April Fools' Alert #1: Blizzard adds bards, brings WoW to consoles

by Justin McElroy { Apr 1st 2008 at 8:35AM }

We warned you yesterday that Blizzard couldn't be trusted on the first day of April, but zut alors have they ever outdone themselves this year with no fewer than four separate pranks! If there's an alternate reality version of you who's equally dorky but much, much more gullible, he's about to pee himself.

For instance, did you know that Lich King would be adding an awesome bard class to World of Warcraft or that WoW was coming to consoles with the decidedly old school Molten Core (there's even a trailer!)? Well, you must have heard about Tauren marines in StarCraft II, right? You haven't even seen Diablo II: Loot Pinata?

In case you're wondering what Blizzard is doing with the hundreds of millions they're earning from World of Warcraft ... it's this. It's just this.

Tags: aprilfools08, blizzard, world-of-warcraft, wow

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Superstar90 @ Apr 1st 2008 8:39AM

Lol @ the NOT MILK groin box!

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ Apr 1st 2008 11:40AM

i second that lol.

Gouken82 @ Apr 2nd 2008 1:47AM

the one that i like the most is the one of The Legend Of
Zelda is freaking cool

Nigeria: Cody ChesnuTT Defense Force @ Apr 1st 2008 8:40AM

Urg, this is going to be a long day.

baby sea tuna @ Apr 1st 2008 8:46AM

Holy shit! I'm impressed at how much work they put into those fake pages. I'll usually just plastic wrap a toilet bowl or something and call it a day...

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 1st 2008 9:10AM

LMAO!!! Funny stuff there tuna. =O

wre3 @ Apr 1st 2008 8:49AM

Yeah. That's great. Great job Blizzard. Why don't you spend your time making an actual MMO for consoles instead of creating lame ass jokes about it. Sheesh.

VoLiTioN @ Apr 1st 2008 9:01AM

Get a sense of humor.

Dan @ Apr 1st 2008 9:50AM

You have no child-hood... I pity you..

Mills and Boom @ Apr 1st 2008 10:12AM

Okay, so disregard the point he was making.

I agree. It would be nice to see WoW on a console. Wii, 360. Any of the popular machines and it could be a big hit.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Apr 1st 2008 10:43AM

The amount of retooling you'd have to do for wow's interface alone would be staggering.

That said, a guy can dream.

lysernix @ Apr 1st 2008 9:01AM

Those Tauren Marines rock. They obliterated that Terran outpost... I want some...

riggs @ Apr 1st 2008 9:02AM

IT HAS BEGUN!

/shang tsung

Geist @ Apr 1st 2008 12:45PM

TOASTY!

/Dan Forden

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Apr 1st 2008 3:25PM

COME'ERE!!!

/Scorpion

Paul @ Apr 1st 2008 9:10AM

I can see the Tauren Marines making it into StarCraft II. After all, they got Terran Marines into WC III.

Blazur @ Apr 1st 2008 11:54AM

That unit will no doubt be in the campaign editor, and if we're all lucky a secret cow level buried somewhere in the single player campaign. Oh man that would be sweet...

Homer 918 @ Apr 1st 2008 9:19AM

Oh that console part is just low...some people are gonna be pissed when they see that.

Garcian_Smith @ Apr 1st 2008 9:22AM

'Has Sound' - that part was the clincher. Awesome pranks, Blizzard.

NATO_Duke @ Apr 1st 2008 12:01PM

That was pretty damn funny.

I also enjoyed: :Blizzard's World of Warcraft: The Molten Core Collector's Edition, also announced today, will include tinted cellophane TV overlays, further increasing the array of colors available to players."

Agro bears FTW!!

Geist @ Apr 1st 2008 12:45PM

Dude, you have 8 UNIQUE directions to move. What's not awesome about this game?

dave @ Apr 1st 2008 9:29AM

What is with this industry and April fools? I blame EGM for starting this crap. Could you imagine if other industries follow suit?

riggs @ Apr 1st 2008 9:42AM

i would have a much better day.

aristokrat @ Apr 1st 2008 9:31AM

Nice touches on the armor. USDA, Udder Chaos, etc.

I guess that makes the guy atop him the driver, or maybe even a steer controller?

Nyuk. nyuk, nyuk...

Dan @ Apr 1st 2008 9:53AM

You wanna knock off Christmas while you at it?? Companies offering certain goodies or free stuff for everyone to enjoy one day....never...BLASPHEMY!?!
Jeez....

Alexisonfire @ Apr 1st 2008 9:54AM

In b4 "You Spoony Bard" references.

baby sea tuna @ Apr 1st 2008 9:59AM

Oh shit, fire!

*grabs extinguisher and puts Alex out*

Dan @ Apr 1st 2008 9:55AM

^--- Was targeted to Dave.

Skewed Perspective @ Apr 1st 2008 9:58AM

Don't forget that one year the April's fools came true!
Goblin Tinker in Warcraft III anyone?

severian00 @ Apr 1st 2008 10:02AM

I can't wait to play Molton Core in glorius 192i resolution and the fact that it has sound, that is just awesome.

dave @ Apr 1st 2008 10:17AM

If i want to read fake news i will read the onion. I am not a fan of filtering through a whole EGM to realize that it's the april issue and some of the stuff i read might not be true (At least game informer has a separate section).

I find it to be a lame waste of time.