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It's done, it's over, E3 2015 is officially dead - and judging by some of the drawn faces across the Eurogamer team, so are we. Yet what a week it was! There were shocks and surprises as some long-forgotten faces were reintroduced, as well as the joy in seeing fresher faces giving us some genuinely exciting new prospects to look forward to. Despite what some may tell you, though, E3 isn't about the games: it's about that strange, awkward magic that comes about when you give this industry a global stage for a week, some of which we seek to celebrate in this year's alternative awards.The Paul McCartney/Ringo Starr Memorial Award for Most Awkward Celebrity Cameo: Jason Derulo's ear-splitting performance at Ubisoft's conference suggested he should take up the publisher's advice and Just Dance, but it was Pele's extended volley of strange anecdotes at EA's show that's destined to go down in E3 legend. Credit, too, to Kanye West for adding some real glitz and glamour as he patrolled the show floor. Rumours that he was going to jump on-stage during The Last Guardian's re-reveal and shout 'Imma let you finish, but Duke Nukem Forever was the best vapourware of all time' are completely fabricated.
Longest Job Title Award: Step forward Mike Ybarra, Partner Director of Program Management, Xbox and Windows Platform at Microsoft. How big are his business cards? Or does he just hand people a Surface with the whole thing typed on the screen already?
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