Fri, Apr 01, 2011 | 21:36 BST

Friday Shorts – evening edition: STO, Oberon, Angry Birds Rio, Pranks

The day is almost over, and the weekend is nipping at our heels like the Fool’s little dog. Hopefully you got a few jokes and pranks in today, if not, there’s always next year.

Cryptic has finally launched Star Trek Online’s Foundry mission editor.
1UP has a list of today’s April Fool’s Pranks courtesy of the games industry.
Nippon Ichi has opened two new game studios, bringing its total to five subsidiaries and the hopes of releasing four major titles a year.
SEGA has released a new Thor trailer for the Wii version of the game.
StarDrone launches on PSN and Move next week, and Plus members will get a discount.
Oberon plans to shut down internal game development.
The beta for Metal Assault has started and there’s a PvP trailer out for it as well.
Angry Birds Rio has been downloaded 10 million times in 10 days.
Capcom Unity is streaming live from WonderCon.
Those who play MMOs should check whether or not their game is having an event today.
A new MLB 11: The Show trailer has been released. It’s called Home Run Derby.