Cyberpunk 2077 on floppy disks, Valheim's dwarf shop and other great April Fool's Day pranks

It's April Fool's Day which means your social media timelines are flooded with all sorts of jokes and pranks. From corny ones you see every year, to some clever stuff that will genuinely make you laugh.

Video game developers love April Fool's Day as it gives them the freedom to share all sorts of absurd and ridiculous stuff without consequence which is why you'll see a lot of unusual announcements today. 

We decided that it would be for the best to gather some of the best pranks in this article so if this type of content is something that you usually enjoy, read on below for some of the best April Fool's Day pranks from video game developers and publishers. 

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Cyberpunk 2077 is releasing on floppies

We'd so buy this edition if it was real. Just kidding, what on earth we would do with over 30,000 floppy disks which is how many of these ancient diskettes would be needed to hold Cyberpunk 2077? 

Valheim lets you open up a dwarf shop in the wild

Tired of constantly looking for food, fighting trolls, skeletons and all sorts of other monstrosities in Valheim? Do you have at least a tiny bit of salesmanship skill? Then this Valheim mode would probably suit it. Too bad it will never exist.

Call of Duty goes to the Olympics

Kudos to the Call of Duty team. Making this trailer probably took them a while. We do wonder just how popular these modes would be if Activision actually decided to add them to the game?

Sapphire graphics cards get unusual designs

While this one is not a video game, it's certainly related to our favourite hobby. Graphics card manufacturer Sapphire jokes with a couple of new designs including a fish tank and a two-fold graphics card. We certain that there are odd folks out there would would buy one of these.

Palword announces 18+ version where Pals take their clothes off

One of the pranks on this list that I'm absolutely sure would sell like hotcakes if Palword developers ever decided to make it a reality. Thankfully, they won't.

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