20th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo
The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014 (E3 2014) was the 20th E3 held. The event took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. It began on June 10, 2014, and ended on June 12, 2014, with 48,900 total attendees.
Major exhibitors included Microsoft Corporation, Nintendo, and Sony Computer Entertainment. Exhibitors host their own press conferences usually one day prior to the E3 event, but some companies issued additional information an extra day prior this time.
Press conferences.
Microsoft.
Microsoft hosted a press conference on June 9 at 9:30 am.
Trailers for "Forza Horizon 2", "Rise of the Tomb Raider", "Evolve", ', "Sunset Overdrive", "Project Spark", "Ori and the Blind Forest", ', "Scalebound", a new character for "Killer Instinct: Season 2", a "Phantom Dust" reboot and "Crackdown 3" were revealed.
There was also gameplay footage of "Assassin's Creed Unity", "Call of Duty Advanced Warfare", "Sunset Overdrive", ' and "Tom Clancy's The Division". ', "Scalebound" and "Dance Central Spotlight" were announced as well.
Electronic Arts.
Electronic Arts hosted a press conference on June 9 at 12:00 pm. Among the new titles shown were the role-playing game ' and ', the action-adventure title ' and ', the first-person shooter "Battlefield Hardline" and the life simulation game "The Sims 4". EA Sports announced a number of new releases, such as "Madden NFL 15", "NBA Live 15", "FIFA 15", "NHL 15" and "EA Sports PGA Tour". Two untitled projects from Criterion Games and BioWare were also announced.
Ubisoft.
Ubisoft hosted a press conference on June 9 at 3:00 pm. Upcoming action-adventure games included "Tom Clancy's The Division", "The Crew", ' and the sequels "Assassin's Creed Unity" and "Far Cry 4". ' and "Just Dance 2015" were also announced during the conference.
Sony.
Sony hosted a press conference on June 9 at 6:00 pm. The new CEO of SCEA was officially introduced as Shawn Layden. An all new white version of the PlayStation 4 was shown bundled with "Destiny" to be released at launch of the game. Announcement trailers were shown for PlayStation exclusives "Bloodborne" by FromSoftware, "LittleBigPlanet 3" by Sumo Digital, and ' by Naughty Dog, among others. Trailers were also shown for "Grand Theft Auto V", "Dead Island 2", "No Man's Sky", "Destiny", "Mortal Kombat X", "Far Cry 4", ', "" and others. Sony also announced an original TV series to be produced based on "Powers".
Nintendo.
Nintendo for a second consecutive E3 decided to forego hosting a traditional press conference in favor of a pre-recorded video presentation, billed the "Nintendo Digital Event", which streamed online on June 10 at 9:00 am with an accompanying press release. Anchored by Nintendo of America COO Reggie Fils-Aimé and featuring stop motion sketches from the producers of "Robot Chicken", the "Digital Event" primarily followed a documentary format with game footage and trailers accompanied by short interviews with developers. During this event, Nintendo showcased upcoming titles including "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U", "Yoshi's Woolly World", "Bayonetta 2" from PlatinumGames, Koei Tecmo's Zelda spin-off "Hyrule Warriors", and "Xenoblade Chronicles X" by Monolith Soft, among others. First time reveals included the next ' for Wii U, "Mario Maker", ', "Kirby and the Rainbow Curse", multiplayer shooter "Splatoon" and an early look at the newest "Star Fox" title for Wii U. The "Digital Event" also featured the debut of Nintendo's NFC platform, revealed as amiibo.
List of notable exhibitors.
This is a list of major video game exhibitors who made appearances at E3 2014.
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List of featured games.
This is a list of notable titles that appeared at E3 2014.
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