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SNK’s April Fools Joke Is Real (Sorta)

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.


April 4, 2009
In Real Life

Behold, Starcraft 2′s Terratron

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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Red Faction: Guerrilla Gives Us The Bird

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.


April 2, 2009
In Real Life

Killzone Becomes, Of All Things, A Love Story

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.


In Real Life

Kratos’ Companion Cube Gets Unchained

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.


In Real Life

Valve Takes The Piss With Team Fortress 2 Sniper Class Update

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.


In Real Life

Blizzard’s April Fool’s Day Spectacular

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.


In Real Life

Red Faction Guerrilla Presents: The Ostrich Hammer

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.


In Real Life

Wii Fit Says April Fools

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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Oblivion Horse Armour On Sale For Twice The Price

Bethesda has cut the prices of its Xbox 360 downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by half for the next week, except the Horse Armour Pack, which is going to cost you.