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Blizzard Does April Fool's Right

No one does April Fool's Day quite like Blizzard, and this year is no exception. Today they've unleashed not one, but three separate April Fool's Day jokes on the completely suspecting (for the most part, see below) masses.

By far the best is the announcement of the new Hero Class for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, the Bard. Utilizing their magical axes, which they hold upside down, the Bard class unleashes their powers in the form of a Guitar Hero riff, with the amount of riffs hit determining how badly they rock their opponent's world. We're pretty much in total agreement here at Kotaku Tower - we'd play the hell out of this class if it were real. Hit the jump for more Blizzard tomfoolery!

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You Got Assassin's Creed In My MGS4!

When worlds collide, they go BOOM! What do you get when you insert Assassin's Creed's Altair into Metal Gear Solid 4? Well you get this video clip, which shows the smoking assassin watching patiently while countless soldiers get slaughtered before leaping into action and finally revealing what he's been hiding beneath that robe...Solid Snake! Feel free to insert your own "Is that a Solid Snake under your robe?" jokes in the comments section, while we try to figure out where the hell this clip came from.

Assassins's Solid [YouTube - Thanks furilla187!]


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Kaketaku: Glucose, Whip and Leaf for Obsessive Game Cakers

Welcome readers to the new face of Kotaku, a site rededicated to the minute coverage of all things Game Cake. It was a long time coming, but over the years we've noticed that while sites like GameSpot, IGN and 1Up voluminously cover the video game industry, little time is spent on that sweetest of tangents, the artful Game Cake.

No more will we waste your time by detailing the movements of game company CEOs, revealing early the secrets of consoles and developers alike, instead we will work to push Game Caking to the frosty heights it so richly deserves.

Expect in the weeks, months, years to come detailed secrets on the people behind the cakes you know and love, tips on how to prepare your own Game Cakes and nuanced features on the inner machinations of some of bakings greatest.

As always we will strive to stay in front of the pack, covering the game cake industry as both an outsider. Some might argue that all Game Cakes need is a cold glass of milk, but we at Kaketaku knows it needs some hard-nosed journalism.... too.

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destructoid

Destructoid Plays The April Fool

So it's April 1st today, April Fool's Day here in the States. Everyone plays practical jokes on each other and gets a good laugh at other people's expense. The wags at Destructoid seems to have gotten the ball rolling early (I say this because currently 6:30am where I am. See what I go through so you can have your precious game news?) with their completely revamped front page in honor of our illustrious leader, Crecente. It seems that since he's left the Rocky Mountain News that he's now opening a hair salon and all the Destructoid staffers are there to give their testimonials to his mad hair cutting skillz. More »

sega

The Best Fake Consoles Of All Time

As a videogame enthusiast, I loathe April Fool's day and the tired, juvenile tradition of "funny" fake news reporting that comes from generally serious outlets. But 99 Lives' appropriately timed list of the best console hoaxes makes the silly holiday a little less painful. Of the five, I believe only one has been posted on Kotaku before, the clearly fake, but beautifully rendered PSPboy. More »

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Glocker Z-Day Round-Up

On March 28th, 2006, a strange Venusian satellite streaked an eerie fluorescent parabola across the sky, irradiating the world's cemetaries, funeral parlors and abattoirs with an extraterrestrial radiation. Four days later, the dead walked, slavering for human flesh and tasty brains. And we were here covering it. More »