Uh oh: Helldivers 2 players glimpse cloaked warships over Automaton planets, and I’m not convinced it’s an April Fools’ thing

What you need to know In the aftermath of a historic victory against the Automatons on Malevelon Creek, Helldivers 2 players have begun to spot mysterious cloaked warships in orbit above bot-controlled planets. Various screenshots of the vessels are shown or linked to below. Notably, they’re very hard to spot unless they’re visible against a […]

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Minecraft’s April Fools’ joke was so good, people are angry that it isn’t real content

What you need to know Minecraft, released in 2011, is what many consider to be the greatest sandbox game ever created. Today, Minecraft received an April Fool’s update, titled the Poisonous Potato Update. Users are calling for the update to remain, while some wish the actual updates were better. Gamers are split, with a few […]

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This $100 price drop on one of the best handhelds for Xbox Game Pass and native PC gaming is no April Fools Joke

Last year in 2023, ASUS debuted the ASUS ROG Ally, a handheld gaming console built to compete against the ever popular Steam Deck handheld. It is a powerful device capable of playing Xbox and PC video games both locally and online cloud gaming. The ASUS ROG Ally normally fetches a hefty MSRP of $499.99. However, […]

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Minecraft Legends is an amazing action-strategy game that only fools will overlook

2023 is both an exciting and gently terrifying year for video games. Backlogs are expanding to frightening proportions, while the calendar is bursting at the seams, struggling to contain the seemingly ceaseless release cadence of new titles. A lot of great games are bound to be buried in the avalanche, but there’s one game that […]

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Overwatch 2’s Ashe was so OP in the April Fools’ patch that Blizzard disabled her

What you need to know In Overwatch 2’s new April Fools’ Day mode, each of the game’s heroes have gotten some silly and overpowered buffs. Ashe, though, is particularly busted due to a bug with her buff that makes her Dynamite burn deal four times the damage it’s supposed to. This, on top of the […]

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Here are Overwatch 2’s ‘very serious’ April Fools’ Day patch notes

What you need to know For April Fools’ Day, Overwatch 2 developer Blizzard typically updates the game so that every hero has animated googly eyes on their face. This year, the studio has gone above and beyond by also updating Arcade Mode with a huge number of silly balance changes that significantly alter what each […]

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Could this Xbox Series S Toaster be a real Microsoft appliance or just an April Fool’s prank?

What you need to know Twitter user @GyoJvfr tweeted about a supposed Xbox Series S Toaster and included pictures with specs. This alleged appliance will supposedly sell for 60 Euros and fit two slices of bread. Whether this is a joke or an actual product is unclear.  If you’re an Xbox fan, then you remember […]

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This Fake Skin Fools Mosquitoes—to Fight the Diseases They Spread

The world’s deadliest animal is a picky eater. Because they transmit viral diseases like Zika and chikungunya, and the parasites that cause malaria, mosquitoes like blood-sucking Aedes aegypti are responsible for over 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. But in Omid Veiseh’s lab at Rice University, his team of bioengineers was struggling to get mosquitoes to eat. Typically, researchers […]

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These are the best (and worst) video game April Fools’ Day jokes of 2022

April Fools’ Day is dreaded by journalists everywhere, and it has arrived once again to force us to navigate a veritable minefield laden with corporation-endorsed jokes and pranks, all for the fear-induced promise that one legitimate announcement we can’t afford to miss will hide in its midst. We accept our fate year over year; rather […]

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