EA Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore has apologised for a series of April Fools jokes posted on the official Frostbite Twitter feed.
Frostbite’s Twitter posted several tweets that referred mockingly to the Nintendo Wii U console, sarcastically calling it the “most powerful Gen4 platform” and claiming that Half Life 3 would be coming out on the Wii U as an exclusive title.
For some reason people didn’t find this as rib-ticklingly hilarious as Frostbite imagined they would. Moore posted the following tweet in response to those irritated by the suggestion that the Wii U is laughable simply because it doesn’t have the power of the PS4 and XBox One.
Our apologies to partners @NintendoAmerica & fan @FrostbiteEngine ’s poor attempt at April Fools not condoned by EA : unacceptable/ stupid
— Peter Moore (@petermooreEA) April 1, 2014Frostbite’s Twitter deleted the offending tweets shortly after the backlash began, but I’ve added them below for posterity. I think the greatest sin is that they’re just not that funny.
“Frostbite now runs on the #WiiU since it is the most powerful Gen4 platform, our renderer is now optimized for Mario and Zelda.”
“Frostbite will power #HalfLife3, coming out summer 2014! #WiiU exclusive.”
”Good news, we have finally fixed and optimized our ‘netcode’. Uses quantum entanglement for Zero Latency connections. Exclusively on #WiiU.”
