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Fake Watch: On-going April Fool's 2009 hoax list photo

Oh, Internets. You and your silly April Fool's Day jokes. We would never do anything like that. We're far too serious. To combat this nonsense, Destructoid has collected all the April Fool's Day hoaxes we could find as a public service, presented here in one easy-to-manage list. We'll be updating this list throughout the day, so keep us posted if you see anything.

Best gaming AFD jokes:

Not-so-funny gaming-related AFD ones:

  • Taito: a press release on Space Invaders and bringing the quarter back
  • Gameloft: press release announces The Oregon Trail: Origins - cave men going west
  • Blizzard: new character, Archivist

Ones that had us fooled but were true:

There's even more internet nonsense after the jump, including the non-gaming stuff. More is coming throughout the day.

Best non-gaming internet-related AFD jokes:

Funny tech-related AFD hoaxes:

And the not-so-funny non-gaming ones:


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DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:38
DaedHead8
A TMNT MMO needs to happen or my life will never be compete.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:39
MrSadistic
The Pirate Bay sorta had a funny joke about the site being bought out by Warner Bros.
Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:40
Diverse
I can't believe Brian Crecente's Hair Palace is still in business.

Also, YTMND has the best AFD joke going on now.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:44
Tubatic
I'm so rolling an Archivist. "I've Dropped Knowledge."
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:47
wardrox
You forgot about the Daily Mail's Editor having Console Porn on his work PC, causing him to run from the building in shame. :P

Also, Reddit.com's Reddigg has been my favourite so far today.
Half left's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:47
Half left
What diverse said^

Also don't forget NG's totally lame and rubbish ones.

>.>
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:49
Mr Wrighty 987
lol @ Metal Gear Campbell
dip's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 12:53
dip
You can add the Jak & Daxter for PSP and PS2.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:02
loki d20
Found archivist to be funnier than pimp my ride.
naia-the-gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:05
naia-the-gamer
Mega Man Network announced Mega Man X9, and someone in my household was VERY disappointed.

FARK.com also has The New FARK Experience coming April 2nd.
The Incredible Edible Egg's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:12
The Incredible Edible Egg
Nintendo Wii Fit is broken
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:17
Takeshi
You forgot the Killzone ones. Yes, they've got two. Killzone: Pixelation and Play as Visari in multiplayer. KZ: Pix you play on a Pocketstation and in order to look like Visari you need to tilt the controller and type in a ridiculous long code, when you click on 'more info' you'll see a Killzowned video.

Call me an idiot but I'd love that Killzone Pix game.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:19
Chronic Logic
You can always count on Google making good April Fool's Day jokes.
Palidi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:22
Palidi
Lol, Kojima's joke was win.

In other Metal Gear joke news, all characters in Metal Gear Online(save the special characters) have voices of the opposite genders(those damn trannys). It's not that great of a prank, but interesting nonetheless.
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:23
Kalmah
Also, Killzone2.com has "revealed" Scholar Visari and Radec as Secret Playable characters in Multiplayer with 2 large button combinations that I so frantically tried in hopes of it being the real thing. Nothing.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:29
atastysammich
A TMNT MMO actually sounds like a fun idea. But maybe they should wait until they start making TMNT games that are fun again.
VGMari's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:43
VGMari
Also: Aktrez made me SHIT BRICKS when I saw this:

http://www.girlsentertainmentnetwork.com/new-gen-changes/

I lol'd
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:47
ParaParaKing
You forgot about the new NeoGeo game Star Radish! That site has amazing music.
odber's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 13:51
odber
There was a nice April fool's joke on a finnish gaming site. Apparently the site was caught in a time vortex and was send 20 years to the past. So all the news articles are now filled with nostalgic news from Atari, Amiga, SNES announcement and a review of Sim city etc.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 14:01
BlackFreefall
Nice picture. What are you implying? That Paris Hilton is a ...
zanthox's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 14:09
zanthox
The Archivist isn't funny but that portal one was? Man you craaazy! Thanks for making the list though!
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 14:15
Magnalon
EZ TV in my opinion had the best April fools joke. Normally a TV Show torrent site, they changed their entire layout to sports, and upped like 100 sports torrents.
SuitcoatAvenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 14:29
SuitcoatAvenger
I don't play Starcraft, but I would play it for the Terratron.

NO LION ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.
Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 14:42
Midgetsnowman
I'd so totally buy Alpine Legend.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 14:53
Kyousuke Nanbu
http://gonintendo.com/?p=77596#respond

May or not be a hoax.
cannedpasta's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 14:54
cannedpasta
How about the new Skate 2 DLC coming out tomorrow?
http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/2107.html
Aughndibi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 15:28
Aughndibi
YTMND has my personal favorite. They changed the look of the entire homepage, and I find it highly amusing. It's not game-related, but still great.
Aughndibi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 15:29
Aughndibi
Ah, damn it. YTMND was already mentioned. I lose.
Aughndibi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 15:35
Aughndibi
Also, I REALLY wanted those Portal shirts to be real.

ThinkGeek also had a USB pet rock, a unicorn energy drink, and an ice dagger mold for sale, among other things.
bluexy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 15:52
bluexy
Photobucket has a generally funny Lawn Gnome theme going on on their frontpage.
I Predict A Ryan's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 16:29
I Predict A Ryan
God damn it! I'd love a TMNT MMO!
oberoi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 17:20
oberoi
This april fools joke made me laugh the hardest!

http://wikicheats.gametrailers.com/index.php/Duke_Nukem_Forever_-_XB360_PS3
Castro's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 18:09
Castro
@oberoi

I was JUST about to post that myself. Awesome. I seriously hope that they use the walrus boss in the actual game assuming that the actual game comes out.
peachboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 18:54
peachboy
what about onlive? was that not a giant april fools joke?
Anansi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 21:36
Anansi
My fav is the wow forums: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=10001&sid=1

Just read some of the posts.
Zero Atma's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 21:46
Zero Atma
Somebody sent the Mega Man Network a fake report of Mega Man X9 being announced, 16-bit style. As a HUGE MMX fan, I am thoroughly not amused
grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 22:24
grafkhun
http://www.newgrounds.com/

PRC can bask in penis jokes and bewbs! world peace confirmed. I love NG.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/01/2009 22:31
Monodi
@grafkhun

Beat me to it! Newgrounds was secretly ran by pinkos!
Ali D's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2009 03:26
Ali D
the Australian version of Kotaku had a couple of believeable ones. I did believe that the , but thankfully it's not true. [url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/04/guitar_hero_oz_rawk_coming_to_an_rsl_near_you.html]They also had a Guitar Hero: OZ Rawks game "confirmed" but that was looking shite anyway.

The Valve "Jarate" thing is brilliant, only because as a foreigner living in Australia I can confirm that they do indeed throw jars of urine at each other.
silverboot's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2009 10:28
silverboot
God, the Archivist was hilarious.
rbrooks's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2009 11:13
rbrooks
the archivist was funny....the stupid videos are hilarious. He dies in one hit...if you read they made this char because people were asking if they would get to play dekard cane in D3. SO they made a hero like Decard, who dies instantly and only reads.
msmith's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 01:59
msmith
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