when it comes to the quality of pranks
in the games industry this year was one
for the books
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 April Fool’s 2018 gaming pranks
[Music]
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
looking at some of the different gags
our favorite gaming companies pulled for
number 10 B the machine project venom v2
Razer introducing project venom v2 do
you ever feel you aren’t the best you
could be your favorite online game are
those hardcore gamers getting you down
with their pro level skill well Razer
almost had a product just for you in
this obviously fake commercial the
gaming computer manufacturer revealed a
serum that makes you play games at your
maximum potential as much as we wish the
product were real we can agree that this
would be far too dangerous for our
health and those around us we’ll just
stick with the coffee
number nine the official Sonic
collection Sega I think you mean Sonic
know it says sanic right here this may
take a minute with a meme as legendary
as Sonic the you think Sega would have
acknowledged this a lot sooner
thankfully this year the official Sonic
the Hedgehog Twitter revealed Sonic
merchandise that you can purchase from
Sega shop with a link that contains the
phrase it’s totally real we were
expecting a Rick roll or some other
trolling video nope you can legit buy
sonic merchandise from Sega of course
the team made its way onto the
bestseller list
honestly we aren’t sure if we should be
surprised that that happened
[Music]
number eight smites new character Fenrir
hi-rez studios the next god this my
community has long joked about the
release of this character each patch was
accompanied by forum posts ironically
asking when’s Fenrir coming out well for
those of you who know how to milk a joke
dry his true build is finally coming out
oh so we thought high res revealed that
Fenrir will be the next god
but he’s coming with an entirely
different move set he’ll be able to
fetch projectiles electrocute enemies
with his shot color and even mark his
territory lovely oh and his ultimate
immediately ends the game with everyone
earning a victory clearly this would
have been a broken character but there
are many of us smite players who wish
this was a real thing
number seven League of Legends April
foods riot games we could always use
more skins for our favorite champions
when Riot Games announced the April
Foods event we weren’t exactly sure
whether this were real or fake severe
would be given a piece of delivery Gill
outfit and galia would get a chicken
costume on top of that kog’maw’s could
be customized to look more like pugs
very cute luckily this turned out to be
real and now we can get even sillier on
our League of Legends games seriously
don’t kick us for spamming that chicken
dance please number six shovel knight 64
Yacht Club games okay this one was
really clever citing a number of fan
requests the folks over at yak Club
games finally caved and decided to give
the people what they so desperately been
asking for with a twist while fans had
been asking for shovel knight 64
referring to a shovel knight game in the
graphical style of the Nintendo 64 yang
Club went with something a little more
retro creating a vision it would fit
right at home on the commodore 64 you
got us this time Yacht Club top notched
rollin number 5 G Force Academy of
gaming Nvidia alright so that venom
serum thing was far from a good idea so
why not take some classes on PC gaming
then for April Fool’s and Vidya
introduced their own g-force Academy of
gaming where you can sign up for classes
on building computers the philosophy of
video games and even managing an eSports
team hang on a minute
the acronym for G Force Academy of
gaming is gag and the Director of
Admissions is wishing me a happy April
Fool’s Day so bad that fortnight class
sounded pretty awesome number 4 remedy
entertainment coffee remedy
entertainment there is one thing in
addition to making games we are
passionate about its coffee typically
when a company announces they’re
evolving or changing their focus it
becomes a sign of new products and new
management remedy entertainment
apparently found their true calling card
the studio behind Max Payne and Alan
Wake released a video announcing their
shift from making video games to making
coffee this would have been an
interesting company shift but we enjoy
remedies games too much to be happy with
that decision however that cauldron like
blend does muck heavenly
[Music]
number three boomer dog toy Ubisoft in
this gag trailer we see a dog who
desperately wants some attention from
his owner
however the dude wants to spend his time
playing far cry 5 and hanging out with a
virtual dog luckily the owner finds a
way to make everybody happy he orders a
squeaky toy that looks exactly like an
assault rifle Oh durable this one’s
definitely weird but strangely touching
[Music]
take you
[Music]
number two final fantasy xiv online go
Square Enix final fantasy xiv online gun
okay gathering outdoors if you’re one of
the very few people who actually enjoys
harvesting materials in Final Fantasy 14
online this would have been the app for
you
Square Enix announced an app where you
can take your phone and search for
harvesting nodes in the real world you
could gather material by tapping on your
phone assuming you don’t fall victim to
a poor success rate if you’re looking to
beat the odds you could order a
harvesting stink allowing you to bash
your phone against a tree or cast your
phone into a pond to go fishing it’s
always refreshing to see a company poke
fun at itself and this gag does just
before we reveal our number one pick
number one payday the animated series
overkill software requests criminals
unleash a torrent of chaos upon
Washington DC we’ve come to understand
that if something really amazing is
announced around April Fool’s Day always
take it with a grain of salt
of course trailers with good production
quality are always gonna make us wish
they were real
this year Overkill’s software released a
trailer for payday the animated series
which looked like it was ripped straight
out for 90s unfortunately even if this
were real we wouldn’t be able to watch
them as they’re only available on VHS
and Betamax payday
the animated series is out now on VHS
and Betamax grab a copy now and you’ll
get ten fully packed episodes do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
