Today is April 1, also known as April Fools' Day. Some companies make fake game announcements, others make real ones, and every piece of information is treated with incredible scrutiny. The fake game announcement has been a classic in the g...

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, 'Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again.'" - George W. Bush. PlatinumGames has announced that Sol Cresta, ...

April Fools' Day. My Favourite. When your job is writing news, and the annual day of w-w-w-wackiness rolls around, it's frankly a pain in the ass. This is especially true of recent years, when companies have taken to revealing very real pro...

It's a weird time right now. A lot of planned April Fools' jokes probably didn't hit that send button after the coronavirus took hold (even Sega of Japan was like, "we're not doing it this year" and Capcom was a bit more somber), but w...

WayForward Games, in collaboration with publisher Humble, has surprise-released goofy shmup Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse Bouche on Nintendo Switch. The colourful, tongue-in-cheek title is available to download from the Nintendo eShop right...

Not all April Fool's Day stunts are born out of a desire to deceive. Sometimes they're born out of actual ambition. That's the case with this painful prank from Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom developer FDG Entertainment and the DuckTale...

Today was the day that Platinum Games was expected to drop the final reveal of the fabled "Platinum4," a quartet of announcements about the Bayonetta developer's future plans. Early this morning, Platinum made good on its word, with a new t...

PUBG is the original realistic military battle royale. While each of the major battle royale games take a slightly different approach, PUBG is the one that can most claim it's rooted in realism and survival. No abilities, no craf...

My favorite kind of April Fools’ joke is where developers create mock-ups for products so ridiculous they’ll probably never exist. It's even better when they actually release that product and it ends up being great! In the video...

Whenever something is announced on April 1, you have to take it with a grain of salt. Lots of publishers and developers like to have fun by announcing things that will never see the light of day, regardless of how cool they may be. Others l...

April Fools' Day wouldn't be complete without a cute little time-waster of a game from Google, and this year, we can play a rendition of Snake directly inside the Google Maps app on iOS and Android. You can access Snake right in your browse...

April Fools is here again, and for some the best way to fight the weaponization of it in the games industry is to log off the 'net entirely. I totally get it, even if I'm used to triple-checking things and even if April Fools jokes occasion...

Welcome back to Comments of the Week 45! Wait, 45? Wasn't that last week? Yep! But considering that it was April Fools we couldn't help but join in on the pranks with the ooktar-centric CotW last week. But fret not! We didn't forget about a...

During the Top Eight of yesterday's Street Fighter V NorCal Regionals, Capcom relayed to the stream's commentary team that a balance update was coming to the flagship fighter this week. The commentators were instructed to specifically menti...

Another year, another set of April Fools, and this time it was over the weekend and on Easter Sunday. It kind of took the wind out of a lot of people's sails, but a lot of publishers managed to get something out anyway. A few of those "some...

I can't praise the original VA-11 HALL-A enough. Charming retro visuals, bopping tunes and lovable characters combined to create a terrific bar-tending experience. Despite the generally terrible circumstances of the cast, it ended up b...

Just kidding. It's actually Trio the Punch.

GAZE UPON THIS RELIC, THIS ANTIQUATED TOTEM OF HUMANITY. SEE ITS TAUNTING SMILE AND ITS INFERNAL PHYSIQUE. BASK IN SHAME AS IT LAUGHS AND CRIES AT WHIM, WITH TOTAL DISREGARD FOR SCIENCE OR LOYALTY. IT SHALL HEAVE ITS INNARDS WITH PROJECTILE...

Local rap group "Trio The Punch" will be headlining the "Mr. Destructoid First Annual Rap Festival" in Miami, Florida this year! Taking inspiration from nerd rap legends The Beastie Boys, the group is primarily a cover band with creative in...

We’ve received reports that a deranged man was spotted in a nearby public park wearing only his underwear while threatening people with a sword. As if that wasn’t enough, he then proceeded to douse the weapon in gasoline and set...

When people think about heroes going on epic quests to save the world from total destruction, the obvious beats come to mind; the dangerous foes threatening life at every turn, the arduous tasks required to prove one's strength and valor, t...

Justin was like any other kid growing up in the '90s; he idolized the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He spent his Saturday mornings watching the latest episodes before running outside to reenact his favorite scenes. He recalls fond memories ...

Toy manufacturing companies the world over have come out this week in support of greater protections for intellectual property rights. This comes in the wake of several incidents in which vigilante mobs have borrowed slogans from such compa...

Police reported late today that an area man was seen desecrating a local graveyard. Some believe it to be the same man suspected in today's slew of man on sheep violence, but authorities have not confirmed any connection.  The strange ...

Increasing reports of violent altercations between swarms of pink bouncing sheep and miscellaneous monsters stacked on one anothers' heads have area residents fearful. Local authorities have urged calm on the matter and encouraged resi...