Robots, dogs and the apocalypse: seven game design trends from E3 2015

Every year the E3 event in LA tells us what the industry is thinking about - and this year it's female characters, virtual reality and post-nuclear droid pets

If you want to know what's going on in the collective consciousness of the global games industry, just hang out at E3 for a day. This gigantic three-day celebration of mainstream gaming has just closed up in Los Angeles, and it made a heck of an impression.

So here are the key trends that we picked out among the many hundreds of announcements.