The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is a visual delight. It shows you the crazy efforts that people undertake to grab a little bit of the spotlight at the largest U.S. gaming trade show. It also gives us all a window into what the people are like who make the games that we enjoy year round.

We were on site during the show, and here are a bunch of photos that we took along the way. We hope you enjoy them.

Dean Takahashi, Dale North, Mike Minotti, and Giancarlo Valdes of GamesBeat. (Not pictured: Jeff Grubb.)
Nier producer Yoko Taro appeared at the Square Enix press event wearing a mask.
EA surprised us all with an onstage appearance by soccer legend Pele.
Microsoft dominated the bathrooms with ads for Halo 5: Guardians.
Bethesda rented out the famous Dolby Theatre for its big event.
Ian Roxburgh, creative director of Total War: Warhammer at Sega’s Creative Assembly.
On the first day of the show, I only saw two or three of them. By the third day, they were snapping at people in larger groups.
GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi.
Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.
Minecraft presentation during Microsoft’s E3 press event.
EA drew some cheers when it flashed this image at E3 2015.
Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s games business, at Microsoft’s E3 2015 press event.
Sherida Halatoe talked about a unique game centered on a blind girl, Beyond Eyes, at Microsoft’s event.
Bonnie Ross, founder of 343 Industries, opened the Microsoft press briefing at E3 2015. She talked about Halo 5: Guardians.
Signage at E3 2015.
The view of the crowd at Microsoft’s E3 2015 event at the Galen Center.
Sony bought out the biggest sign again at E3 2015.
Jason VandenBerghe, creative director on Ubisoft’s For Honor.
Peter Moore, chief operating officer at EA, at the company’s E3 2015 press briefing.
Shuhei Yoshida of Sony was overjoyed to announce The Last Guardian at the company’s E3 2015 press briefing.
Shawn Layden of Sony at the company’s E3 2015 press briefing.
Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA, at the company’s E3 2015 press briefing.
More from E3 2015.
Pele at E3 2015.
A rogue zombie on stage at EA’s E3 2015 press briefing, during the announcement of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2.
Another shot of the rogue zombie.
Martin Sahlin, head of Coldwood Interactive, seemed shy while talking about Unravel at EA’s press briefing at E3 2015.
Brendan Iribe showing off the new Oculus Rift at E3 2015.
Patrick Söderlund founded DICE and now he’s in charge of every game studio at EA.
Dean Takahashi gives the Oculus Rift a go at E3.
Hello Games founder Sean Murray showing No Man’s Sky at E3 2015.
A model poses as Lara Croft at Microsoft’s booth at E3 2015.
Rod Fergusson of The Coalition talks about Gears of War Ultimate Edition at E3 2015.
Josh Holmes and Tim Longo of Microsoft’s 343 Industries talk about Halo 5: Guardians at E3 2015.
A giant electronic display at Sony’s booth at E3 2015.
Dean Takahashi tries out the Sony Morpheus virtual reality headset at E3 2015.
Microsoft’s press party at E3.
Forza Motorsport 6 driving simulator at E3 2015.
Mark Lamia of Treyarch showed off Call of Duty: Black Ops III at E3 2015.
Ys Net’s Yu Suzuki and Sony’s Adam Boyes kicked off a crowdfunding campaign for Shenmue III.
Ubisoft let the crowd dance at its booth to the sounds of Just Dance 2016.
Doom was on display at the Bethesda booth at E3 2015.
Snail Games showed off a 3D phone at E3 2015.
A Lego Avengers 2 model at the Warner Bros. booth at E3 2015.
Battlecry statue at the Bethesda booth at E3 2015.
Madfinger Games was one of the few mobile-game companies to exhibit at E3 2015.
Activision highlighted Skylanders Superchargers at its booth at E3 2015.
Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog showed off Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. He emphasized it was the last game for Nathan Drake.
More from E3 2015.
Hermen Hulst of Guerrilla Games showing Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Keiji Inafune and Mark Pacini, creators of ReCore.
Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision.
Richard Marks of Sony.
Pete Hines, vice president of PR and marketing at Bethesda Softworks.
More from E3 2015.
Scott Moffitt, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Nintendo of America.
Nintendo booth at E3 2015.
Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts.
Square Enix booth at E3 2015.
Yosuke Masuda, CEO of Square Enix.
Square Enix game producers at E3 2015.
CCP global brand director Ryan Geddes talks about Eve: Valkyrie during the PC Gaming Show at E3 2015.
Head of Microsoft’s Xbox division Phil Spencer onstage at the PC Gaming Show during the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Calif.
The new Mario Amiibos don’t just come in 8-bit designs.
Square Enix developer Yoko Taro reportedly doesn’t like to show his face in public.
Reggie Fils-Aime showed off Nintendo’s latest fares in a livestream at E3 2015.
EA’s big screen at its press briefing at E3 2015.
Xbox briefing at E3 2015.
Eric Couzian and Nouredine Abboud of Ubisoft, discussing Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands.
The Los Angeles Convention Center during E3.

 

 

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