Valheim

All around the world, companies lick their lips as April 1 approaches.

The appointment, which is of course April Fools Mean solar day, allows them to pull all kinds of pranks on fans, viewers, readers or whomever else interacts with them.

Over the years nosotros have seen some awesome pranks, including unusual new production announcements and suspicious game reveals and this year looks no different.

Ane of the games which may, or may not be getting in on the act is ane of this year's runaway successes, Valheim. Let'southward explore their contempo tweet.

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What is Valheim?

Valheim is an open-world Viking-RPG adult by Iron Gate.

The game released in February and has already gone on to sell over six one thousand thousand copies, despite simply being in early on access.

This has caused a snowball effect. More people talking about the game, means more people go interested and therefore more people purchase!

The game allows players to fight a multifariousness of monsters, including some very sneaky trolls, build their own humble abodes and arts and crafts a range of items.

Things are looking good for fans too, with Iron Gate laying out a roadmap of content that is still to come up – and there'due south plenty.

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And so, what did they tweet?

From the official Valheim Twitter account, Atomic number 26 Gate tweeted:

"Introducing deer as a playable species in Valheim! What will y'all name your deerking?"

The text was accompanied by an image of the new creature's characteristics and skills.

These included:

Sometimes your character will switch direction while running.
Your character cannot set on, interact with objects or use tools
Any vegetation in the game is now edible.

https://twitter.com/Valheimgame/status/1377606680549195780

Is this a Valheim April Fools Day prank or can you play equally a deer?

No, unfortunately non. Equally much fun equally it would be, this is certainly an attempt by Valheim at an April Fools Day prank and, for a outset effort, it'south not a bad ane!

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