Destiny 2 has no shortage of currencies. Thankfully, Legendary Shards are getting the axe for the benefit of those currently overwhelmed. Here are the best ways to spend your Legendary Shards before they leave on June 4 once The Final Shape launches.

How Can You Use Your Legendary Shards?

Legendary Shards have certainly had their use over the years in Destiny 2. Now is your chance to use your stockpile of shards one last time before The Final Shape’s launch in Destiny 2. Here’s what you can do with Legendary Shards now:

There are a lot of new Shadow of the Erdtree enemies about to bear down on us. With two trailers out and less than a month to go until launch, we haven’t been this hyped to have our teeth kicked in since the original release of FromSoft’s open-world RPG. But who are our most anticipated beatdowns?

Let’s go through our top 10 choices for Shadow of the Erdtree enemies we’re most excited to fight, and most probably, die to. If you’re wondering exactly how long it is until release, be sure to check our Shadow of the Erdtree countdown timer.

It’s the grim reality of every new gaming release for players to feel hesitant at launch. You never know which bugs you may encounter, server issues you might run into, or what account you’ll have to make just to get in a game. So often, games launch with high promises, and with XDefiant finally here, it’s fair to have some of the same concerns.

A Tough Past

While that might sound pessimistic, you’ve got to consider some of the reasons these concerns are valid. Take Payday 3 for example. The first two games in the series were bangers in the eyes of the players. Their cutting-edge features created unique gameplay, so hearing about a third game was exciting.

The follow-up to Digimon Last Evolution Kizuna is coming to streaming services next month to cap off Adventure 02, so this seems like a fine time for a little retrospective. Digimon has been going since 1999 and has recreated itself several times with different seasons, so we’re doing the hefty job of ranking them. So join us as we go through every story of digital monsters!

9. Digimon Frontier

Not to act like a series purist, but Digimon Frontier never felt truly Digimon to me. It could be the fact that it lacks part of the vital (and titular) ‘monsters’ element. Five kids get taken to a different world, and instead of being given their own fated partner, they are given a Digivice that allows them to transform. Honestly, it feels more like a Power Rangers knock-off.

The Silent Hill franchise came roaring back in 2022 with the Silent Hill Transmission, announcing three new games, a film, and an interactive streaming series. Despite promising a new transmission in 2023, the whole year passed with nothing announced. 2023 did see the launch of the interactive series Silent Hill: Ascension, but the project was widely panned. 2024 has seen a new trailer for Silent Hill 2 and the release of Silent Hill: The Short Message. Now, Konami has announced a new Silent Hill Transmission for May 30. Here are five things we want to see from the event.

A Movie Trailer

Silent Hill has had a tricky history on screen. The first film, based loosely on the original game, was praised for its atmosphere, music, and visuals, but criticized for its deviation from the source material. The sequel, Silent Hill: Revelations, took inspiration from the third game, and was critically panned upon release.

Wuthering Waves had plenty of comparisons with Genshin Impact when it first released and we’ve all waited to see how it would differentiate itself. Now that the game is finally out, we can compare both games on an equal footing and see how they stack up. Despite all the similarities, here are some of the unique ways in which Wuthering Waves proves that it’s not just a Genshin Impact clone.

Wuthering Waves and Genshin Impact Differences

Echo and Databank System

The Echo and Databank system incentivizes you to go out explore the world and face every type of enemy available. With each enemy defeated, you have a chance to absorb their Echo and you can then slot these echoes into your character builds for unique buffs. Not just that, these Echoes are unique and you can channel each of their abilities in battle, and even for traversal. This incentivizes fighting enemies a lot more as you want to keep collecting more Echoes and upgrading your existing ones.

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the closure of four of its studios: Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Games, Roundhouse Games, and Tango Gameworks. All would be shutting down, and all their future projects put on ice.

The latter, founded by survival horror mastermind Shinji Mikami, had most recently released the action rhythm game Hi-Fi Rush, and before that, The Evil Within and its sequel, The Evil Within 2. There had been rumors of a third game in the series, but now that it seems those plans won’t ever come to fruition.

I was terrible at Frostpunk 2. Prior to my two or so hours of hands-on playtime, I’d been warned by other journalists and creators to expect something brutally difficult. In fact, going into the play session without prior experience of the first game was basically a cardinal sin. I’d heard all about how the game consistently teeters on the precipice of a game-over screen at all times, I was both apprehensive and curious as to whether it could truly be that hard.

