{"id":4476,"date":"2021-03-03T07:15:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T07:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obilesky.com\/2021\/03\/03\/the-best-of-april-fools-day-2020-in-gaming\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T07:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T07:15:37","slug":"the-best-of-april-fools-day-2020-in-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/?p=4476","title":{"rendered":"The best of April Fools day 2020 in gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/sv4214rdbvj.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> System Requirements <\/p>\n<p> Optimum 1080p PC Build <\/p>\n<p>Low vs Ultra Screenshots<\/p>\n<p>GPU Performance Chart<\/p>\n<p>CPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p> GPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Comments <\/p>\n<p>Overwatch <\/p>\n<p>PC Demand<\/p>\n<p>#100+ <\/p>\n<p>Rate this game<\/p>\n<p>User Rating<br \/>\n7.63<\/strong> user review score. Average score out of 10, based on 217 review scores&#8221; style=&#8221;background: #4db53c&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\n7.63 <\/p>\n<p>Ok<\/p>\n<p>Not Ok<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-up-20810\" class=\"thumb-btn-20810 thumbUpClean    js--tooltip-item\" data-thumb-val=\"1\" title=\"I think Overwatch is well optimised\" data-gid=\"20810\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-down-20810\" class=\"thumb-btn-20810 thumbDownClean    js--tooltip-item\" data-thumb-val=\"-1\" title=\"I think Overwatch is not well optimised\" data-gid=\"20810\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Optimisation<br \/>\n9.2<\/strong> optimisation score. Average rating, based on 728 user ratings&#8221; style=&#8221;background: #4db53c&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\n9.2 <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s April Fools day! The time where everyone is confused about what\u2019s real and what\u2019s fake. Sometimes a good April Fools joke can be so outlandish that you instantly know it\u2019s not real, but you find it funny anyway. Others can be particularly nasty devils with just enough of this-could-possibly-be-real to make you second-guess your own personal judgement. But today we had some good ol\u2019 fashioned lighthearted romps rather than straight up \u2018pranks\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Many were calling for April Fools day to be cancelled this year, but I think we all need a bit of lighthearted fun at the moment to lift our spirits. We\u2019ve had a good chuckle at some of the April Fools jokes today, including making our own (guess which one <em>that<\/em> is!), but here\u2019s a good list of some of our favorites from today:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>For Honor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a game about semi-grand scale battles, Ubisoft decided to take the smaller approach\u2026 Literally with For Honor: Tiny Edition. There\u2019s something immensely satisfying about watching an overly-tiny character holding an overly-giant sword, it\u2019s just like Dark Souls! But just look at those little feet go!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h2><strong>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbygoogle scrolling-ad-item\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0052787453283862\" data-ad-slot=\"2741061911\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p>Call of Duty has had its fair share of small maps, from Rust to Nuketown, everyone knows their favorite small-scale map. That\u2019s why today Call of Duty has released a new game mode for Shipment, the extremely small map built for close encounters has gotten a 10v10 game mode. Yep, that\u2019s right, it&#8217;s exactly as it sounds&#8230; absolute <em>mayhem<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t able to find a good video of it as of writing this, but check out the link above which should take you to a tweet showing off some of the carnage.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Zombie Army Trilogy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Rebellion is not new to the idea of an April Fools day prank, but this year they went with something a little bit more light. Following in the footsteps of Dark Souls 3 back in 2013, Rebellion decided to try and port over their game into a slightly older console\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/vssyw5v4yv5.jpg\" title=\"Zombie Army Trilogy April Fools Day 2020 Nintendo Gameboy Cartridge\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/nd2j2vr1l0h.jpg\" title=\"Zombie Army Trilogy April Fools Day 2020 Nintendo Gameboy\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Platinum Games<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ever since Platinum Games announced their new studio and revealed the Wonderful 101 remaster, they\u2019ve been teasing that they have a total of 4 new projects. Since the first 3 were revealed we\u2019ve been wondering what the 4th one is, and it\u2019s finally here\u2026 Maybe, I think? It\u2019s a trailer\u2026 so possibly. But it\u2019s on April fools day\u2026 so it\u2019s a joke, right? Probably\u2026 Or is it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h2><strong>Crysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Even Crytek got in on the goofs today. Many fans have been begging for a remaster recently, and to their delight, Crytek updated both their facebook and official website with a new and improved Nomad suit from Crysis in glorious modern-day HD graphics. Except, when you inspect the site\u2019s code, a curious Meta tag pops up called \u201cApril Fool\u201d so, you know, it\u2019s probably a joke. Hopefully not, but it probably is. Maybe. Please don\u2019t be?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/juhw05jqqvf.jpg\" title=\"Crysis Remaster April Fools Day 2020\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/wipertjcgbl.jpg\" title=\"Crysis April Fools Day 2020 Meta Tag\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Overwatch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I had to save one of the best for one of the last, but Overwatch has outdone pretty much everyone in simplicity but also reward, because it\u2019s simply never not funny and never gets old. What have they done? They\u2019ve added googly eyes to every character. Yes, googly eyes. Blizzard, please keep this one? I don\u2019t want it to go away\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/eqw0b4mrnm4.jpg\" title=\"Overwatch April Fools Day 2020 Googly Eyes (1 of 3)\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/xzh4uxzehvq.jpg\" title=\"Overwatch April Fools Day 2020 Googly Eyes (2 of 3)\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-expandable-img\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/0515\/e2yqwhi0eov.jpg\" title=\"Overwatch April Fools Day 2020 Googly Eyes (3 of 3)\"><\/p>\n<p>Oh and don\u2019t think for a second that Hanzo\u2019s Dragon got left out\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h2><strong>PUBG<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lastly, this one got me good, because it pretty much became a reverse-April Fools prank on me. When I saw that headline and the first minute or so of the trailer I thought \u201cHey, that\u2019s pretty fun, good one PUBG\u201d and then I scrolled down to see an endless list of updates and actual information, only to find out that this a real, yes REAL, game mode coming to the popular Battle Royale game. So yeah, thought it was fake, turned out to be real, so it was a reverse-April Fools prank, yeah? How many of you unashamedly also thought the same?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>So those were the best ones we knew about so far! Do let us know if you spotted any yourself as I\u2019m sure we missed a few! 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