If you’re a member of the Atlus Faithful email newsletter, than a rather fun “joke” was delivered directly to your inbox yesterday. Atlus and Ace Team are currently working on a downloadable PS3 and Xbox 360 game called Rock of Ages, which should be ready quite soon. To promote that and give fans a giggle, the cooked up a fake plagarism claim, involving a supposed indie PC game called Pebble of Time.

Atlus and Ace Team went all out…

Mojang’s got its April Fools’ gag in effect, and it playfully pokes at Valve’s Team Fortress 2. More specifically, at the cash shop. See, there’s now a fake Minecraft microtransaction shop filled with all kinds of ridiculous and overpriced items. Oh, and Steve Co. Supply Crates have been added to the game.

Since the Steve Co. boxes might be what leads you to The Minecraft Store cash shop, let’s start there…

Since it’s April Fools’ Day, we all have to tread more carefully on the Internet lest we fall for someone’s shenanigans. Therefore, at first glance it sounds mighty suspicious that Telltale would out of the blue offer the first episode of Back to the Future for free today, of all days. But have no fear! Telltale is totally serious about this offer.

When I woke up this morning, I knew that finding news for you that was actually legitimate would be difficult. This is April Fool’s Day, a time where everything is to be questioned. How do you know a super intelligent computer isn’t typing this right now instead of a human? You don’t. With that, let’s sit back and talk about 22K gold video game accessories.

Blizzard has gone all out with it’s April 1, 2011 pranks today. If you’ve got access to the internet, then you have got to visit the special Diablo III, StarCraft: Motion Overdrive and World of Warcraft websites it has put up today. Even if you don’t play the games, you’ll still appreciate the efforts the company went to in an attempt to make people smile.

Let’s go in order. First, there’s the Diablo III Horadic Cube App…

It’s April Fool’s, which means it’s time for fake press releases and announcements! Nyko’s got a pretty good one this year. We know the company has been working on 3DS accessories and peripherals, but none can compare to the 3D Glasses for the 3DS. Yes, for one day only, Nyko’s got some Lens-less is More 3D glasses, minus actual lenses, to help enhance your 3DS playing experience. It’ll be just like you’re in a movie theater, using their borrowed 3D glasses to watch a movie.

Nyko gets extra points for also actually making a 3D Glasses for 3DS product listing…

Turns out one of the best April Fools 2010 jokes hasn’t been revealed until now. GameStation, a United Kingdom video game store chain decided to have a little fun with online customers who don’t read the terms and conditions before placing orders. On April 1, 2010, an additional clause was added to the standard legal spiel that gave the store custody of customers’ souls.

Here’s the exact clause GameStation put into the terms and conditions…

The game industry, being full of fun-loving folks and plenty of joke-loving nerds, has always been big on “celebrating” April Fools Day with a few excellent pranks. Fake game announcements, wacky DLC, totally off-the-wall features – you name it, it’s been done on April 1st. This year, we had a few good ones, especially from the good folks at GameStop and GameSpot (which are hilariously easy to mistake for one another in print, no doubt).

April Fools is a day to have fun with those around you. A lighthearted day where you can enjoy yourself, or perhaps seek vengeance for being caught unaware the year before.

In case you’re stumped, and unsure what to do this year for April Fools, Gamertell has you covered. We’ve put together four potential pranks that you can use as inspiration for your own adventures today.

Be forewarned – many of these jokes can be quite mean. They involve playing on gamers’ deepest fears. So if you decide to attempt one, don’t be surprised if it causes a rift in your friendship…

The grand tradition of pulling the wool over reader’s eyes on April 1st (especially in the videogame journalism business) has been going on for quite some time. I have fond memories of classic Electronic Gaming Monthly pranks like “Sheng Long” and the infamous “Bond Codes”. Nowadays, it seems that most gaming blogs get into the spirit – here’s a rundown of some of the better jokes from this year’s April Fool’s.