{"id":87804,"date":"2016-04-01T12:01:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T10:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=87804"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T11:43:28","slug":"the-best-april-fools-jokes-in-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/87804-the-best-april-fools-jokes-in-gaming","title":{"rendered":"The best April Fools’ jokes in gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s April 1st, the one day of the year when you have to double-check every news story in order to separate fact from fiction.<\/p>\n

Throughout the years the gaming industry has taken advantage of this chaos to publish some of its own hoaxes – showing that some of gaming’s biggest companies have a lighter side.<\/p>\n

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Street Fighter II – Sheng Long Easter Egg<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Before the Internet could disprove an article, EGM announced the existence of a hidden unlockable character in Street Fighter II – Sheng Long.<\/p>\n

Beating the game without taking any damage and then drawing against the games final boss M. Bison nine times would supposedly unlock the new fighter.<\/p>\n

The hoax proved so popular that it influenced Capcom to create two new characters – Akuma and Gouken.<\/p>\n

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Playstation Flow<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

April Fools’ 2015 saw the announcement of “Playstation Flow”, new wearable technology from Sony that would combine the PS4’s hardware with real-life swimming.<\/p>\n

When reaching an underwater level in any PS4 game, Playstation Flow would allow users to pause and then resume the section in a swimming pool – allowing them to perform the various motions required of their in-game character.<\/p>\n

The “technology” comprises of several flow sensors attached to your arms and legs, a pair of goggles that would display the game while swimming and an ioninizing body dryer to get you warm in seconds.<\/p>\n