April Fools’ Day 2025: the best and cringiest pranks
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Summary
“Brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo” according to The Verge, and April Fools’ Day 2025 has proved no exception, with mainly poor PR gimmicks from technology companies.
So far, the day has seen several dating sim spinoffs, a translation headset from Razer, and a keycap set from GMK, amongst other fails.
Dbrand’s Touch Grass collection allows consumers to wrap their gadgets in artificial turf to simulate the feeling of touching grass, whilst the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the staging of the Nokia 3310 Overture.
Palworld and PUBG: Battlegrounds developers also announced details of dating simulators set in their respective games universes.
The key theme running throughout The Verge’s analysis is that companies would do well to steer clear of April Fools’ Day pranks, with better uses of time and energy possible.