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April Fools Roundup

Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Gaming

Holy crap, there were a TON of April Fools jokes across the web yesterday. Even YouTube had a “new” upside down viewer feature added to their site. Kotaku decided to do a roundup of all the gaming April Fools pranks. I’ve listed them below. Enjoy.

The Best (good for a chuckle, definitely worth a look)
Valve’s Gabe Newell To Code Game Starring Valve’s Gabe Newell
Wii Fit Says April Fools
Visari Playable in KZ2… You’ve Been Killzoned!!!
Umbrella Corporation requests government bailout
Welcome back childhood nightmares
The Next Metal Gear Solid
Dragon Quest IX Is Totally On Sale
Alpine Legend Lets You Become A Tri-Horn Blastmaster
There’s A DS Phone! Really!
Wii Fit? No. Wii Height.
Capcom’s Brown Man Hunter
Splash Damage Returns To The Tapir Wars
Bethesda Raises Price For Oblivion Horse Armor…No, Really
Blizzard’s April Fool’s Day Extravaganza
Red Faction: Guerrilla Unleashes The Ostrich Hammer

The Lame (eh?)
Breaking: Nintendo Demos Hardcore Smash Bros. Wii
Battlefield Dork
The Oregon Trail… With CAVEMEN
RAIHO SHIPMENT HIJACKED – LEAKED VIDEO FOOTAGE
Lunch for Lunch: Turkey and Swiss Sandwich
Negative Gamer

The Worst (not funny, very annoying)
Screen Play: Wii Fit Rebate, PS3 Price Increase, Not Funny
A PS3 Price Cut? Really?
OMG New PSP Leaked On Mysterious Chinese Message Board
GameStop Must Try Harder Than My Wii Buddy
Microsoft Discontinuing 360 in 2010
Sony announces successor to Blu-ray, gives away PSP2 plans by accident

Stay tuned, we’ll be adding to the list throughout this most awful of days.

This one’s non-gaming, but really funny:

Introducing Gmail Autopilot

Tags: April fools, Gaming, Humor, Technology