You Do Not Tease the Return of the Terrifying Creepy Watson
This is not something you joke about, Focus Home Interactive. Once you invoke Creepy Watson
An 8-Bit, Co-Op Deus Ex Game Is A Cruel, Cruel April Fools' Joke
The problem with April Fools' jokes is that 50% 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.
Whatever It Is, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is Looking More and More…
This Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon thing simply will not quit. Yes, I know today is April Fools' Day, but god damn, whatever this is—a film, a game extension, a fantastic hoax—Ubisoft did get it rated by the freaking Australian Classification Board
Reminder: It's April 1. Don't Believe Everything You Read. Especially…
It's getting tiresome, we know, and aside from a gifted minority most "gags" are an annoyance (at best), but so long as people still think April 1 is a green light for them to try and be funny, other people will read websites expecting news and items of interest and instead see lies.
Up Close with the iPlay, the Apple Gaming Console That Doesn't Exist
Today, game website IGN showed the launch trailer for the iPlay. It's poised as Apple's effort at video game hardware. And it's totally made up.
This Fully-Playable 16-Bit Wonderland is Guild Wars 2's Idea of a Joke
Originally planned as a fake 8-bit update to celebrate April Fools' Day, Super Adventure Box grew into an expansive three-level homage to the golden age of gaming available to Guild Wars 2 players the length of April, because ArenaNet.
April Fools! All of These Announcements Are Fake—but Which Ones are…
Alright, it may be a Sunday, but it's still April Fools' Day, a very special day in video gaming, and many of its 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 (Really, Trust Us) 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.
It's Time for the Worst Day in Video Gaming: April Fool's
The self-publishing capability of the Internet and the concept of viral spread has definitely made this holiday more hazardous for credulous reader and skeptical newsman alike over the past 12 years. But video gaming, as…
Let's Close Out April Fool's With This Unbeatable Minecraft Office Prank
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.
Duke Nukem Forever's Gold Date Would Have Been April Fool's
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.
Bayonetta Goes All Master System
I know, we've been trying to restrict April Fool's stuff to a single post
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.
Microsoft Announces Alpine Legend For Xbox 360
Just in time for April 1! If only more games were played in lederhosen. If only this was real. If only.