Noticed this wasn't in this year's announcement. Has something changed?

In addition to the daily quests and reward boxes, you can earn special Jester’s Festival Achievements by spreading some cheer the old-fashioned way—with pie! When equipped to your quickbar, the Revelry Pies make for spectacular (and tasty!) projectiles, so be sure to share these delicious treats with your fellow players and NPCs alike as you make your way around Tamriel.

As the people of Tamriel come to fear your sticky wrath, you can earn unique event-specific Achievements:

The Three Fillings War—Throw 10 Pies at players that are in a different Alliance
The Upper Crust—Throw a pie at each of the Alliance Leaders
More Than You Can Chew—Throw 10 Pies at Guards
Dessert Domination—Complete the above Achievements
Messy Business—Kill 10 players while they are covered in pie in Cyrodiil
Take note that not all share your finely honed sense of humor, and some might object to having a pie thrown in their face—crazy, right?

By completing the above Achievements, you’ll also earn the “Tin Soldier” and “Empieror” titles and the Obnoxious Mute Face Paint head marking. Finally, you can also earn the Crown of Misrule hat and Lord/Lady of Misrule title by completing each of the three original daily quests or the Royal Jester title and some furnishings by completing every Jester’s Festival Achievement.

I sincerely hope that the issues plaguing the PC NA server since the Update 33 launch will not be repeated on console. Otherwise, the first days of this event will be a disaster for console players.

As for the event itself, I'm looking forward to it, although the sheer amount of items only available in the once/day stupendous box are such that it's not likely I'll get too many of the new outfit style. But, since I don't care at all about skins, I'll have plenty of tickets to spend on them at the Impresario.

And, last year, the Anniversary event started the very next day after the Jesters Festival ended. Another reason I hope that the Update 33 launch goes well on console (which is only two days before the event starts), as they won't be able to extend the event if the Anniversary event comes on its heels. Though, I suppose they can always delay the Anniversary event (which I believe has never started until early April, to coincide more closely with the actual launch, and not Early Access).