- Rare announces new IP Sea of Thieves
- Minecraft coming to HoloLens
- Gears of War 4 and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition announced
- Castle Crashers Remastered announced for Xbox One
- New Xbox One user interface announced
- 32 new ID@Xbox game trailers
- World of Tanks: Xbox One Edition launches July 28
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Killer Instinct coming to Windows 10
- Happy Wars developer announces Happy Dungeons
- Rise of the Tomb Raider E3 2015 off-screen combat gameplay
- Mass Effect: Andromeda announced
- Need for Speed launches November 3
- EA and Coldwood announce Unravel
- Five minutes of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 gameplay
- Mirror’s Edge Catalyst launches February 23
- Star Wars Battlefront gameplay unveiled
- South Park: The Fractured but Whole announced
- Ubisoft announces new IP For Honor
- The Crew and Trials Fusion expansion packs announced
- The Division launches March 8
- Rainbow Six Siege beta starts September 24
- Trackmania: Turbo announced for consoles, PC
- Ghost Recon: Wildlands announced
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate E3 trailer, walkthrough
- The Division E3 2015 10-minute walkthrough
Sony Computer Entertainment
- Media Player coming to PS4 tonight
- The Last Guardian coming to PS4 in 2016
- Guerrilla Games announces Horizon for PS4
- New Hitman announced at E3
- Street Fighter V adds Birdie, Cammy; PS4 beta date announced
- Media Molecule announces Dreams for PS4
- Firewatch to make console debut on PS4
- World of Final Fantasy announced for PS4, PS Vita
- Final Fantasy VII remake announced for PS4
- Yu Suzuki Kickstarting Shenmue III for PS4, PC
- Mother Russia Bleeds, Eitr, Ronin, and Crossing Souls coming to PS4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III DLC will launch first on PS4
- Guerrilla Cambridge announces RIGS for Project Morpheus
- Star Wars Battlefront ‘Survival on Tatooine’ gameplay trailer
- Uncharted 4 E3 2015 gameplay walkthrough
- Summer Lesson playable at E3 2015
- Screenshots: No Man’s Sky, Shadow of the Beast, The Tomorrow Children, more
- Hatsune Miku Project Morpheus tech demo playable at E3
- Ratchet & Clank ‘Gaspar’ gameplay
- Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain coming to PS4, “only in Europe and the PAL region”
- Sony is a partner in Shenmue III’s development
- Final Fantasy VII Remake was in development before PS4 PC port announcement
- Final Fantasy VII Remake winter update to include official title, other details in planning
- Sony has no plans for PS4 backwards compatibility
- The Tomorrow Children launches this fall
- Ryu and Roy join Super Smash Bros. today, new Mii Fighter costumes, more
- EarthBound Beginnings, the original Mother, available today on Wii U Virtual Console
- Blast Ball announced for 3DS
- Mario Maker renamed Super Mario Maker
- Nindies@Home: Demos for Freedom Planet, Runbow, more now on Wii U
- Stella Glow launches this holiday
- Star Fox Zero launches holiday 2015
- Donkey Kong and Bowser join Skylanders Superchargers
- The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes announced for 3DS
- Hyrule Warriors 3DS officially announced
- Metroid Prime: Federation Force announced for 3DS
- Fire Emblem If officially titled Fire Emblem Fates
- Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem launches 2016
- Xenoblade Chronicles X release date set
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer release date set
- Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival announced for Wii U
- Yoshi’s Woolly World U.S. release date set
- Yo-Kai Watch launches this holiday
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam announced for 3DS
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash announced for Wii U
- Super Mario Maker launches September 11
- Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water launches this fall
- 40 minutes of Genei Ibun Roku #FE gameplay
- Just Cause 3 launches December 1
- NieR New Project, developed by PlatinumGames, announced for PS4
- Final Fantasy VII PS4 delayed to winter, iOS version announced
- Kingdom Hearts: Unchained Chi coming west
- Kingdom Hearts III E3 2015 trailer
- Star Ocean 5 coming west for PS4 in 2016
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided launches early 2016
- New Square Enix studio Tokyo RPG Factory creating 2016-due console game Project Setsuna
- World of Final Fantasy first details, screenshots
- Tetsuya Nomura and Tai Yasue talk Kingdom Hearts III and Unchained Chi at E3
- NieR New Project will have returning characters
- 11 minutes of Just Cause 3 E3 2015 gameplay
- NieR New Project has three playable characters
- Hitman E3 2015 gameplay trailer, screenshots
- Shenmue III Kickstarter adds new stretch goals
- Star Ocean 5 producer teases new characters at E3
- NieR New Project producer and director talk happy coincidences, happy endings
- Kingdom Hearts III has bigger, almost seamless worlds
- World of Final Fantasy uses a modified ATB system
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided E3 2015 25-minute gameplay walkthrough
- Star Ocean 5 producer: “there was something not really right” about Star Ocean 4
Miscellaneous
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain E3 2015 trailer
- Transformers: Devastation officially announced
- The Walking Dead: Michonne mini-series announced
- Mad Max ‘Eye of the Storm’ story trailer
- Crytek announces VR game Robinson: The Journey
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain E3 2015 screenshots
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 E3 2015 trailer, screenshots
- Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Lost Song E3 2015 trailers [Update: gameplay]
- Project X Zone 2 adds Felicia, Ulala, and Valkyrie
- Godzilla E3 2015 trailer, gameplay, screenshots
- Saint Seiya: Soldiers’ Soul E3 2015 gameplay, screenshots
- No Man’s Sky to launch for PC and PS4 simultaneously
- Dark Souls III has fewer maps, but larger scale
- YIIK E3 2015 trailer
- 40-minute Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain E3 2015 gameplay walkthrough
- Vampyr E3 2015 concept teaser trailer