April Fools

In Real Life

Let’s Close Out April Fool’s With This Unbeatable Minecraft Office Prank

2:00PM April 2, 2011 | Owen Good

Closing out this April Fool’s Day is a prank that is 100 percent truthful in its awesomeness. At Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Greenview Data, the co-workers of one Minecraft-addicted employee, Matt, converted his cubicle into a Minecraft cave anyone could be proud of, in game or in real life. More »


PC

We Wish This Was The Next Guild Wars 2 Character Class

12:00AM April 2, 2011 | Mike Fahey

ArenaNet’s upcoming massively multiplayer online game Guild Wars 2 has warriors, magic-users and rogues. What’s missing? Elite military commandos. For one day and one day only, that role has been filled. More »


News

Duke Nukem Forever’s Gold Date Would Have Been April Fool’s

8:30AM April 4, 2010 | Owen Good

Had the farce of its development not abruptly dead-ended in May of last year, April 1, 2010 was to have been the date Duke Nukem Forever went to gold master – that is, was at last finished. More »


In Real Life

Bayonetta’s Official "Prequel"

3:00PM April 2, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

I know, we’ve been trying to restrict April Fool’s stuff to a single post, but since this clip – of Bayonetta re-imagined as an 8-bit side-scroller – isn’t really a joke or a scam, it’s worth a closer look. More »


In Real Life

Your April Fool’s Survival Guide

5:30PM April 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Oh dear. It’s now April 1, making this officially the worst day of the year for all things internet. Over the next 24 hours things might get a little rough. But it’s OK. We can get through this. Together. More »


News

SNK’s April Fools Joke Is Real (Sorta)

7:00PM May 26, 2009 | 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 »


In Real Life

Behold, Starcraft 2′s Terratron

1:30PM April 4, 2009 | 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.

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News

Red Faction: Guerrilla Gives Us The Bird

12:40AM April 4, 2009 | 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.

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In Real Life

Killzone Becomes, Of All Things, A Love Story

11:00AM April 2, 2009 | 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.

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In Real Life

Kratos’ Companion Cube Gets Unchained

10:20AM April 2, 2009 | 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.