Ever since EGM ran their infamous Simon Belmont in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gag, the gaming world has been obsessed with April Fool’s Day.  This has, sadly, led to many groan inducing jokes over the years, some of which can be credited to EGM (you can’t win them all).  Still, each year brings the promise of some actually good jokes and this year has delivered.

Zelda movie trailer
This gem from IGN is not your traditional gag.  The video looks stunningly plausible.  Sure, it doesn’t look quite like a major Hollywood film, but does anyone expect that of video game movies these days?  It certainly looks equal to the Dungeon Siege film, at the very least.  Highly entertaining and just a little disappointing when you consider what could have been.  This trailer will likely be showing up for months and even years to come.

Assassin’s Creed 2 set in war zone
After the controversy surrounding a nasty comic about Assassin’s Creed developer Jade Raymond, it is good to see she still has a sense of humor.  It’s even funnier to see two titan companies of gaming, Ubisoft and Konami, team up for a bit of fun with one another.  Still, doesn’t it seem like Snake has been moonlighting in a lot of different franchises lately?  Metal Gear Solid 4 can’t come soon enough so he can finally get back to his day job.

Xbox 360 introduces four new products, including virtual reality helmet
These weren’t nearly as good as the previous two, but still, you have to give Microsoft some credit for trying.  They hyped the introduction of a new virtual reality helmet, Xbox Live: The Board Game, a Recon Edition of the Xbox 360 that can be taken anywhere, and the fanboy-pandering Xbox 360: Vintage Edition that has an oak case and controllers out of the Atari era.  Cute, and a nice attempt, but just one of these taken to the extreme would have been more entertaining.

World of Warcraft introduces Bard Hero Class
How do you legally obtain a license to print money?  Combine the addictiveness of World of Warcraft with the casual play of Guitar Hero.  You have an instant classic in the making.  No, there really isn’t a Bard Hero Class in the works for World of Warcraft, but can a Guitar Hero MMO be too far off?  Maybe not, but it’s likely that Rock Band will beat them to the punch.  See the image at the top of this story.

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