April Fools' Day 2010 roundup
Every year, the of news slows to an absolute halt on the 1st of April. Media outlets and game publishers alike release the comics through fake stories, fake games, and fake announcements to celebrate April Fools day. Usually, the jokes are clear, but sometimes, one can fool some people, such like the case of a Dutch website did this week,WoW cataclysm Gold with an imitation announcement to Xbox 360 slim. Xbox 360 slim.
As usual, Blizzard tainment went big this year, with the launch of an untrue dating service on Battle.net. The tagline for the matchmaking service is "someone to take on the novices," and it resembles similar online dating sites like Match.com and eHarmony.com. A promotional video also praises the service, explaining that Battle.net's "matchmaking method" will allow lonely users to meet a person with the same level of expertise. In the process of trying to find a match however, triggers with a series of absurd message ("PC"Load Letter") in the form of a search status bar fills up and refills...and refills indefinitely.
Blizzard is looking to help you discover the bloodelf of your dreams.
Cataclysm Classic Gold players also might be aware the character models they had on www.wowarmory.com were replaced by that of a Tuskarr, also known as an human-like whale. Blizzard did not stop there, however. The company also posted a webpage to promote fake iPhone successor to the 1994 DOS as well as SNES platformer Blackthorne that was later portable to Sega 32x Mac and Game Boy Advance. The game is modeled after an action from the 1980s. sequel Blackthorne 2: Thorne Harder is sure to have mid-'90s quality graphics, however it'll feature modern-day tools. Blizzard has announced that it will include "Twitter along with Facebook integration that automatically posts updates for every opponent you take out. Your friends will be thankful."
