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April Fools! A roundup of the best pranks in the MMO world today

April Fools! So did you get taken in by some clever pranks today, or did you wake up and decide that until the calendar rolled over to April 2nd, the entire world was full of it?

In either case, everyone had some fun whether they were creating pranks or reading through them. We all enjoyed the chance to let our silly sides take the reins for the day. Just in case you missed a few pranks, we've rounded up some of the best from today around the MMO community. Follow along after the jump for shenanigans, tomfoolery, and monkeyshines!


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Paragon Studios Announces City of Sidekicks
With the continued success of City of Heroes and City of Villains, Paragon Studios has unveiled its plans for the future of the franchise with City of Sidekicks. No longer are you relegated to the role of "Saving the Day" as a super-powered hero, as a sidekick you get to participate in exciting, new ways to play the game.

Introducing the Newest Playable Race in Earth Eternal!
Coming in the next patch, you too can create your own new Human character and carry the fate of humanity on your shoulders! Will the Humans make peace with the Beasts and work together for the greater good? Or will the Humans seek to destroy the weird, walking talking animals? As Humans, YOU determine your destiny!

April Fools: Blizzard announces Blackthorne 2, Queen's Quest, Snuggie
There's really no point in writing up other April Fools' Day jokes after this one -- Blizzard pretty regularly knocks this holiday out of the park.

Guild Wars announces skill update
Guild Wars introduced their yearly April Fool's Day skill update. Also, the in-game prank lived up to last year's by making everyone's character tiny, and scaling minipets up to life size.

LotRO Coming to the iPhone & Blackberry
Cant get enough LOTRO? Well after some recent images were leaked of a LOTRO beta client for the iphone and blackberry they have finally made the announcement.

Lineage II Vesper Weapon drop bugs
A sudden issue with some Vesper Weapon drop-rates has taken effect on all servers, resulting in ordinary monsters all around Aden dropping Vesper weapons at a high frequency.

Allods Online new Race? The Space Marine!
In an effort to modernize and make Allods Online more realistic, we plan on introducing a new playable Race, the Space Marine! We wanted to share with you a piece of concept art and hear your opinion on the new playable race!

Fallen Earth Releases Uber Edition! Available in Stores Today
Fallen Earth today announced the availability of a limited-time "Uber Edition" of the popular, award-winning MMO. The "Uber Edition," set to hit store shelves today, features a custom, one-of-its-kind, gold-plated sleeve. The announcement of the Fallen Earth Uber Edition" follows the game's recent six-month anniversary.

Sarlacc Enforcer, Devourer of Injustice
Think you've seen all the playable classes in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™? Think again! We've saved the best for last! Now you can realize your fantasy of playing as a Sarlacc Enforcer in Star Wars: The Old Republic!


Update! Late entries:
Leaked video of En Masse's TERA using an experimental controller
Perfect World Entertainment announced new Civil War MMO

If you know of any more we missed, add them to the comments below.