Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009

Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009
Official Logo of the E3 Expo
Genre	Multi-genre
Begins	June 2, 2009
Ends	June 4, 2009
Venue	Los Angeles Convention Center
Location(s)	Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Previous event	E3 Media and Business Summit 2008
Next event	Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010
Attendance	41,000
Organized by	Entertainment Software Association
Filing status	Non-profit

The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009, commonly known as E3 2009, was the 15th Electronic Entertainment Expo held. The event took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. It began on June 2, 2009, and ended on June 4, 2009, with 41,000 total attendees

Major hardware announcements during the show included Microsoft's Project Natal and both Sony's PSP Go and PlayStation Move, while major software announcements included Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Halo: Reach, Final Fantasy XIV, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2.

The E3 2009 was greatly expanded in terms of size from the previous two years as it was reopened to all qualified computer and gaming audiences. In 2007, the E3 was restructured, downsized and renamed to the E3 Media and Business Summit. The move was widely criticized by those both within and outside the gaming industry. The following 2007 and 2008 E3 summits attracted very few attendees in contrast to previous years; E3 2007 attracted only 10,000 attendees and E3 2008 attracted 50% less, 5,000 attendees.

The E3 2009 aimed to return E3 to its 'pre-E3 2007' state, by reopening it to a larger audience allowing more attendees. As well as having a larger venue and allowing more exhibitors, E3 2009 also reverted its name to Electronic Entertainment Expo. However, like pre-2007, the event was still not open to the general public.

E3 2009 was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center with the show occupying the South and West Halls as well as the first floor.

The west hall housed both Sony Computer Entertainment and Nintendo as well as third-party publishers Activision, Bethesda, Capcom, THQ and Atlus. It also housed GameSpot's media booth.