Like other roguelikes, the question of how long it’ll take you to “beat” Returnal in part comes down to a combination of your personal skill and the luck of the draw. Weapons, upgrades, and health drops are all randomized, as is the map you face on each run and the …

A lot of the pre-release discussion about Returnal has focused on how tough it is. Here’s the thing, though: You’re supposed to die in Returnal. You should probably die more. Developer Housemarque is known for its difficult, intense bullet-hell arcade games, and it brings those sensibilities to a third-person shooter …

We’re nearly at the end of the Season of the Chosen, with only two more Trials of Osiris weekends before Destiny 2’s next content season kicks off on May 11. Though you can’t get one of the killer Trials guns for clearing out its weekly bounty this week, it’s still …

One of the first Metroid-like upgrades you get in Returnal is the Atropian Blade, a sword that gives you a melee attack. It also allows you to destroy red force fields that sometimes block your path, and more often, protect enemies from your guns. But not long after you encounter …

Xur location for May 7-11 We’re closing in on the final week of Destiny 2‘s Season of the Chosen, as well as the Guardian Games. Xur is back in the solar system with new Exotics that can help you with your last week of competition and to finish your Seasonal …

Destiny 2’s Guardian Games event comes with new cosmetic items that take after its competitive, Olympics-like theme, but along with the new gear have come a few bugs. Bungie has released the patch notes for its latest update to the game, which irons out issues like a bug that made …

Only a few steps inland from the beach where your ship is wrecked at the start of Boomerang X, you realize some great calamity has befallen this strange place. As you make your way into the interior of the island, you find a ravaged village and the bodies of the …

Xur location for May 7-11 For the first week of Destiny 2‘s Guardian Games competition, Hunters have emerged victorious. But Xur is back in the solar system again with a fresh cache of Exotics, and that means it’s a great time to go get yourself something new to bolster your …

Destiny 2‘s Guardian Games are back again this year, restarting the competition between the game’s character classes. Though Bungie introduced the event last year, it made a number of changes to how the Games work with their return. Some of those adjustments can help you quickly and efficiently complete goals …

When the Guardian Games kicked off for the first time in Destiny 2 last year, it came with Heir Apparent, an Exotic machine gun that provides you with a protective shield when you fire it. Heir Apparent is available to earn again in the newly launched Guardian Games this year, …