“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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Dont know if its real or not but on the PDF of the article there is no TV Shows or Music Videos in the left hand search bar…..
Hm… I have so many opinions running through my head on this one, ill have to go with fake for now…. I dont see apple competing in this market! Tsk tsk, not to mention the DS is too “PHAT” right now that Apple would have to be dum to enter the market.
breaks so many Apple guidelines and uses expired imagery….
F A K E
Jeez, MDN. Is everything news to you?
Man I hope it’s a joke, because Mac users for the most part are not avid gamers, and real ‘Gaymers’ are not going to buy anything with an Apple logo. Yeah, that line art android machead from the future that appeared in the patent Apple submitted awhile back was holding something, but it wasn’t this p.o.s..
The funniest part is that this idiot “AH” thought he was actually breaking an exclusive news story or something. I can’t believe ANYONE fell for this obvious fabricated joke! LOL
I’m actully not entirely convinced it’s a fake. It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if it wasn’t. I am highly doubtful of th supposed 6G iPod floating around. I think that this would be more advanced enough for Apple to justify a new model so soon after the 5G. It would provide game playing ability on top of a bigger screen. But heck I could be wrong.
FAKE!!!
If apple really wanted to release a gaming device, they would have done it under yesterdays headline “New fun products”.
what a piece of crap… even if Apple were to release this and they wont who would buy it … its a piece of junk only a Micro$uck user could love
Lame ASS Job. Go back to design school.
Doesen’t look like something apple would make, total fake!
Everyone, EGM has a April Fool’s Joke every year. A year or so ago, they had an cheat that unlocked Sonic for Super Smash Brothers: Melee.
This is obviously a fake. Also, when you subscribe to EGM, you get the issue a lot earlier than the newsstands. A friend of mine just got it. I’ve seen it. Its obviously their April Fool’s Joke.
The device and news-story is a fake but its not a photoshop job.
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It’s april… where is the iGame article?
idiot.