April First - The Argh, The But, and the Also!
By PhatSeeJay 9 Comments
ARGH!
This April fools has been a surprisingly cruel one to me. Well there hasn't been anything bad aimed towards me personally but one of the video game sites here in Sweden, a site I read regularly, decided to pull a big prank on their readers. I don't know, maybe they hate having readers? They have formed an HQ for the news around Battlefield 3 and most of the readers to FZ are Swedes and extra interested in what DICE is up to, they're naturally excited about anything they write about the game. That was until April fools, that is.They posted a piece of news, basically saying that due to the better sales on the console version of Bad Company 2, DICE have been forced to re-prioritize and only use portions of DX11 instead of the previously full support.
Sure it was an April fools scare and after calming down a bit I came to the conclusion that it couldn't be correct. But it just felt so to the point and they even quoted Karl Magnus Troedsson. Just felt like FZ gave the readers the middle finger. It's one thing to exaggerate news or lie about things coming to a game. But blatantly lying about something that many PC players are anxious about already.
I guess all is fair in War and April but still... When actual news hit on April 1, it sure as hell ain't easy taking anything seriously.
BUT!
One of the funnier ones, though, was Prisjakt's prank. Prisjakt is a site that list you all Swedish retailers and when you search for a product it'll show you the cheapest one. Well for April 1, Prisjakt decided to add Piratebay to the list when you searched for PC games and Movies. All for 0:-, of course. I found that prank to be hilarious.
- Minecraft's Item Store
- Star Wars: The Old Republic localized for wookies
- Blizzard brings forth their shenanigans as usual
- Steelseries' new headgear
So I certainly had a lot of good laughs from this year's April Fools and I hope you guys did too!
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