Challenge Everything (TM)

By: Derek Yu

On: March 31st, 2008

San Francisco, CA – April 1, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that it has bought The Independent Gaming Source, putting the (sometimes) respectable independent video game community/news site in its trophy case alongside acquisitions such as Maxis^TM, developers of the best-selling PC video game series The Sims^TM.

Derek Yu, Editor-in-Chief of The Independent Gaming Source, stated (while swimming in a pool filled with hundred dollar bills): “This is a pivotal event in the continuing transformation of the independent gaming industry. Electronic Arts is the leader in video games and their expertise in this field will undoubtedly bring great things to this community, especially in the area of 3d sweat physics. Also, I am so goddamned happy right now!”

John Pleasants, President and COO of Electronic Arts, stated: “I dunno, I was bored and we had a spare billion lying around.”

Please visit Electronic Arts’ press site www.info.ea.com for more information about the company and its games.

Note: Electronic Arts, EA, EA GAMES and the EA GAMES logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. This is a joke. Please don’t hurt me.

Posted in Community, Features | Tags: ElectronicArts

JW

hahahaha
xerus

RomeoPie hostile take over!
Dusty Spur

So Derek… got any bling yet?
http://www.lapausedugamer.fr Gressmon

Haha, nice one.
Valkyrie

Madden Platypus Pimps ’09 anyone?
Valkyrie

Scratch that, Madden Narcoleptic Soccer Rush ’09. There we go.
Noyb

You mean Narcoleptic FIFA ’09!
gulo gulo

i dunno seems legit to me
Gr.Viper

LOL… look at website of Armagetron Advanced from 01.04.2007. EA-related jokes are getting popular…
Sabreman

It was the best decision for the shareholders.
sean

harhar
Anonymous

now posting in epic thread
TX

I’m hoping this is a bad April Fool’s joke :P
Novichock

Stupid Derek, You can’t swim in money, You’ll get papercuts.
http://akuyume07.blogspot.com akuyume

Haha, like the logo, can’t wait for Madden NOwlFL ’10
Farmergnome

can u keep the madden pic there plz plz plz
crackers

I am forever happy for Derek and his independent posse.

Now how about getting some gold text in the comment section.
Shuger

Derek sold his soul.. how sweet :D
bateleur

Will there be monocles in Madden ’09 now?
Ogmobot

A hoax? This isn’t a hoax! How else would they have got enough money to fill a swimming pool?
Petri Purho

The money in the pic is only to pay for Phil’s drinks.
Former Fan

BOINK YOU EFFING SELL-OUTS! D:<
Kevin Ghadyani

APRIL FOOLS Commenter #22…
Lez

Cave story rip off.
http://www.oxeyegames.com jeb

INTERNET IRONY Commenter #23
http://www.sophiehoulden.com GirlFlash

awesome, its only a matter of time before Bit Blot is working on Need for Aquaria 2009: underground.

YAY! :D
BroodKiller

Yeah, or Oxeye begins making “Harvest2: the Middlearth” ;)
Corpus

akuyume: “Madden NFOwl â€˜10” would have worked better.

Anyway, it’s about time! I’m looking forward to Rom Check Fail 20XX: The Reawakening.
ZeppMan217

omg…no comments
Shiest!

I was going to put a bid in tooooo
imwill

Burn your soul~!

ehehe it’s fun.
Kloi

too obviously fake.
=(
http://www.g4g.it FireSword

You wish huh? lol
Tinarg

EA needs a new slogan now. How about:

EA – It’s Indie Game
deadeye

Ugh, why do I always forget about April 1st? I recognized that it was a joke right off the bat, but I couldn’t figure out why it was there. You think I’d get the jump on it one of these years, but no.
nullerator

Congratulations!
Victo

very funny :D made my day!
Drakkar

Haha, I’m still in tears from this. Cheers this has been one of the best laughs I’ve had in awhile.
mio

Painfully Funny :D
pii

at least funny for the german speaking minorty:

EA – Itâ€™s in die Game
King-n

That would suck so much. :D
Derk

“wtf, WHY would EA do that?”
pwned :(
Mandrake42

Damn, at first I wondered if someone had spiked my drink. Then I realized I was actually drinking alcohol anyway so that was irrelevant, then I realized it was still April 1st in America. Then I decided to drink more. Thanks Derek.
Ben

Yey for April Fools…
http://gnomeslair.blogspot.com/ gnome

Not much of an April fool’s appreciator really, but this very post combined with the utterly hilarious Madden banner did make me laugh. In a controlled manner of course… :)
whocare

lol)
all money is fake anyway
April Fucking Fool

Ha!
Gabe

World of Goo is out for anyone who pre-ordered! Fuck yeah!
Tom Cruise

Disclaimer:

EA is owned by the Church of Scientology as are all of it’s relative properties, companies, and trademarks. Hence the hostile take-overs and aggressive mergers. We here at EA would like to thank you for supporting us over the years by purchasing all of our quality entertainment and supporting our line-ups. Our next big game will be L. Ron Hubbard: Resurrected! Please join us on April 29th for the multi-platform launch of what will surely be the gaming event of the year!

Respectfully,

Peter Moore & The Church of Scientology
v-rus

Oh shit…. Wait, it’s April Fool’s day. That was close. And that also explains why Kotaku had nothing but posts about ‘game cakes’.

Pretty fuckin scary april fools joke, though.