For as long as humans have felt the need to wax poetic about the loveliness of the world, flowers have been used as the ultimate symbol of beauty. With their velvety petals, sweet perfume, and colors of every imaginable shade, it’s not hard to see why. RELATED:Games to Help Players Appreciate Nature But in their innocence lies a great capacity for subversion. Some of the most innocent and lovely elements of our world are downright scary when they’re used in menacing ways....

Clever Trickster Productionshas announcedthat their vampire bar simulator,Blood Bar Tycoon, will release on October 28th. That is a busy day. It’s coming to PC. From the looks of things, you’re not merely running a bar that serves vampires. You’re also running one that serves humans, which you then use as food for your vampiric patrons. I’m going to point out (and did in the headline) that this is part of a growing number of games about running a restaurant where you murder the customers....

Boston Blueis keeping theBlue Bloodsuniverse alive withthe return of Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan,but the spinoff is also introducing many new faces. The CBS police procedural series, developed by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis, begins with Danny’s move to Boston. As fans of the original show know,Blue Bloodsdidn’t endwith Danny leaving New York City or with any kind of tease that he was thinking of transferring to the Boston Police Department....

Brian O’Conner’s return inFast and Furious 11allows the franchise to deliver on a four-year-old tease from one of its recent sequels. At FuelFest 2025 (viaHotCars), Vin Diesel made the surprising announcement that Paul Walker’s character, Brian, would reunite with Dominic Toretto and the rest of the familyinFast X: Part 2. While it sounds exciting,Diesel’s reveal raises many questions. Walker died in 2013 following a car crash, but the filmmakers found a way tofinish Brian’s story inFurious 7through impressive filmmaking and visual effects....

To the joy of many,JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s seventh installment,Steel Ball Run, is finally getting an anime adaptation. Nothing has been shown beyond the initial teaser image, and there isn’t even a release window, but the fact thatSteel Ball Runis getting an adaptation at all is nonetheless worth celebrating. TheSteel Ball Runanime will be great to watch, and there’s plenty that people can do while waiting for it to come out. With how old and how popularJoJo’s Bizarre Adventureis, there are plenty ofanime that overlap withJoJo’s Bizarre Adventureeither visually or narratively, and with that in mind,there are plenty of anime that would be great to watch beforeJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Runcomes out....

Lost in Randomis a nice little gem TheApril Xbox Game Pass gamesare spicy, with a variety of genres to choose from, as well as new and old offerings. This week,Dragon Age 2, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, andStar Wars; Squadronsare interesting picks, all of which are being addedas cloud-based options.Console-specific additionsincludeCricket 22, MLB The Show 22, Chinatown Detective Agency, Life is Strange: True Colors,andLost in Random. And when it comes toPC games, there’sPanzer Corps 2andThe Dungeons ofNaheulbeuk....

A mysterious story has been going around regarding the newestCooking Mamagame, of all things.Cooking Mama: Cookstar, initially announced asCooking Mama: Coming Hometo Mama, was supposed to be a reboot of the franchise.Cooking Mama: Cookstarsupposedly launched on March 26, yet it’s now completely disappeared from the Nintendo Switch eShop. Cooking Mama: Cookstardoes exist, as odd as that statement may seem. It did launch briefly on theNintendo Switch eShop, reportedly, but only for a few hours before being removed....

When Netflix announced it would be adaptingCowboy Bebopinto a live-action series, fans had one major concern about whether anyone would truly replicate the spirit of one of the most beloved anime of all time. That question was partially answered when Shinichirō Watanabe, the visionary behind the original anime, revealed that he could not even make it past the opening scene of Netflix’s version. His blunt admission cut deep into the already polarizing reception the series had received, especially from longtime fans....

Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt RED’s hotly-anticipated sci-fi FPS RPG, is set in the fictional Night City. Consisting of several sprawling districts, each influenced by dozens of unique factions, the metropolis promises to be a huge map to explore. To get around,Cyberpunk 2077’s players will steal, buy, and otherwise procure a wide range of vehicles of all shapes, sizes, makes, models, and more. While it’s already been made clear that players won’t be able to freely drive the game’s flying cars, it seems thatboats and helicopterswill still be available, along with all manner of conventional ground vehicles....

The second day of coverage from E3 is over and Destructoid is tirelessly bringing you all the latest coverage from the show floor and behind closed doors. (That’s a lie, we are actually pretty exhausted!) Regardless, we hope you have enjoyed today’s news. The Destructoid community has also been giving their impressions throughout the day over on the C-blogs and the forums. We always love to hear what you guys are thinking, so keep it up and check out all of the c-blogs below!...

Dying LightandDying Light 2developerTechlandappears to be getting started in earnest on its next project and this one doesn’t look like it will have anything to do with zombies. In order to really start working on what it says is an open-world action-RPG, it needs to staff up andTechlandis advertising it has several job openings. RELATED:Original Dying Light Gets Dieselpunk DLC 7 Years After Release The tweet takes users to the Techland official website where it appears the company is actually looking for quite a few different roles, though the firm has not made it clear that all the openings are for this new game....

TheHulkhas had a long and varied history on the small screen, with numerous animated and live-action adaptations dating back to the 1960s. As one ofMarvel’s most iconic characters, Bruce Banner’s explosive alter ego has smashed his way through decades of storytelling, showcasing everything from campy Saturday morning cartoons to gritty drama. Some series embraced the Hulk’s monstrous side, while others highlighted his humanity – or even used him as part of a superhero team....

F1 The Movieaccurately depicts most of the elements of the real high-octane world of Formula One racing, and part of bringing it to life included using real F1 racers. The latest movie fromTop Gun: Maverickdirector Joseph Kosinski,F1follows Brad Pitt’s washed-up racer Sonny Hayes, who is offered a spot on the primary Formula One circuit. The movie sees Sonny revolutionize the strategy of the last-place APX racing team, which puts him at odds with both the existing team members and talented yet arrogant rookie driver Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris)....