Here's a roundup of April Fool's Day game-related pranks (none of these are true!):
- Blizzard, taking a shot at EverQuest II's ties to Pizza Hut, announces a World of Warcraft Chinese takeout delivery service
- Bungie agrees to port the Chiron map to Halo 2, but funds the job with Mountain Dew money
- Half-Life 2 honcho Gabe Newell quits to tour with a folk rock act while Valve offers a Counter-Strike: Source patch that greatly enhances realism
- Apple declares war on Nintendo and Sony with the gPod, a gaming version of the iPod
- Unreal III: Slug Saga - The Adventures of Ne'ban promises to examine the shady past of a parasite inside the giant slug-like alien from Unreal II
- Imps take over Quakecon.org - hostilely, of course
- Disgruntled ex-Rockstar employees leak the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to the Internet
- Microsoft announces a massively multiplayer online word processor, World of Wordcraft
- Nintendo offers Duckhunt and Hogan's Alley ports for the DS that include a gun-shaped stylus
- EA reveals a sports and hip-hop reimagining of World War II, Medal of Honor Street
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