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[General Article] General: 2014 April Fool's Day Round Up
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
Nothing spites a news manager more than the arrival of April 1st and the attendant, and expected, games industry jokes. To celebrate the day, we've rounded up April Fool's pranks for your amusement into one convenient feature that we will update throughout the day. Keep your eyes right here to see the industry's best!
Check out (exhausted) Suzie Ford's 2014 April Fool's Day Round Up.
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Lotro announced a sports league where the aim is to drive a chicken between two goal posts by using a stick: http://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/announcing-kingsfoil-championship-league
Blizzard's next Starcraft 2 game will include dance studio and laser color customization options for the Protoss: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/13611763/hitting-on-the-selection-of-a-name-01-04-2014
League of Legends has deployed Ultra Rapid Fire -update, which includes removal of mana costs and cooldown reduction of 80%: http://eune.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/evolution-league-legends-today
Ankama is going to launch in-game online dating app that will help finding people who are close to you either in-game or IRL: http://www.dofus.com/en/mmorpg/news/417796-tofinder-ankama-invents-game-online-dating
Due to technical glitches, Jagex's internal staff forums have become visible and can be viewed here: http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/sl=0/forums.ws (first 4 forums on the page, under "Internal Staff Forum" -category)
From the Sherlock Holmes games.
Heroes Of The Storm also has Pajamathur - he has the best special ability ever in the Void Nap.
http://www.heroesofthestorm.com/en-us/news/13593522/pajamathur-hero-spotlight
Cunfushus says "Only through wasting time do we realize that time should not be wasted."
https://www.therepopulation.com - Sci Fi Sandbox.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20140401
Best ship type in games ever
I.
Need.
This.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Found the saddest April's joke so far. I really wanted this :'( (Nice coupon discount)
http://www.biowarestore.com/accessories/garrus-vakarian-body-pillow.html
Also for those who need a chest hair toupee:
http://www.biowarestore.com/accessories/plush/varric-chest-toupee.html
Life is Feudal Main page is funny and made me hurt my neck and turn down my speakers http://lifeisfeudal.com/
New horse mounts as well will get a chuckle http://lifeisfeudal.com/1stapril-horse-concept
Life IS Feudal
"Mayor Tenderlach also announced plans for a new stadium to be constructed near the existing Bree Festival area. The project has been awarded to the Thornley Construction Company and is expected to bring many new jobs to the area."
I'd totally swing for a Liara pillow. Damn you, Bioware!
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Actually this was written about in a solo post last Saturday!
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Path of Exile is now Pay 2 Win
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/871214
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
Benjamin Franklin
In Vindictus players recieved moustache (female) or lipstick (male) and potions which makes characters dance the dance of different character (female -> male and male -> female)
Also on forum everyone has avatar, signature, icon and cursor changed to potato.
The Secret World responds to repeated "sexism" complaints in connection with cash shop outfits.
Yeah, GW2 had the best one of the bunch. When it happened, I had just been fighting a wasp. I thought maybe I was allergic for a second. I logged in to see the bobblehead on all of my characters and by the end of the day it was getting a bit "in the way" so 24 hour classic big head mode was just about perfect.
Who'd knew? The Thornleys worked much better than expected, and the playfield is now ready.
April's Fool or not, Hobnanigans is live on the weekend
https://www.lotro.com/en/hobnanigans
(and as always, no chickens, digital or otherwise are harmed during the rounds of course)
edit: Two teams. An open field. A referee. And One Chicken (but not to rule them all). http://postimg.org/image/l87rn5xfh/