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SNK’s April Fools Joke Is Real (Sorta)
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This past April 1 was, like the year before it and the year before that, April Fool’s Day. Osaka-based game company SNK joined in the fun and launched a website for faux retro shooter Star Radish. More »
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Behold, Starcraft 2’s Terratron
1:30PM Luke Plunkett | Blizzard’s Starcraft 2 April Fool’s joke was never going to be confined to just a few screenshots. This is Blizzard we’re talking about. Blizzard don’t do things by halves. More »
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Red Faction: Guerrilla Gives Us The Bird
12:40AM Mike Fahey | From April Fool’s prank to reality, Volition announces that the fabled Ostrich Hammer will indeed be available as an unlockable in Red Faction: Guerrilla. More »
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Killzone Becomes, Of All Things, A Love Story
11:00AM Luke Plunkett | Bravo, IGN. Bravo. Having set a high standard last April 1st with their Zelda movie trailer, this year, attention shifts to Killzone. And how it’s not a story about killing. It’s a story about love. More »
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Kratos’ Companion Cube Gets Unchained
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Did you know that there’s an extremely well-hidden cameo in God of War: Chains of Olympus? It’s the much deadlier, more ancient Companion Cube, the omega of all cubeforms, capable of kicking serious ass.
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Valve Takes The Piss With Team Fortress 2 Sniper Class Update
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Valve’s Team Fortress 2 team pranksters have joined in on the April Fool’s Day fun, issuing what is (thankfully) not the Sniper class’ first unlockable, the jar of urine known as the Jarate. No shit.
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Blizzard’s April Fool’s Day Spectacular
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Blizzard pulls no punches this April 1st, with not one but four different pranks featuring pimped mounts, a new Diablo III class, the biggest StarCraft 2 unit ever created, and PVP dance battles.
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Red Faction Guerrilla Presents: The Ostrich Hammer
2:40AM Mike Fahey | The latest developer diary for Red Faction: Guerrilla reveals where the real power in the gaming industry lies, with the introduction of the Ostrich Hammer.
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Wii Fit Says April Fools
2:00AM Brian Crecente | This is pretty neat. Booting up your copy of Wii Fit today will earn you a couple of pretty obvious April Fool’s jokes.
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