Today in Joystiq: April 1, 2008

by Ross Miller { Apr 1st 2008 at 11:59PM }

We hope you enjoyed our Second Annual Star Wars Reference Day. Did you catch all the Droid jokes? (The one above is, erm, a "freebie") No? We'll give you a solutions guide tomorrow. Check out the highlights for today:

April Fools' Alerts
Alert #1: Blizzard adds bards, brings WoW to consoles
Alert #2: The Double Bass controller
Alert #3: Legend of Zelda movie by IGN
Alert #4: Xbox 360 Wireless Helmet, The Board Game, Vintage Edition, et al
Alert #5: Super Pii Pii Brothers
Alert #6: The Great Webcomic Switcheroo
Alert #7: Chris Tucker in GTA IV
Alert #8: Kia launches a Wii-driven car
Alert #9: Middle-Earth invaded by fowl creatures
Alert #10: Wii Sports on iPhone and utter obsolescence
Alert #11: Bungie 's Mister Chief visible from the (virtual) stars
Alert #12: Rock Band Kart 2008
Alert #13: 3D, physics-based Tetris on WiiWare
Alert #14: How the MMOs get their prank on
Alert #15: A potpourri of nonsense

Joystiquery
Counting Rupees: The business of politics
Joystiq impressions: Iron Man (Xbox 360)
The best of WoW Insider: March 26-31, 2008

News
GameTap Thursday: Mardi kicks up DiRT and Pop-A-Tronic Warlords
Reminder: Xbox Live scheduled for maintenance
Chocobo's Dungeon kweh-ming to North America in July
GTA IV cleared by BBFC, 'no cuts made'
Xbox 360 nearing two million sold in UK
Rare offers (mostly fake) Banjo Kazooie plots
Metal Gear Solid 4, Assassin's Creed find love on the battlefield
Happy (belated) 10th birthday to StarCraft
ESRB launches ratings widget
Steam adding Assassin's Creed, over 40 other titles from Ubisoft
Call of Duty 4 map pack delayed a week, now hitting XBL April 10
Harmonix confirms 'Still Alive' will be free 'indefinitely'
Stormfront Studios shutting down
Guitar Hero III squeezes out version for BlackBerry

Rumors & Speculation
Is 'Ice Rage' the next Mortal Kombat game ... or a prank?
Rumor: Lite-On bringing Blu-ray drives to 360
Final Fantasy IV coming to North America ... maybe

Culture & Community
This week, you probably Do Know Jack
April Fools pranks that make Nintendo fans cry

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Defiler @ Apr 2nd 2008 12:18AM

The funniest April Fools was when they said the ps3 had actually surpassed the 360 in sales and game content wich was funny as a heart attack, theres no way the ps3 is ever going to beat the 360 when it cant even run Unreal Engine 3 and games get delayed and cancelled lol

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994) @ Apr 2nd 2008 12:29AM

bah! troll be gone with ye

Vegnagun bwf @ Apr 2nd 2008 12:51AM

unfunny troll is unfunny

ScottyGEE32 @ Apr 2nd 2008 1:19AM

What is wrong with you?
What is wrong with everyone who pretends to be like this or is actually serious about these things?

-.-

My mind is obviously too slow and weak to comprehend such actions.

Ross Miller @ Apr 2nd 2008 1:19AM

I think you mean "unfunny troll is banned" because that's what he is.

Lone Starr @ Apr 2nd 2008 1:23AM

"Despite its awesome abilities, the Defiler has a key weakness: the complete lack of a physical attack. This leaves the Defiler very vulnerable and should it be caught unescorted, even a simple Drone, SCV, or Probe can put an end to the Defiler threat. Because of this, the Defiler should always be in the company of friendly support units. If the occasion ever arises where the Defiler is alone, it should use the Burrow ability to hide and recharge its energy stores safely. "

How fitting.