Today's News:
1) DICE announced they will official debut Battlefield 5 on May 6th at 4pm EST on the official Battlefield website.
http://www.destructoid.com/we-ll-see...y-358372.phtml
2) According to a report from Kotaku, Lionhead Studios was officially shut down today by Microsoft.
It was rumored for a while Microsoft might reconsider the decision but ended up going with the closure after internal discussions recently finished.
http://www.destructoid.com/lionhead-...y-358327.phtml
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/04/29/f...d-closes-today
3) While responding to questions on Twitter, the developer of Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, The Chinese Room, ended up lashing out against CD Projekt Red for making what they claim are sexist games. The basis for their claim came from a recent development image of Cyberpunk 2077 focusing on a scantily clad robot woman.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-chine...s-358277.phtml
4) Microsoft is currently rumored to reveal both a new model and controller for the Xbox One at E3 this year.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new.../1100-6439280/
5) Take Two and/or Rockstar are currently rumored to be working on a game based on biblical figure Judas according to recent trademark filings.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ark-for-judas/
6) According to a recent survey from market research group SuperData, the majority of people in the US currently do not care about virtual reality (around 52% negative reaction), brand awareness for VR is really low (Playstation VR was the highest at 28%), and only 16% are currently considering the idea of buying a headset.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...care-about-vr/