It’s April 1, and you know what that means.
Yeah, you do. It means that the gaming industry is having a jolly good time playing pranks on its consumers. These are 10 of this year’s best gaming pranks we dug up. Happy April Fools’ Day!
1. Tanks on the Moon
From April 3 – 5, the custom map Moon River and new Lunar mode is available for World of Tanks. Gravity gets the boot, there’s a special version of the M-24 Chaffee and its cannon is replaced with a laser blaster.
2. Agri Birds
Have you ever wanted to play an Angry Birds RPG where the birds give up taking down the pigs for a life of agricultural farm work? Well, now you can!
3. Hanako – Samurai Pillow Fight
A new game “mode” for Hanako – Soul of the Samurai takes a walk on the brighter side of life by replacing your swords with fluffy pillows.
4. Dying Light has superpowers
According to this PSA, Dying Light players who celebrate April Fools Day by playing today will receive a leg-up on their flesh eating undead foes.
5. Hitler busts a move in Zombie THRILLogy
It’s Hitler dancing with a zombie army. Need we say more?