EA's Moore apologises for Frostbite prank

April Fools' Day tweet causes headaches for COO

Feature by Rachel Weber Senior Editor

Published on April 2, 2014

April Fool's Day is traditionally one of joke press releases and made-up announcements in the games industry, but yesterday EA COO Peter Moore publicly apologised for a prank tweet from the official Frostbite game engine account.

Our apologies to partners @NintendoAmerica & fan @FrostbiteEngine ’s poor attempt at April Fools not condoned by EA : unacceptable/ stupid
— Peter Moore (@PeterMooreLFC) April 1, 2014

The unlucky EA executive was responding to a tweet that promised more support for the Wii U, which is probably a sore subject for his contemporaries at Nintendo.

GameInformer reported more prank tweets from the account, "Frostbite will power #HalfLife3, coming out summer 2014! #WiiU exclusive" and "Good news, we have finally fixed and optimized our 'netcode'. Uses quantum entanglement for Zero Latency connections. Exclusively on #WiiU." All the tweets have now been deleted.