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April Fools Day 2023: Gaming and Hardware Companies Celebrate with Pranks from Razer, Asus ROG, Valorant, SuperGaming, and More
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April Fools Day 2023: Gaming and Hardware Companies Celebrate with Pranks from Razer, Asus ROG, Valorant, SuperGaming, and More

By Dustin Moskovitz

April Fools Day is the day where everyone plays pranks on their friends, family and the people around. The point of the day is to get a good laugh out of it and distract from the mundane aspects of life. Surely enough, the gaming world is known for celebrating this day of pranks too. Like any other April 1st in the past, a bunch of announcements have surfaced on the internet from both game makers as well as gaming hardware companies celebrating this day of humor.

We have scrounged the internet to find some authentic and some bizarre pranks to highlight what creative minds across the globe crafted. Check out some of the best announcements from the gaming world on April Fools Day 2023 below:

Overwatch 2 brings Arcade Mode

Overwatch 2 wants the players to celebrate this day together as they “release” a new update that consists of an Arcade Mode. This new mode has made changes to all the heroes in the game. The good part is that all these changes are exclusive to the new mode.

Razer Razer Shaving Mouse

Razer’s topped it in the humour department as they announce the most bizarre gaming hardware. They revealed a product called “Razer Razer” describing it as “the world’s first shaving mouse powered by Razer Chroma RGB”. The trailer for the device claims that the mouse will help you bring your A-Game by achieving shaving speeds of 360 fps (follicles per second). They also had a Gillette inspired catchphrase at the end, “the best a gamer can get”.

SEGA gives The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog free on Steam

Players that are looking for free Sonic themed title, look no further, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is now free on Steam. This is a murder mystery title, where players will have to interrogate and interact with new and old characters to get to the root of the mystery. Figure out who killed Sonic the Hedgehog to win the game.

Among Us gets new Modes

Among Us developers have released two new modes including “Horse Wrangling Mode” and “Classic Horse Mode”. Seekers and Imposters will now embrace the Cowboy theme as they become ranchers with Cowboy themed animations and music. This mode is only available till April 2.

Indus BR in VR

Recently we got to see the alpha footage for this Made in India title by Pune-based studio SuperGaming. It showed us a glimpse of gameplay, in-game settings and more. Now we have received a brand-new announcement revealing that their title will get a VR port.

ROG Ally Handheld Console

ROG’s first handheld console has been announced and its called the ROG Ally. The company claims that this device will bring “true PC performance” to the players no matter where they are. They will be able to pick up and play from their gaming libraries on the go. This Windows based gaming handheld comes through partnership between ROG and AMD that brings the players the fastest AMD APU yet.

It also comes with a high-performance display with Full HD. The device is made by ROG Intelligent Cooling alloy and dual fans which are silent and perform well. The device can also be used to stream the games directly to your TV. Considering how plausable this looks like, we won’t be surprising if Asus ROG actually announces this later this year.

ASUS April Fools Day announcements

ASUS has announced a whole slew of products and features on April Fools day. First comes the Asus Hoverbook that will feature anti-gravity technology for dissipating heat. Then the ASUS ZenMaster, a laptop concept which will reduce stress and bring inner peace to users. Lastly, the ASUS Bodyguard is a literal bodyguard for your laptop. It protects your device no matter where you are. They also come with a bluetooth headset. Check out the thread of Asus April Fools Day 2023 announcements below:

NZXT teases Graphics Cards

NZXT, the company known for bringing players some of the best custom-built PCs, has just teased an image of a white NZXT-branded graphics card with the caption “SOON”. This tweet comes as a reply to their tweet all the way back in September 2022 when they asked the fans, “What if NZXT made graphics cards?”.

MSI Energy Drink

MSI’s German Twitter account just released a trailer for an MSI energy drink that comes in two variants. The MSI energy drink will only be available until the stocks last.

AORUS Catmaster

We all know that AORUS knows how to keep your PC cool, but it seems they have a solution for your pet cats too. They have just announced the AORUS CatMaster, designed to provided your pet cats with proper ventilation through optimal airflow and RGB. The kickstarter for this project begins today.

Zero Wings AI by be quiet!

AI is taking over everything and now we have an AI controlled PC fan too. Designed to take care of all your PC cooling needs with the help of fan AI Zanos. It can determine which type of cooling is necessary by understanding the situation dynamically. It has “Controlled Airflow Technology” which provides ventilation without fan blades and other interesting features. It also has RGB which, as we all know improves gamig performance. Learn more about it below:

HyperX Headphones Hydration

HyperX teased headsets will keep you hydrated even in the most intense gaming situations. The company announced this new hydration headset through a tweet along with a link for more details if gamers want to check additional information.

PlayStation University Contest

PlayStation Japan twitter account has just announced a PlayStation University contest for players to enroll for. If they win, the player will be eligible for a “Blue Book Case” for their DualSense. Players should know that the wireless controller is not a part of the reward and instead, they will only win the controller case. Learn more about PlayStation University below:

Valorant Introduces Cypher’s Revenge Game Mode Trailer

Valorant just released a new trailer that showed Cypher’s Angry Side as the Agent is out for revenge this time around. To top the level of pranks, Riot also removed fake patch notes that created waves within the community. Riot sure knows how to make its players chuckle.

Minecraft’s The Vote Update

Minecraft is giving the players the ultimate power to make choices. This comes after a series of Mob and Biome votes. Mojang has perfected the update and found what players want the most and are bringing the Vote Update. The choice will be to make choices this time around for players.

Goat Simulator 3 X Catan

Goat Simulator 3 collabs with popular board game catan where players will now be able to use Catan sheeps in the game. Pilgor will also be introduced as the new Catan Console Edition goat for limited amount of time.

League of Legends Blind Pick Match

Riot just does not play pranks in one game, but all games they offer. For League of Legends they have started giving out hat for Blind Pick and Draft Pick Modes. Players will also experience many goofy occurrences in that are sure to make you laugh.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Bobble Heads

Assassins Creed Valhalla has now experience the infiltration of Rabbids that have messed with Layla’s Animus settings. Through that, players can equip the Eivor and Rabbids Bobble Heads from your inventory for some bobblehead fun.

Dead By Daylight Mobile Playoffs

Interested players can see Team Swing battle it out with Kingdom, Predrop vs TBD amd Lower Bracket Match one today if they are aching for some Dead by Daylight action.

Hitman World of Assassination Escape Rooms.

In honour of April fools, Hitman is introducing World of Assassination Escape Rooms Globally, do you have the skill to evade being assassinated?

New State Mobile Crates

New State Movile brings the players three surprise crates in celebration of April Fools Day. They have mentioned that it is the real deal, but players will have to visit the game to make sure. The promotion will only last till 1:00 AM on April 2nd. New State Mobile also has a big head bug for April Fools that gives you a bobble head in the game.

Nier Reincarnation Mama’s Challenge

Nier Reincarnation will be introducing a special, limited time April Fool’s Day event called Mama’s Challenge. This event will only be available till April 10 23:59PM so players should check it out as soon as possible.

PUBG Battlegrounds gives you Superpowers

On April Fools Day 2023, players will be able to use superpowers to obliterate your enemies. Take advantage of the OP Coin to claim your Superpower and then get ready to create havoc in the battleground.

PowerWash Simulator announces the arrival of PowerWash Survivors

Insomniac says April Fools day is upon them with a Gif of a Sad Dr. Nefarious.

Battlefield 2042 is asking player to get ready to jump straight into Ishimura on April 1.

VRising is bringing players some fast updates

On the topic of Pranks, The Sun also gave us a glimpse into Megxit: Call of Duke-Y, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s game

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