April Fools makes for a very fun day in the industry and all across the Internets. Some of the jokes were pretty good; some, not so much. What was your favorite joke from April Fools this year, videogame-related or not?
Nick talks to Volition about Red Faction, Ghostbusters is coming to the PSP, the original Silent Hill is being remade for the Wii, a new Jak & Daxter was announced, The Saboteur‘s Web site was launched and plenty more happened on 04/01/09.
Destructoid Originals:
Talking Red Faction and blowing s**t up with Volition
Community:Community Blogs of 04/01/09Forum of the day: Show your mad skills, fellow Graphic Designers and Artists!
April Fools!:Floss the pharaoh: Egyptian Dental Fair comes to Nintendo DS360 Oblivion content half off, ‘Horse Armor’ more expensiveBREAKING: Hidden tomb discovered in EgyptBREAKING: Digging in Egypt complete, tomb to be opened todayDestructoid Contest: Win a copy of Egyptian Dental Fair!Fake Watch: On-going April Fool’s 2009 hoax listThinkgeek debuts fully functional Portal t-shirtsBREAKING: Liveblogging the opening of Tutan-Ramen’s tombRed Faction: Guerrilla Ostrich Hammer isn’t real, should beAtlus tragedy! Raiho plushies stolen by piratesForget Zeno Clash – ACE Team releases an awesome new gameI-Mockery presents Tetris: Online Charity EditionWii Fit knows you’re sensitive about your weight, cares notAn 8-bit version of Dark Void? I would buy this thing!
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News:A racket indeed: Tons of Godfather II DLC announcedRetail art reveals first tracks from Rock Band Unplugged
Sega brings the fever with Puyo Puyo 7
Reggie: Used games are bad for customers
PS2 version of Ghostbusters getting ported to PSPRock Band/Star Trek promotion is not an April Fools’ joketri-Ace working on new RPG called … ‘new RPG’Tons of new Final Fantasy XIII details pop upForget shooting games, it’s the driving ones that’ll get youSony expresses doubt about OnLive gaming serviceinFamous music score revealed: Amon Tobin confirmedRumortoid: Lord of the Rings Online headed to Xbox 360Get PSP imports through Hong Kong’s PlayStation StoreTwisted Pixel explodes things with new IP, ‘Splosion ManLittleBigPlanet has a large amount of user-generated levels
Galleries:Breaking: Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier announcedHave some new Scratch: The Ultimate DJ screensWe know almost nothing about Frictional Games’ ‘Unknown’No April Fool: Silent Hill Wii, titled Shattered Memories‘The’ added to Pandemic’s The Saboteur, site launched
Videos:PSN, WiiWare title Explodemon! looks explosively awesomeDragon Age has zombies, new screens prove it (Update)Let’s Hitchhike for WiiWare possibly most amazing game ever
