Finally! Er… wait The good folks atGiant Bomblinked us to this fascinating blog on game foliage.Alex Swaim’sVideo Game Foliageis my newest Tumblr follow because it’s so weird and specific that I’ll always want to hear what he has to say. A visual FX programmer by day, Swaim gets really close in with game plants to see how they’re made. Not ironically, either — he really digs this stuff. For example, Swaim guesses that there are more polygons in thegrass and flowers in the Northern Undead Asylum ofDark Soulsthan there are in the surrounding rocks and tombstones....

I certainly don’t rely on Square-Enix for my dose of creepy, but if they can execute their successful formula within a new genre, we may have something to get excited about here. The recently announced game is calledGeemu no Nanatsu DS(The Game With No Name) and will come out in Japan on July 3rd. I’m honestly not so sure we can expect this title to make it to the states, as horror games are more popular in Japan than they are here, but since there are few portable horror titles on the American market I think it would certainly be welcome....

Tactical RPGTriangle Strategyis headed to Meta Quest, Square Enix announced today. The popular RPG is currently only available on PC and Nintendo Switch, but this Halloween you’ll be able to manage the battlefield ofTriangle Strategyin full VR on the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3. I’m still not really on the VR train, but for those who are,Triangle Strategycould be an actual solid entry onto the platform. Even though it’s not necessarily a traditional idea, being able to get a birds-eye view of the grid-like battlefields could be very advantageous with the experienceTriangel Strategyoffers....

I’m already wracked with sadness As a part of Destructoid I’m lucky enough to go to events every few months. Unfortunately PAX East is not one of these events. This sad fact means that I’m counting on you guys to keep the awesome alive at the show this weekend. That means there needs to be pictures of every waking moment sent to me so I can live the shenanigans by proxy…....

Bandai Namco has announced that their upcoming fight-’em-up,Tekken 8, will get a demo on December 14 on PS5. If you’re not the PS5 type, the Xbox and PC demos will arrive on December 21. Excited aboutTekken 8, but the Jul 29, 2025 launch date is too far away? Lace up your fighting… fists, you’ll be able to get an early taste soon. How much of a taste? That’s not really said....

POYO! Quick-thinking Nintendo Switch puzzlerTetris 99is still going strong, and has been tasking platoons of players to bust their blocks with speed, precision, and efficiency ever since its surprise launch back in the winter of 2019. In fact, the title is about to celebrate with its29th Maximus Cup: online tournaments themed aroundgreat Nintendo titlesand theirrespective superstars. This time around, it is the turn of Nintendo’s beloved pink puffball Kirby, with a newTetris 99theme based on recent smash hit releaseKirby and the Forgotten Land....

Evening, pumpkins. If you happened to catch today’s live Destructoid Show amidst the repeated bouts of hacking and coughing, then you, sir, deserve a metal. A long, blunt stick of metal with which to beat me senselessly the next time I decide it’s a good idea to come into work sick. Ugh. ANYWAY, today’s show was actually pretty packed. I ran down some pre-order bonuses forBorderlands 2andDishonored, while Max talked about his experience with the3DS XLand how those peskyOrcsjust won’t seem to die!...

Thanos strikes again If you’re contemplating buying a licensed game and it goes on sale out of the blue, you might want to act before it’s too late. The latest example?Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. It’s no longer possible to purchaseUltimate Allianceor its sequel on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or Steam — they’ve been delisted. Some hadspeculatedthis removal was on the horizon, and props to them, but that’s all we had to go on: a gut feeling that an Activision-published Marvel video game going on sale was possible cause for concern....

Introducing The Endless Mission Back in late 2014, E-Line Media releasedNever Alone— a gorgeous platformer with the ambitious goal of teaching players about an indigenous Alaskan people. It wasn’t perfect, but it did what it hoped to.Never Aloneused video games to educate us about a world culture that most people didn’t know much about. It was fascinating to imagine a whole line of these games that raise cultural awareness. For its follow-up project, E-Line Media isn’t doing that....

Take cover, Galahad! Third-person shooter protagonists spend a bulk of their time glued to chest-high walls, so it’s fitting that the highlight ofThe Order: 1886‘s collector’s edition depicts this very action. In this unboxing video that PlayStation threw together, a statue of Galahad under fire is the main attraction, alongside a steel case, some DLC, stickers, and the game itself. The biggest surprise comes from not what’s inside the box, but the relatively reasonable price tag....

Just don’t break ALL the TWITCH LAWS It is my pleasure to bring you the first Destructoid post of 2021. I hope that you all had a safe and joyful evening and that y’all woke up ready to face the new year with all the gusto ya got. Of course, with the new year comes the desire to re-evaluate yourself, your plans, your goals, and your hobbies. And what better way to start than with the the hobby that brought us all to the Destructoid dance....

Longtime RPG/brawler series takes a bold new road Segahas officially revealed story and gameplay detailsfor the next entry in its popular and long-runningYakuzafranchise, following on from various teases over the past year.Yakuza 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness(orYakuza: Like A Dragonin the west) will be launching in Japan on PS4 January 16 – before heading west sometime in 2020 – and looks to take the series in an all-new direction....

As we head towards the latter days of Winter, the temperature outside is slowly creeping upwards, but it’s still not warm by any stretch of the imagination. If you want something to warm you from the inside out, there are few better things than a spicy romance novel. In case you’re not clued in on modern literary terms, spicy means nothing more than sexy. Spicy romances have a lot of sexual content, often described explicitly, and can leave even the most stiff-lipped of readers feeling hot and bothered....