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Every Video Game Prank From April Fools’ Day 2026

Game Informer

Happy April Fools’ Day! Exciting for some and stressful for others, today is one of the most fun (and treacherous) days to be on the internet, as people and companies on every social media site set out to bamboozle one another. Luckily for the video game community, most developers and publishers are aiming for silly jokes this year most of which are pretty transparently not real. We’ve gathered some of the biggest gags below, and we’ll be updating the list throughout the day, so be sure to check back in as the hours go on for more updates.

The Witcher: Project R.O.A.C.H.

Roach, Geralt’s horse, is one of the best characters in The Witcher franchise. To celebrate that trusty steed, Developer CD Projekt Red is unveiling Project Project R.O.A.C.H., a rideable controller to really immerse yourself in the world of The Witcher. To learn more about the (fake) product, watch the trailer below and check out the controller’s official website.

 

 

Pragmata: A Secret Mega Man Game?

Pragmata, an upcoming third-person shooter from Capcom, is a brand new IP, but that hasn’t stopped some from theorizing the game is secretly connected to one of the most iconic gaming franchises of all time: Mega Man. The game isn’t out, so we have no way of knowing whether or not this fan theory would be confirmed, but with Capcom’s April Fools’ joke this year, which shows protagonist Hugh in a goofy Blue Bomber suit, we can probably assume the link isn’t real.

 

 

PowerWash Simulator 2: Date the Dirt

Fans on the internet can and will fall in love with any fictional character, no matter how barebones their appearances are, which makes wacky dating sims a popular April Fools’ prank. PowerWash Simulator is really taking advantage of that idea with Date the Dirt, a fake game where you romance human versions of different kinds of dirt. The trailer below is safe for work, but be warned: it’s pretty dirty.

 

 

Pokémon Pokopia: Copycat Challenge

This one is actually a real in-game event. If you open up Pokémon Pokopia today, you can play the Copycat Challenge. Correctly answer enough quiz questions and you’ll get an inflatable Sudowoodo decoration.

 

Landfall Day: Peak, Haste, and Content Warning Updates

Landfall is an indie studio with a rich history of releasing games on April 1, and most recently did so with Content Warning. As a result, the company has deemed April Fools’ Day to be Landfall Day, and hosted a livestream with updates about three of its recent games. First, Haste and Content Warning, two PC exclusives, are coming to consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch), while Peak is getting a special update. The help button, which allows you to reach a hand out to your climbing buddies, is now a kick button, letting you launch your friends to their inevitable doom.

 

SEGA: It’s bluer now

Sega claims it has made its logo 3% more blue. We can’t really see the difference. Can you?

 

Square Enix: Party Chat

Square Enix is officially (not) launching a show called Party Chat, which brings together iconic characters from the storied studio’s past to talk about their experiences. Unfortunately and hilariously, the series has started with a conversation between Namazu and Moogle, and neither speak a real language.

 

 

Payday 3: Non Payday Character Mode

The Payday developers have unveiled an exciting new mode, where players will be able to live normal, sad, boring lives instead. Even for April Fools’ Day, this trailer really goes to some wild places.

 

 

Cairn: Climb A Human?

Short and sweet, this April Fools’ prank shows a new climbable surface in Cairn, revealed to a lukewarm response.

 

 

Satisfactory: Jason? Jason? Jason!

Satisfactory is a game where all the player characters are women, but don’t you wish you could play as a dude in a video game for once? Developer Coffee Stain fills this niche request and adds Jason, a gun-toting, Cybertruck-driving man to its game.

 

 

Bendy: Nightmare Syndicate

This trailer is like The Avengers for viral indie horror games. Bendy crosses over with characters from Poppy Playtime, Hello Neighbor, Tattletail, Garten of Banban, Baldi’s Basics, and, of course, Five Nights at Freddy’s.

 

 

IGN: PlayStation Project Playmo

IGN is no stranger to April Fools’ Day pranks, and this year is no different. Making fun of the idea of AI guides being added to video games, this ad for a sentient PS5 controller has shockingly high production value.

 

 

Owlcat Games: The owlBrick

Owlcat Games is known titles like Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, a CRPG that you could (theoretically) play on this new (and definitely fake) console. The owlBrick looks a lot like the upcoming Steam Machine, or maybe like a squished Xbox Series X.

 

 

Fortnite: April Fools’ Day Update

For the next 24 hours (well, less than that, by the time you’re reading this), Fortnite is getting wacky. Players have big heads, can equip finger guns, take no fall damage, and they can ride llamas – or other players.

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Overwatch: Underwatch

Overwatch’s annual April Fools’ joke returns! Characters’ abilities are tweaked in the silliest ways possible, like Mizuki’s second and third hats or Domina’s shield with holes in it. Also, everyone has googly eyes. Maybe I should have led with that.

 

 

R.E.P.O.: P.E.A.K.O.

This mockumentary shows the developers of R.E.P.O. explain their (fictional) new project: P.E.A.K.O. It’s basically just Peak in the R.E.P.O. art style, complete with gameplay clips and interviews. Its release is just around the corner, too; the video says it will launch “alongside Half-Life 3.”

 

 

Lords of the Fallen: Helmet Vision

A first-person souls-like would be awesome, except for one thing: to stay alive, you probably need a pretty good helmet, and those things are hard to see out of. This Lords of the Fallen joke ad confronts that exact conundrum.

 

 

The Division: Audio Update

 When the Division launched, it had a serious issue. There were no Wilhelm screams or squeaky shoe sounds. Finally, the developers at Ubisoft have fixed that problem.

 

Hitman: H.A.I.R.

Agent 47 is getting a new set of tools, known as the Hostile Area Integration resource, or “H.A.I.R.” With them, he can look like Rumi from K-Pop: Demon Hunters, Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3, or Kratos from God of War.

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