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The Best of the April Fool’s Day Gaming Pranks

By Alex Petraglia on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 3:00 PM EST  

Videogaming April Fool’s Day pranks are a time-honored tradition. Lest you get caught with your pants down, here’s a rundown of the best ones you might come across in your travels across the internets today.

Guild Wars Gets Sticky

ArenaNet had a little surprise in store for Guild Wars players today. All characters seemed to have lost a few pounds.

Assassin’s Solid

Jade Raymond and Hideo Kojima teamed up to bring us a very special treat.

Grand Theft Auto IV Leaked Trailer 5

GameTrailer’s user ‘Grave’ managed to hack into a super-secret press FTP site and has leaked the fifth, super-secret Grand Theft Auto IV trailer.

World of Lolcraft

Blizzard always seems to dominate April Fool’s. They’re not only releasing an update to World of Warcraft that includes a brand new character class, the ‘Bard…’

…but the console port of WoW is finally on the way!

Oh, Microsoft

Microsoft’s got a slew of new products coming out, including an Xbox Live boardgame and Xbox 360 vintage edition.

Beyond Unreal Goes Beyond, Also Unreal

Epic sure knows how to be self-deprecating.

FoxToid

Destructoid is being extra-sassy today, sporting yet another redesign and a collection of features including an interview with Jack Thompson and allegations that Geoff Keighley’s copy of Mass Effect did something to someone.

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2 Responses to “The Best of the April Fool’s Day Gaming Pranks”

  1. Alex Petraglia on April 1st, 2008 4:51 pm

    Be sure to share any you find!

  2. Darkxx on April 1st, 2008 6:23 pm

    SUPER!!!

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