Having now played more than two hours of Frostpunk 2’s story mode, I completely get it. It’s the most in-depth and engrossing city-builder I’ve ever played, with a difficulty spike that’s definitely noticeable, but never feels unfair.

With each generation of video game consoles, games continue to get bigger and better. Worlds are teeming with detail and continue to stretch beyond the horizon. Character models are intricately detailed, and the sheer amount of quests and content for players to work their way through has crept up into the hundreds of hours to complete. So here, we’re looking at the 20 biggest games of all time, ranked by their install size.

A quick note here: to save this from being a very repetitive list of Call of Duty titles, we’ve bundled most of those together. Where possible, we’ve also explained why these games are so huge and on what platforms their install sizes are going to dominate your hard drive. Spoilers: it’s mainly PC!

Going into my hands-on play session with 11 Bit Studios’ The Alters, I truly had no idea what to expect. First announced at the 2022 PC Gaming Show, it’s quite a significant step away from the games that put the Polish studio on the map. If you’re familiar with Frostpunk and its upcoming sequel, The Alters will definitely subvert your expectations – but that’s absolutely a good thing.

You play as Jan Dolski, an interstellar miner hopping across planets to harvest their resources. My preview opened with Jan in a significant spot of bother: the planet he’s on is tearing apart at the seams, his crew is missing, and he’s got to escape. In a fit of desperation – and under the influence of a mysterious faceless agent persuading him – Jan begins cloning himself, working alongside a crew of his alternate versions to find salvation.

EA’s annual football game may have a different name, but EA FC 24 is still much of the same for longtime fans of the franchise. Underneath the rebranding and fresh coat of paint are the same modes, teams, and microtransactions we all love and hate. Let’s look at the best teams in EA FC 24.

What are the Best Teams in EA FC 24?

Each season a small group of teams get 5-star ratings and a significant advantage in game modes like Kick Off and Seasons. However, EA’s football games don’t always feature a team’s best line-up as its default option. It’s frustrating and can often lead to gamers missing out on having a big star in their squad.

Fans have been asking for an Assassin’s Creed game in samurai-era Japan since the series began. Now, it seems Ubisoft has finally given in. Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the next entry in the long-running historical stealth-action game series, will take players back to Feudal Japan. Expect samurais, shinobis, shoguns, and lots of unassuming guards getting stabbed by katanas. It seems strange that it has taken Ubisoft this long to finally make an Assassin’s Creed game with a Japanese setting – the series has been going on for two decades now and we’ve been everywhere from the American colonies to ancient Egypt.

When Is Assassin’s Creed Shadows Set?

In the announcement live stream, Ubisoft showed off a new cinematic trailer and afterward gave us another video where the developers went into more detail about the game’s two protagonists. On top of that, loads of information about the game’s combat, stealth, and exploration have been revealed.

Arena Breakout Infinite is the new kid on the extraction shooter block, and it has some large boots to fill. That said, ABI improves on the traditional extraction shooter formula with myriad improvements that make the military sim infinitely more accessible. Here are ten things Arena Breakout Infinite does better than Escape from Tarkov.

In What Ways Does Arena Breakout Infinite Beat Escape from Tarkov?

Arena Breakout Infinite Looks and Runs Better

For a mobile game port, Arena Breakout Infinite is remarkably stable and optimized, especially as a shooter in 2024. This can be attributed to two things: ABI and its mobile version are made using the latest version of Unreal Engine 4, and the developers have been iterating on their mobile version for years now. On the other side of the fence, Escape from Tarkov uses a relatively newer version of the Unity engine.

You can’t help but get a bit excited when a new update arrives. There is a small thrill that comes with the prospect of jumping into an old favorite, especially when you haven’t played in a while. The latest Starfield update promises improvements and new features but for me, it has been a real letdown. It’s not because the additions are necessarily bad, it’s all just arriving a little too late.

As I searched for info on the new Starfield update I saw so many articles stating how it is ‘a game changer‘ and ‘the most exciting update yet.’ So imagine my surprise when I see a list of bug fixes and a few features that should have been part of the game when it was first released.