It is once again the first of April, that day of fools, beloved by few, hated by some, and ignored by most. Its arrival means it is time for yet another peek over at Blizzard to see what they are up to.
So I got online and checked their various web sites and whatever they have up for news in the launcher, and there wasn’t much there to spot.
In fact, the only thing I saw was in the World of Warcraft forums.
Over on the Azeroth front there is the usual joke patch notes are up in the forums, an April Fools staple, featuring a proposed new raid, class changes, new professions, and more, all wrapped up in some pop culture references.
The most consistent Blizzard April Fools feature
Otherwise there was nothing else I could spot. Blizzard has followed their usual plan of avoiding posting any news lest it be construed as an April Fools prank. Even the start of the next Diablo III season is set for tomorrow. I can’t even find the old April Fools archive page on their site now, though they did reorganize the whole thing, so it might still be in there somewhere.
Of course, it is early in the day still, so I’ll check back to see if anything else gets posted. And, if I have missed anything, you can drop a note in the comments.
Addendum:
- It appears that the googly eyes from last year are back in Overwatch.
But it seems that if you want to revel in some April Fools humor from Blizzard, with elaborate new features or whole new games, you will have to go back to previous years.
Past April Fools
- April 2009
- April 2010
- April 2011
- April 2012
- April 2013
- April 2014
- April 2015
- April 2016
- April 2017
- April 2018
- April 2019
- April 2021
Meanwhile, over in the world of EVE Online, they have an April Fools post up that rather twists the knife for a long requested feature; a gate from low sec to the Stain region. Bittersweet that one is.
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