| Month | Day(s) | Event |
|---|
| January | 7 | Zombie Studios, the creator of theSpec Ops series, was shut down.[26] |
| 23–25 | PAX South 2015 held inHenry B. Gonzalez Convention Center |
| 30 | Sega continues reduction of western businesses and focus on digital that began in 2012.[27] |
| February | 3 | Sony soldSony Online Entertainment toColumbus Nova. The company was renamed intoDaybreak Game Company.[28] |
| Video game criticJoystiq was shut down byAOL. |
| 19 | Sega Networks, a subsidiary ofSega, acquiredDemiurge Studios.[29] |
| 20 | tri-Ace, the developer ofStar Ocean andValkyrie Profile, was acquired by Nepro Japan.[30] |
| 25 | The website version of video game criticComputer and Video Games was merged intoGamesRadar+ byFuture plc. |
| March | 2–6 | Game Developers Conference 2015 held inSan Francisco, California. |
| 2–6 | Independent Games Festival held inSan Francisco, California. |
| 4 | Electronic Arts shut down the headquarters ofMaxis inEmeryville, which has created franchises such asSimCity andSpore.[31] |
| 6–8 | PAX East 2015 held at theBoston Convention and Exhibition Center. |
| 12–14 | EGX Rezzed 2015 held at theTobacco Dock, London. |
| 17 | Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced their affiliation with Japanese mobile game developerDeNA andNintendo Switch, a new console.[32] |
| 23 | Raven Software celebrated its 25th anniversary.[33] |
| April | 1 | Bandai Namco Games was renamed intoBandai Namco Entertainment.[34] |
| 15 | 2K Australia, the developer ofBorderlands: The Pre-Sequel was shut down byTake-Two Interactive.[35] |
| 17 | Phil Harrison, the World Wide Corporate Vice President ofMicrosoft Studios departed from Microsoft.[36] |
| 20 | Matthew Armstrong, creator of theBorderlands series, leftGearbox Software.[37] |
| 27 | Following the cancellation ofSilent Hills,Konami delisted itself from theNew York Stock Exchange.[38] |
| 30 | Services ofOnLive were discontinued as the asset was acquired bySony Computer Entertainment.[39] |
| May | 4 | Spark Unlimited, the developer ofLost Planet 3 andCall of Duty: Finest Hour was shut down.[40] |
| 22 | BioWare celebrated its 20th anniversary.[41] |
| 26 | Oskari Häkkinen, head of franchise development ofRemedy Entertainment, left Remedy.[42] |
| June | 3 | CEO ofRemedy Entertainment, Matias Myllyrinne, departed from the company forWargaming.[43] |
| 8 | Paul Sams replaced Ru Weerasuriya asReady at Dawn's CEO.[44] |
| 9 | Chris Avellone, co-founder ofObsidian Entertainment, departed from the company.[45] |
| 11 | Housemarque celebrated its 20th anniversary.[46] |
| 12 | Arc System Works purchased the rights to develop video games for theDouble Dragon,River City Ransom, andSuper Dodge Ball series from the now-defunctTechnos.[47] |
| 16–18 | E3 2015 held at theLos Angeles Convention Center.[48] |
| 16 | Square Enix unveiled new studio Tokyo RPG Factory.[49] |
| 21 | Tale of Tales, the developer ofSunset, was closed down.[50] |
| 24 | People Can Fly, formerlyEpic Games Poland, was split fromEpic Games. It became an independent studio and acquired theBulletstorm IP.[51] |
| 29 | Disney Infinity publisherDisney Interactive was merged withDisney Consumer Products, the developer ofPlaymation to form a new division called "Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media"[52] |
| 30 | Club Nintendo was discontinued in North America. |
| July | 4–5 | MineCon has been held at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre. |
| 11 | Satoru Iwata, President and CEO ofNintendo, died at age 55.[53] |
