We hope you’re careful of what you read online today! April Fools has brought all sorts of wacky video game announcements and reveals in the past and this year is bound to be the same. Here’s a round up of all the April Fools jokes your favorite video game developers and publishers are pulling on you this year! Did we miss one? Let us know by leaving us a comment down below and we’ll do our best to add it on our roundup!
Roach DLC The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
CD Projekt Red released a new YouTube video to announce their Roach DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The video pokes fun of the various bugs reported on YouTube of the horse and even promises premium content for gamers.
Stronghold Kingdoms Now Available For Nokia 3310
Nokia is pretty well known for having a tough cellphone and today it’s known for having Firefly Studios successfully bringing Stronghold Kingdoms, a game they have been working on for the iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. Forget playing Snake endlessly now with the prototype of Stronghold Kingdoms is available!
Dark Souls III The Movie – For VHS
Bandai Namco Entertainment is adding fuel to the fire for their highly anticipated Dark Souls III release. The game is receiving a movie to help set the tone and mood of your upcoming adventure through a hellish world. However, the movie is set for only VHS and will release on April 12th! Enjoy the trailer posted about.
Diablo III Exclusive One Day Sale Items
Blizzard Entertainment has revealed some Diablo loot that you can only pick up today! Relax in some Hammer themed pajammers, snuggle with a Cow Portal pillow, walk your pet cat with the new Henri’s Perquistion cat harness, study the culinary arts with a Cookbook of Tyrael, or play with an Angry Chicken knitted doll.
Volition Changes Brand
According to the development studio Volition, creators of the Saints Row series, they will be changing their name to Violation with a new logo. Reasoning behind the change was due to having “widespread failure of our fans to spell our name correctly”.
Hearthstone The MMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV0twbU3IhA
If you love Hearthstone then you can now take the card battling game to an open world 3D adventure. Blizzard has released a new trailer for their Hearthstone MMO where gamers can see their favorite card characters come to life.
World of Warcraft Legion Alpha
Blizzard Entertainment has released the patch notes for their upcoming World of Warcraft expansion Legion. The new patch notes, which can be viewed in full here, talks about their need to reduce all buildings, structures, and foliage by 25% along with making Flight in Draenor 33% less controversial.
Starcraft Maximum Novadrive
Blizzard also created a browser game inspired by StarCraft. You can race along a Nova track on Vulture bike while avoiding other vehicles. Check it out right here and let us know what you think down below in the comment section.
