Facebook Buys The Escapist for $90 Million - Update

[LordMonty]

This is the best time of year.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

...wait, what day is it today? Oh, never mind.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I am sad. Now this means that Facebook buying Rift may not have been an elaborate prank as I had hoped, but may indeed be real.

 

[Boba Frag]

Lot of moaning from the forum trolls as usual, but, I got a good kick out of seeing 'will be transitioning from the company in May'.

That Jim Sterling quote killed me...

Nicely done, gents.
It's a joke right....?

RIGHT? D:

 

[WMDogma]

If only it was a joke. IF IT ONLY IT WAS A JOKE.

 

[Sarcasm.]

*slow clap*

Does this mean I get a pay rise? AWW YIS!

maybe you'll get outsourced to IGN (I don't even know who you are or what you're role is here, please don't murder me verbally)

 

[Daaaah Whoosh]

I knew I shouldn't have donated to your kickstarter...

 

[shadowmagus]

Ah-ha!

Almost had me Escapist, you really almost had me. Very cute.

 

[tangoprime]

Why not layout changes for the day? If you are going to do it, do it with style!

This was extra funny to pub club members, as they did roll out the new layout beta today.

Anyway, knew this wasn't true, because I wasn't immediately accosted by popups asking me to sign in with my Facebook credentials, like those scammy little stores that advertise on FB and require you to login through it to access the store.

 

[JenSeven]

Just remember it could all be worse.

Dark Souls 3, Medievil Warfare. Epic fantasy FPS. Cover-based crossbow shooting and QTEs. Big multiplayer focus.
Witcher 3. Mass Effect 3 style multiplayer. Save the world with your friends!

 

[Guffe]

Best thing would be if this is true and everyone thinks it's BS due to the date xD
Now that would be funny!!!

 

[Grach]

THE SINGULARITY IS COOMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

HIDE YO CHILDREN

... But then, we could get high definition videos for FREE! That's good!

 

[RJ 17]

I know it's April Fools, Escapist, but the best pranks are ones that are actually believable.
You know, something like this:

"Facebook Buys The Escapist for a Starbucks gift card and a Magic: The Gathering booster pack"

 

[Elijah Newton]

IMHO you guys should've set the 'working prototype' ( http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/facebook ) as the default for today. The article is good, but that would've been _great_ and likely would've gotten the site a lot more attention.

 

[Trishbot]

One microsecond of shock...

... And then I remembered what day it was.

 

[MowDownJoe]

*wake up; read Twitter*

"Brace yourselves. April Fools is coming. Expect a million 'Facebook buys X' jokes." Sure. No one lacks that much creativity.

*checks the Escapist*

God damn it.

 

[Signa]

I'm amazed at how many people fell for this. I saw the title and said "no they didn't!" I didn't even bother to read the article to convince me otherwise.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

This is actually one of the better A-Fools day pranks I've seen in a while. Its topical(Facebook buying frenzy), scary, borderline believable and damned if it doesn't cause butthurt in those exact people who really need their butt hurt.
Well played

 

[Kross]

Apart from publisher Alexander Macris, editor in chief Greg Tito, managing editor Josh Vanderwall, reviews editor Jim Sterling, senior editor Jon Bolding, senior editor Dan O'Hallaran, senior editor Ross Lincoln, senior editor John Keefer, senior video editor Andrea Rene, senior video editor Justin Clouse, video editor Paul Goodman, video editor Max Song, tech editor Devin Connors, contributing editor C.J. Miozzi, and community manager Schuyler Dievendorf, the entire Escapist team is expected to remain with the company.

ALL IS PROCEEDING AS FORETOLD [http://cdn1-www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2011/01/file_130400_2_highlander04.jpg]. [http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443696604577645972909149812]

 

[Trivun]

Well, I for one welcome our new corporate overlords!

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