“A friend just passed me a photocopy of what is supposedly an article from an upcoming issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly about Apple’s soon to be released gaming device called, what else, iGame,” “AH” reports for Station A. “I have the actual magazine the article appears in clutched in my grubby little hands. It indeed caomes in the April 06 issue. It is NOT described as a rumor, and in fact is supposedly set to be introduced at this May’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in LA.”
“AH” provides a link to a scan of the PDF of the actual article and emphasizes “the article itself is NOT A FAKE. If the information EGM is relaying to it’s readers is incorrect is another matter. But this article will be in the April 06 issue of EGM. So save the “it’s Photoshopped”, “FAKED” nonsense. Don’t believe it will happen? Fine. But the article, and that’s all I am reporting on here, will happen.”
Full article, with scans, full transcription, and more info, here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “AH” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: April issue? As in April Fool’s?
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FAKE!
April 06 issue? Sounds like a good April fools joke article….
I have a hard time believing this.
That market is somewhat overcrowded.
JG
What? …Skeptics anyone? …slow news day pick me up!
Photoshopped!!
It is their April fools joke. It is in the April issue.
Matthew
April Fool’s joke I am sure. Where would all the games be coming from???? The large catalog of existing Mac games? <sarcasm>
Jay Leno Sucks declares —
This is as phoney as the asinine “jokes” that Leno pukes out every night on his “talk show”.
Can you say, “April Fool’s Edition”?
..as its meant to be from an April issue, I’m assuming this will be their “April Fools” joke
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iBull
The device looks too cheesy to be designed by Apple!
not worth a response.
Wait, is that a response? It is. I take it back. It is worth a response.
Fake!! Stupid. Photoshopped.
Why would a person dance while playing a game.
Its not even the current logo (apple with a swoosh).
The only place this article is going to run is in the onion.
BULLSH!!!
Me? I don’t believe it, but fake or fact, we should know fairly soon: according to the Ziff Davis web site, the April 2006 edition of Electronic Gaming News goes to the newstands on March 14. At least the supposed article doesn’t contain all the “it’s” grammar errors that appear in AH’s report…
Hoax!
Even if the article is real, that only means the magazine itself got hoaxed.
Too bad, because I loves me any handheld game machine. Gotta get em all!
Is iGame trademarked by Apple? That’s the litmus test. Apple trademarks terms years in advance of release.
That’s so fake it’s not even funny. Terrible design, too.
(MDN Magic Word: “Truth”)
Apple has done one article prior to the product announcement. This article was leaked one day ahead (Time Magazine put it up on their website too soon). It was the iMac G5.
I can’t believe this because:
1)This is not Time Magazine
2)The product anouncement is in May (?) and the article is to be released in April (?)
Apple does not like to show its hand prior to a release. Plus, if the product cannot ship in a time close to the announcement, it allows Apple to pull the announcement and wait until there is a product to release.
This is definitely bogus…
Besides, who wants a mac gaming device? I would rather see a high end portable video device or tablet or resurrected Newton on steroids!
It’s called an APRIL FOOLS JOKE!!!
“So save the ‘it’s Photoshopped’, ‘FAKED’ nonsense.
Methinks “AH” doth protest too much. The only people who would suggest that it was “nonsense” to speculate on faked Apple product announcements are fakers or tragically naive.
nonsense
Wow, that’s one of the worst fakes I’ve ever seen!
This is way bigger
http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6047223.html?tag=ne.vid
Complete garbage hoax.
First of all, even if Apple was already in production with this device, there’s no way they would talk about it with a gaming magazine. Isn’t happening.