Yes, it's April Fools' Day. The jokes and pranks have already begun. Gaming companies just love to taunt their players with well-played tricks and silly jokes to celebrate the day. We have started our annual compilation and will update it throughout the day tomorrow. As a news editor...well, yeah...April Fools' Day. But YOU enjoy!
New Diablo 3 Products Available Today Only!
Blizzard Entertainment is excited to announce an epic one-day sale on Diablo loot! Who needs to beat on another Treasure Goblin when you can have a slice of Sanctuary shipped right to your doorstep? Choose from these five new officially licensed Diablo products, each crafted with an attention to detail and quality that would make Haedrig the Blacksmith proud. Don’t delay: these items vanish after today!
Black Desert Online Butt Pose Victory Animations Coming PvP
Daum Games today announced that Black Desert Online will get special butt pose victory animations in the new Crimson Battlefield PvP mode, added as part of the Mediah Expansion earlier this week. The Crimson Battlefield is an instanced 40v40 PvP mode which can be entered in groups of five or individually. When players emerge victorious, their characters will flaunt their buttocks right before the end results screen appears. The new animations are unique to each class and will be available to both genders. The first series of butt pose animations will be added during next week's maintenance and will be made available at no additional cost. A wider range of optional butt pose animations will be made available through the cash shop at a later stage.
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War Thunder Employment Opportunity: Director of Russian Bias
In order to cater to the fast growth of War Thunder’s vehicle variety, we are looking for an intrepid and devoted comrade to counter the increasing strength of the imperialistic machinery. To answer our Communities righteous calls for historical accuracy, we need you to head the renewed ‘Russian Bias’ department.
- Completed university-level degree in Marxism-Leninism or similar apprenticeship, e.g. as T-34 Test Engineer.
- Several years of practical experience in the Communist Party, Politburo or similar institution (e.g Forum Moderation, NKVD etc.).
- Proficient skills in the correction of historical documents. Vivid imagination is a plus.
AdventureQuest 3D CYBERBABIES ATTACK!
According to investigators, the damage happened some time during Artix Entertainment's annual "Take Your Kids to Work Day." Personnel at the company discovered that many portions of their website and the game's 3D content had been drawn over in crayon.
"We found evidence in the server room," commented Adam Bohn, Founder/CEO of Artix Entertainment. "Everything was sticky. There were crayon bits, strained peaches, and something that we believe to be warm regurgitated milk."
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Life is Feudal: Give Peace a Chance
It’s about time we embraced the concept of teamwork - we’d love to see what you guys can accomplish by working together! After much deliberation, we firmly believe that bringing our community together will be much more beneficial to the growth of Life is Feudal and so, we have decided that there is going to be no more PVP. It's time to put down your swords and raise up as one. All we are saying is, ‘give peace a chance’!
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Roach
A horse is a horse is a horse, of course. Roach is the name of of Geralt’s horses, each and every one in turn. Not sure why he calls ‘em all that. Lazy? Doesn’t get attached? To animals? Might be because one day he caught a roach, which is a common fresh-water fish. A big one. Decided he’d celebrate by naming his horse after it. We considered a bunch of options, but Doobie and Spliff seemed off-lore.
Final Fantasy XIV: Introducing ChocoGo - The Evolution of Ridesharing
It brings me great pleasure to share our newest innovation with you all! I'm extremely pleased to present "ChocoGo" - our brand-new ridesharing initiative from the minds behind FINAL FANTASY XIV.
The popularity of ridesharing apps and services has been growing steadily and we know that our chocobos are the logical evolution of that trend. Chocobos bred for speed, comfort, rider preference and more await users of the ChocoGo app. Select your favorite color, riding music, and destination with a few simple taps of the app and you're ready to ride in style.
We’re pleased to unveil the next epic game from Blizzard Entertainment—"Hearthstone: The MMO!”
World of Warcraft: Introducing Azeroth TV
Get ready to experience World of Warcraft on a whole new screen—your television! We’re pleased to introduce our brand-new network—Azeroth TV—which will be coming your way Soon™. You’ll find a truly legendary lineup of entertainment for the whole family. Check out just some of the high-quality programming we have in store below.
- Void Storage Wars
- Cleaved
- Project Transmog
- Keeping Up with the Barovs
- The Ambulatory Dead
- Vrykul
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World of Warcraft: Transportation Tensions Mount as Flightmasters Face ‘Flyt’
Flightmasters have long been fixtures on the faces of Azeroth, Outland, and (more recently) Draenor, giving weary travelers a lift to their next destination in exchange for coin. Heroes in need of rides to their next adventure have come to count on these Flightmasters’ familiar greetings and steadfast reliability. Safety experts report that these ubiquitous Hippogryphs and Wyverns are still among the safest ways to travel, with incidents of passengers simply dropping down to the world “rarer than ever.” But as times change and more travel options become available to the heroes of Azeroth, these stalwart Flightmasters are beginning to feel the pinch.
League of Legends' Riot Games Introduces League of Draven
This Draven Day, Draven's replacing all champ heads with the only head approved by Draven: Draven's (duh). From now until April 3, at 23:59 PST, don Draven's dangerously dapper dome in Blind Pick Normals, ARAM, and Twisted Treeline. Welcome to the League of Draven.
Razer - Project BreadWinner - The #RazerToasterLives!
BREAD TO WIN
The most requested product in the history of gaming is now under development. Project BreadWinner is a crowd sourced project dedicated to providing gamers with the number #1 source of gaming fuel around the world – Toast. Introducing the world’s first gaming grade kitchen appliance built for gamers, by gamers. Bread to Win.
This project was demanded by community and you won’t shut up about it. So now we want your hand in our toaster. Give us your feedback on what features the ultimate gaming toaster should have and shape what Project BreadWinner becomes.
We are giving out a Razer Kraken Mobile (color of your choosing) to 5 lucky winners who take the survey.
Bioware - True Stories of BioWare Heartbreak
