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These are the April Fool’s related news:

This year's inevitable flood of April Fools Day joke visual novels begins with Palworld
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/visual-novel/this-years-inevitable-flood-of-april-fools-day-joke-visual-novels-begins-with-palworld/

'Please publish this to the main game': Arma Reforger players go wild for April Fools' gag that purports to turn the military simulator into a battle between toy soldiers
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/please-publish-this-to-the-main-game-arma-reforger-players-go-wild-for-april-fools-gag-that-purports-to-turn-the-military-simulator-into-a-battle-between-toy-soldiers/

And these are the others:

240 jobs gone and Relic sold off as Sega reckons with the hangover of 'the favorable winds of the early Covid-19 period'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/240-jobs-gone-and-relic-sold-off-as-sega-reckons-with-the-hangover-of-the-favorable-winds-of-the-early-covid-19-period/

'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/the-gold-rush-is-over-slay-the-spire-and-darkest-dungeon-devs-say-that-big-game-pass-and-epic-exclusive-deals-have-dried-up-for-indie-devs/

Reports of World of Warcraft's death may have been greatly exaggerated, as Blizzard's GM proudly wheels out a graph showing it's doing really well—but no hard numbers
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/reports-of-world-of-warcrafts-death-may-have-been-greatly-exaggerated-as-blizzards-gm-proudly-wheels-out-a-graph-showing-its-doing-really-wellbut-no-hard-numbers/

Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/phil-spencer-blames-capitalism-for-games-industry-woes-i-dont-get-the-luxury-of-not-having-to-run-a-profitable-growing-business/

As restructuring ends with the sale of Gearbox, Embracer's CEO has a new plan: 'simply making better products and games'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/as-restructuring-ends-with-the-sale-of-gearbox-embracers-ceo-has-a-new-plan-simply-making-better-products-and-games/

Content Warning, a free co-op horror game where you go viral on SpookTube or die trying, is rapidly climbing the Steam charts
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/content-warning-a-free-co-op-horror-game-where-you-go-viral-on-spooktube-or-die-trying-is-rapidly-climbing-the-steam-charts/

Halo Infinite support studio Certain Affinity lays off employees for the first time in 17 years, blames industry slowdown and 'reluctance of third party investors to fund games or game companies'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/halo-infinite-support-studio-certain-affinity-lays-off-employees-for-the-first-time-in-17-years-blames-industry-slowdown-and-reluctance-of-third-party-investors-to-fund-games-or-game-companies/

'We're not using generative AI within WoW' says franchise director John Hight, though the team's been using machine learning to cut out busywork
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/were-not-using-generative-ai-within-wow-says-franchise-director-john-hight-though-the-teams-been-using-machine-learning-to-cut-out-busywork/