9 best April Fool\u2019s gaming jokes of all-time Blizzard EntertainmentGaming and April Fool\u2019s Day go hand-in-hand, as there have been countless examples of developers and publishers pulling off elaborate jokes to fool fans. Here are some of the best April Fool\u2019s pranks in gaming from down the years. Like Christmas, Halloween, or even Valentine\u2019s Day, April Fool\u2019s Day is a one-day-only affair that distances itself from all the other regular days in the calendar. When it crosses paths with gaming, it can be absolute magic for even just 24 hours. Everyone loves a well-thought-out April Fool\u2019s gag, and some of the world\u2019s leading brands from Overwatch to LEGO have all been involved in one way or another. So let\u2019s run through some of the best examples of April Fool\u2019s Day clashing with gaming and pick out the most memorable pranks. Best gaming April Fool\u2019s Day pranks From goats appearing on the big screen to unbelievably retro football, the best April Fool\u2019s gaming jokes really do range from the wacky to the wonderful. Check out each entry below along with a short description of what each stunt entailed. 1. PlayStation Flow You know those annoying swimming levels in gaming? Well, wouldn\u2019t they be cooler if you actually had to mimic them yourself? That\u2019s what PlayStation Flow promised, but despite the very convincing advert and promotion, it was nothing more than an April Fool\u2019s day hoax. 2. Football Manager 1888 Football Manager is a success year-on-year as fans all around the world get to assume the reins of a football club and enforce the advice they shower the TV with every week. Football Manager 1888 was announced on April 1, 2020, but as you can guess, ye olde football was just a brilliant joke. 3. Overwatch googly eyes Overwatch 2 carries on the cartoony, somewhat serious nature of Blizzard\u2019s incredible Hero shooter, but back in April 2021, the devs went a bit kooky with the original. See, they made it so that every hero could be equipped with a pair of googly eyes, and it made matches both hectic and hilarious. 4. Touch Grass keys At one point or another, you might have heard the expression to go outside and \u201ctouch grass.\u201d Well on April 1, 2022, HyperX took this one step further and jokingly advertised a keyboard with all-new \u201cGrass keycaps,\u201d and we can\u2019t imagine how impractical they would\u2019ve been if they were real. 5. New Twitch categories The meteoric rise of Twitch has been helped in part thanks to games such as Just Chatting. Twitch decided to go all in on 2022\u2019s April Fools by including \u2018new\u2019 categories for users to enjoy: Pizza Time, Silent Reading, Character Creation, Chores, Odd Jobs & Errands, and Literally Just Chatting. 6. Diablo makeover It didn\u2019t change too much, but Diablo underwent a bizarre makeover in 2022, and it was quite a drastic swerve compared to its traditional heaven and hell theme. With Diablo 4 set to lead the franchise\u2019s future, we can\u2019t imagine it\u2019ll be incorporating this kind of permanent theme anytime soon. 7. LEGO Halo There seems to have been a LEGO version of almost everything at this point, especially where games are concerned. Halo fans thought they were getting something special at one point after it was announced that LEGO Halo was on the way, but you already know how that ends. 8. Dark Ciders The award for the best-named April Fool\u2019s joke has to go to Dark Ciders \u2013 a play on the Darksiders series. Described as \u201cartisanal beverages,\u201d the made-up drinks were a great tie-in to the action-adventure games. 9. Goat Simulator: The Musical Motion Picture We have saved the best till last \u2013 Goat Simulator on the big screen. The original game was bigger and better than it had any right to be and its creators teased everyone with a full-scale movie with Jackass\u2019 Steve-O at the helm. We so wish this was true, but for the time being, it\u2019s just another cruel April Fool\u2019s joke. If you enjoyed this fun list and want to see even more cool and creative original content, we have a bunch of other features for you to check out below: 12 best MMO games to play in 2023 | The 15 best Pokemon cards ever, ranked from 1999 Base Set to Scarlet & Violet | All Resident Evil games in order | 11 best Switch RPGS to play in 2023: Zelda, Pokemon, Fire Emblem | Best Xbox Game Pass games for console & PC | Best Soulslike games to play in 2023 ranked | Best free games to download & play on PC, PS5, Xbox or Nintendo Switch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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