Your April Fools' Day 2019 Round-Up

Today is April Fools’ Day, which is an odd day on the Internet. You can’t take anything seriously, and nothing makes sense. It’s a fun occasion, though, as assorted content creators let relax and show off their goofy sides, us included! Keep an eye out for our annual Game Infarcer issue to be online a little later today, as well as our chat with Game Infarcer cover artist, Zander Cannon, about how it all came together. But enough about our own stuff – here’s the stuff from other people.

Ubisoft Puts Rabbids In For Honor

Ubisoft released a strange update to For Honor this morning that will only last for 24 hours. It adds all kinds of Rabbids to battle in For Honor. If you participate in the event, you will unlock a melee pack.

You can read more about it here.

Rabbids are invading For Honor for one day only! Think this is an April Fool’s prank? Go in-game to find out! 😉https://t.co/JXxOkn9q1b pic.twitter.com/XLojxN0loa
— For Honor (@ForHonorGame) April 1, 2019

Platinum Fake Announces Chief Executive Omni-Weapon Ken-Ichi

Platinum Games revealed a game where you play as a robot-suit version of company CEO, Kenichi Sato, who has jet propulsion coming out of his butt and wants your money. It is apparently releasing on October 25, which is Sato’s 57th birthday.

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Capcom Turns Nero From Devil May Cry 5 Into An Empusa

This one doubles as a reminder that Devil May Cry 5’s free Bloody Palace DLC is out today. It also imagines a Red Empusa enemy as a playable character and inserts it into a few cutscenes. It’s weird.

Check out this fun announcement for DMC5!#AprilFools #DMC5 pic.twitter.com/JX33BUBZYn
— Capcom Dev 1 (@dev1_official) April 1, 2019

Square Enix Reveals An Alexa Alternative

This is a Final Fantasy XIV reference that is surprisingly unhelpful, as far as in-home smart speakers go. It is destructive, though.

Click here to watch embedded mediaJackbox Games Reveals Everybody Help Grandma

A new game for Jackbox Party 6, this fake game from the director of Tee K.O. and Tee K.O, that probably won’t ever actually exist, tasks you with helping your grandma with everyday tasks.

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We’ll keep updating this story throughout the day so make sure to keep checking back, and let us know in the comments what “pranks” we need to add to the list!

Source: Gameinformer