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The Beautiful, Serene Experience Of Journey’s Rocket Death Match DLC Prank
Journey is a beautiful, sometimes somber travel against wind, snow and loneliness. Your silent interactions with strangers are poetic and more meaningful than exchanged words. And now it comes with rocket-equipped death matches.
8-Bit, Co-Op Deus Ex Game Is A Cruel, Cruel April Fools’ Joke
The problem with April Fools’ jokes is that 50 per cent of the time I wish the prank product was actually real. Eidos Montreal contributes to the problem with their version of a prank: the “reveal” of an 8-bit Deus Ex game.
Watch Dishonored’s Amazing April Fools Commentary
Sometimes, developer diaries are boring. This April Fools developer diary, brilliantly delivered by Dishonored directors Raf Colantonio and Harvey Smith, is not boring. It is amazing. Watch it.
April 1 Is Especially Cruel To Batman (And Adventure Time Fans)
Continuing a long and proud tradition of producing some of the only April Fool’s Day content worth a chuckle, online retailer Thinkgeek has revealed three bogus items that aren’t really for sale. What makes them interesting is that sometimes these gags do end up as real products.
Here’s The Great, Painful Trailer For Fake Assassin’s Creed Kinect
If Assassin’s Creed really was made to be played entirely with crazy gestures via the Xbox Kinect, it would be a) horrible, b) amazing or c) the cause for many, many injuries.
April Fools! All These Announcements Are Fake — But Which Ones Are Funny?
Alright, it may be a Monday, but it’s still April Fools’ Day over here, a very special day in video gaming. Many related companies, studios and merchants are pulling hoaxes and stunts, and making gag announcements. So let’s round up as many as we can here!
Notch’s Next Game Is ‘Mars Effect’
A couple weeks back, Markus “Notch” Persson said he wanted to explore the possibility of a space-trading Firefly-inspired sandbox game akin to Firefly. It now appears that was a huge put-on.
Google Announces Google Maps — For The Nintendo Entertainment System
The undisputed Internet-age leader in April Fools’ hoaxes gets a one-day head start on its latest gag — a brilliant announcement video for “Google Maps 8-Bit” a port of the popular, well, map service to the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicon.