| 13 | Electronic Arts formed new studio called EA Motive. The studio is led by formerUbisoft directorJade Raymond.[54] |
| 17–19 | SGC 2015 to be held at theEmbassy Suites Frisco Hotel & Convention Centre. |
| 22 | John Smedley stepped down asDaybreak Game Company's President and CEO.[55] |
| 23–26 | QuakeCon 2015 to be held inDallas, Texas. |
| 27 | China's government fully lifts the ban on the sales of video game consoles within the country.[56] |
| 27 | Razer Inc. acquired all the software assets ofOuya.[57] |
| 29 | Windows 10 was released.[58] |
| Yager Development filed for insolvency for its production division Yager Productions GmbH |
| August | 5–9 | Gamescom 2015 was held inCologne, Germany. |
| 21 | Remedy Entertainment celebrated its 20th anniversary.[59] |
| 26 | Google releases theYouTube Gaming app.[60][61] |
| 28–31 | PAX Prime to be held inSeattle, Washington. |
| September | 2 | 2015 GameStop Expo atThe Venetian Las Vegas resort. |
| 14 | Tatsumi Kimishima is appointed president ofNintendo after the death ofSatoru Iwata in July 2015.[62]Nintendo EAD andNintendo SPD was merged, formingNintendo Entertainment Planning & Development.[63] |
| 15 | Sony announced thatProject Morpheus was renamed intoPlayStation VR.[64] |
| 17–20 | Tokyo Game Show 2015 at theMakuhari Messe in Tokyo. |
| 24 | Maxis was reassigned to theEA Mobile division ofElectronic Arts.[65] |
| 24–27 | EGX 2015 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK. |
| 30 | Club Nintendo was discontinued in Europe and Japan. |
| Twisted Pixel Games was separated fromMicrosoft Studios and became an independent studio again.[66] |
| October | 2 | Microsoft purchasedHavok fromIntel.[67] |
| 2-4 | EGS was held at Centro Banamex in Mexico City. |
| 3 | FiraxiCon was held byFiraxis Games at theBaltimore Convention Center inMaryland.[68] |
| 6 | Ubisoft acquiredThe Crew's developerIvory Tower.[69] |
| 8-12 | Brasil Game Show 2015 held in Expo Center Norte,São Paulo, Brasil. |
| 11–13 | Firstlook festival 2015 atJaarbeurs Utrecht inUtrecht, Netherlands. |
| 13 | Ubisoft acquiredLongtail Studios and renamed it toUbisoft Halifax.[70] |
| 28 | Paris Games Week inParis, France. |
| 29 | Paradox Interactive purchasedWhite Wolf Publishing and all its assets, includingWorld of Darkness andVampire: The Masquerade fromCCP Games.[71] |
| November | 2 | Activision Blizzard acquiredCandy Crush Saga developerKing for $5.9 billion.[72] |
| 4 | Konami shuttered itsLos Angeles division.[73] |
| 6–7 | BlizzCon 2015 atAnaheim Convention Center inAnaheim, California. |
| 6 | Activision Blizzard established a new TV and film studioActivision Blizzard Studios.[74] |
| 2K China closed byTake-Two Interactive. Their next game,Borderlands Online was cancelled.[75] |
| NCSoft launched a new mobile division named Iron Tiger.[76] |
| 12–15 | G-STAR 2015 in Bexco,Busan, South Korea. |
| December | 3 | The Game Awards 2015 held inLos Angeles, California. |
| 5–6 | PlayStation Experience 2015 held inSan Francisco,California.[77] |
| 7 | Flying Wild Hog opened a new studio inKraków, Poland. |
| 9 | A new development studio was established byBethesda Game Studios in Montreal.[78] |
| 10 | Electronic Arts established Competitive Gaming Division, a new division headed byPeter Moore which focuses onESports.[79] |
| 11–13 | GaymerX held at the San Jose Marriott Convention Center inSan Jose, California. |
| 12 | Gearbox Software opened new studio inQuebec.[80] |
| 16 | Crystal Dynamics' studio head Darrell Gallagher left the company.[81] |
| Kojima Productions was reestablished as an independent studio headed byHideo Kojima.[82] |