in the games industry this year was one
for the books
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 April Fool’s 2018 gaming pranks
[Music]
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
looking at some of the different gags
our favorite gaming companies pulled for
number 10 B the machine project venom v2
Razer introducing project venom v2 do
you ever feel you aren’t the best you
could be your favorite online game are
those hardcore gamers getting you down
with their pro level skill well Razer
almost had a product just for you in
this obviously fake commercial the
gaming computer manufacturer revealed a
serum that makes you play games at your
maximum potential as much as we wish the
product were real we can agree that this
would be far too dangerous for our
health and those around us we’ll just
stick with the coffee
number nine the official Sonic
collection Sega I think you mean Sonic
know it says sanic right here this may
take a minute with a meme as legendary
as Sonic the you think Sega would have
acknowledged this a lot sooner
thankfully this year the official Sonic
the Hedgehog Twitter revealed Sonic
merchandise that you can purchase from
Sega shop with a link that contains the
phrase it’s totally real we were
expecting a Rick roll or some other
trolling video nope you can legit buy
sonic merchandise from Sega of course
the team made its way onto the
bestseller list
honestly we aren’t sure if we should be
surprised that that happened
[Music]
number eight smites new character Fenrir
hi-rez studios the next god this my
community has long joked about the
release of this character each patch was
accompanied by forum posts ironically
asking when’s Fenrir coming out well for
those of you who know how to milk a joke
dry his true build is finally coming out
oh so we thought high res revealed that
Fenrir will be the next god
but he’s coming with an entirely
different move set he’ll be able to
fetch projectiles electrocute enemies
with his shot color and even mark his
territory lovely oh and his ultimate
immediately ends the game with everyone
earning a victory clearly this would
have been a broken character but there
are many of us smite players who wish
this was a real thing
number seven League of Legends April
foods riot games we could always use
more skins for our favorite champions
when Riot Games announced the April
Foods event we weren’t exactly sure
whether this were real or fake severe
would be given a piece of delivery Gill
outfit and galia would get a chicken
costume on top of that kog’maw’s could
be customized to look more like pugs
very cute luckily this turned out to be
real and now we can get even sillier on
our League of Legends games seriously
don’t kick us for spamming that chicken
dance please number six shovel knight 64
Yacht Club games okay this one was
really clever citing a number of fan
requests the folks over at yak Club
games finally caved and decided to give
the people what they so desperately been
asking for with a twist while fans had
been asking for shovel knight 64
referring to a shovel knight game in the
graphical style of the Nintendo 64 yang
Club went with something a little more
retro creating a vision it would fit
right at home on the commodore 64 you
got us this time Yacht Club top notched
rollin number 5 G Force Academy of
gaming Nvidia alright so that venom
serum thing was far from a good idea so
why not take some classes on PC gaming
then for April Fool’s and Vidya
introduced their own g-force Academy of
gaming where you can sign up for classes
on building computers the philosophy of
video games and even managing an eSports
team hang on a minute
the acronym for G Force Academy of
gaming is gag and the Director of
Admissions is wishing me a happy April
Fool’s Day so bad that fortnight class
sounded pretty awesome number 4 remedy
entertainment coffee remedy
entertainment there is one thing in
addition to making games we are
passionate about its coffee typically
when a company announces they’re
evolving or changing their focus it
becomes a sign of new products and new
management remedy entertainment
apparently found their true calling card
the studio behind Max Payne and Alan
Wake released a video announcing their
shift from making video games to making
coffee this would have been an
interesting company shift but we enjoy
remedies games too much to be happy with
that decision however that cauldron like
blend does muck heavenly
[Music]
number three boomer dog toy Ubisoft in
this gag trailer we see a dog who
desperately wants some attention from
his owner
however the dude wants to spend his time
playing far cry 5 and hanging out with a
virtual dog luckily the owner finds a
way to make everybody happy he orders a
squeaky toy that looks exactly like an
assault rifle Oh durable this one’s
definitely weird but strangely touching
[Music]
take you
[Music]
number two final fantasy xiv online go
Square Enix final fantasy xiv online gun
okay gathering outdoors if you’re one of
the very few people who actually enjoys
harvesting materials in Final Fantasy 14
online this would have been the app for
you
Square Enix announced an app where you
can take your phone and search for
harvesting nodes in the real world you
could gather material by tapping on your
phone assuming you don’t fall victim to
a poor success rate if you’re looking to
beat the odds you could order a
harvesting stink allowing you to bash
your phone against a tree or cast your
phone into a pond to go fishing it’s
always refreshing to see a company poke
fun at itself and this gag does just
before we reveal our number one pick
number one payday the animated series
overkill software requests criminals
unleash a torrent of chaos upon
Washington DC we’ve come to understand
that if something really amazing is
announced around April Fool’s Day always
take it with a grain of salt
of course trailers with good production
quality are always gonna make us wish
they were real
this year Overkill’s software released a
trailer for payday the animated series
which looked like it was ripped straight
out for 90s unfortunately even if this
were real we wouldn’t be able to watch
them as they’re only available on VHS
and Betamax payday
the animated series is out now on VHS
and Betamax grab a copy now and you’ll
get ten fully packed episodes do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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