Pokémon Legends: Z-A for Switch and Switch 2 launches next week on 16th October 2025, and ahead of this highly anticipated release, there’s been a few developments…
Firstly, if you’ve purchased a digital copy of the title from the eShop, the preload should now (or at least soon) be showing up on your system’s HOME Menu. As a reminder, the Switch version of this game can also be redeemed with a game voucher in select regions. And Nintendo will be offering a paid Switch 2 upgrade for the original release as well.
You could not pay me to go to the moon, I think. I’m glad Mr. Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear had a good time up there, but that place is scary! It’s just a massive, dark rock! But in the case of Dark Moon, an upcoming survival strategy game that just got a release date, that darkness is your friend, because if you want to survive on the moon, you’ve got to protect yourself from that hot, hot orb in the sky called the sun.
Everybody makes mistakes! That’s life, really, a constant series of tiny mistakes that are sometimes good ones, sometimes bad ones, occasionally purposeful, often not. Here’s one that was very much not purposeful: Pico Park: Classic Edition, a delightful co-op puzzle platformery game you’ve almost definitely seen a bunch of Twitch streamers play during COVID lockdown, is now permanently free.
Are you able to picture things in your head? Try it, right now, we’ll go for the classic thing to picture, an apple. If you can’t see diddly squat, you’ve potentially got aphantasia, a condition which is essentially the inability to visualise an image within your head. It’s interesting to me because I feel I’m on the opposite end of it, I can picture that apple pretty darn clearly. With that in mind, it makes me all the more curious about Afantasia, spelled with an f not a ph, a “surreal exploration game about a boy searching for identity in his hometown.”
A short while back, I looked at the Hautepad X, Cosmox Gaming’s premium arcade controller that boasts modular components for a highly customisable experience – with an equally high price to boot.
For those who might not be on board with such an ambitious product but still want to see why Cosmox has been garnering praise in the fighting game community, the C16 and C16-S might be more up your alley.
The anime MMORPG Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is out on October 9, and it’s arriving with plenty to do. Whether you’re interested in digging deep into the grind and challenges or just want to know how to get started, Maxroll’s comprehensive Blue Protocol: Star Resonance guide can help you every step of the way.
Getting Started in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
Maxroll has spent the last few months creating detailed yet beginner-friendly guides for every major BPSR system. A great place to start is the Beginner’s Guide, which introduces you to the core mechanics of the game with detailed explanations and tips. If you’d like a character progression roadmap for your first few weeks, the Game Plan for Weeks 1-4 is an ideal companion.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Build Guides
At launch, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance features eight classes, built around the traditional trio of Tank, DPS, and Healer. Each class branches into two specializations, offering unique playstyle variations. Maxroll’s BPSR Class Build Guides break down the ins and outs of each role and class:
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Character Progression
Like any MMO, you’ll need to hone your skills and upgrade your gear to take on tougher challenges. To learn the basics of gear progression and upgrades, start with these two guides:
Few experiences in MMOs rival the thrill of conquering dungeons and defeating powerful bosses. For casual players, Normal and Hard difficulty dungeons and raids are designed to be accessible and rewarding, without hours-long grinds.
Those looking for a greater challenge can test themselves in Master difficulty, which demands preparation, communication, and mastery of boss mechanics.
Explore how to best approach BPSR daily and weekly tasks with Maxroll’s guide, and then when you’re ready to try something new, check out these other helpful guides to make sure you get the most out of the game’s side content:
These are only a few of the side activities you’ll find on your journey in Star Resonance. Make use of the guides on Maxroll before you embrace the true end content of this game: Fashion!
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days finish today after a shorter run than in July, but the retailer isn’t the only one with deals to go around.
Target’s Circle Week, which offers deals for anyone who’s a Target Circle member (it’s $99 a year or $10.99 annually), has sales on Apple tech, LEGO, and even Magic: The Gathering cards and video games. Here are our picks.
Save On Tech And Toys At Target
Kicking off with a doozy, you can get this LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Helmet for under $50 with Target’s deals. It’s an 834-piece build, so is ideal for intermediate builders, and shows off arguably the most iconic helmet in cinematic history (seriously, who comes close other than Stormtroopers?).
Target also has some Apple tech deals. The Apple Watch Series 10 is down to just over $300 now that the Series 11 is here, and considering the new model adds very little on top of what the Series 10 offers, it’s well worth that if you want a device that’s a seamless extension of your current iPhone.
Next up for Apple, there’s a $100 discount on the ridiculously powerful iPad Pro M4. I’ll be honest, there’s a good chance an M5 version arrives in a few weeks, but this is a phenomenally powerful tablet that can take advantage of iOS 26’s new features like multitasking and more Mac-like features.
The Apple deals continue, with half off the Beats Studio Pro over-ear headphones, and 32% off the AirPods Pro 2, although expect the latter to get cheaper for Black Friday since the third-generation ones are out.
Next up, you can get a compact Anker Power Bank for $14.99, saving around $10 – ideal for charging your phone while out and about.
Next up Target is running a Buy 2, Get One Free promotion across books, movies, music, and uh, Funko Pop figurines. If you’ve been lacking in any of those areas, now’s the time to splurge, with books like the recently released Alchemised, movies like Moana 2 and Thunderbolts, and more included.
PS5 gamers can pick up some first-party exclusives on the cheap, too. The Last of Us Part 1 and Gran Turismo 7 both see 56% discounts, dropping to $29.99 each.
Finally (ha!) the Final Fantasy Limit Break Commander Deck is now cheaper than MSRP. This is the one that’s tended to hold its value since launch in June, and it’s now reduced by 22% – and you don’t even have to be a Target Circle member for this one, either.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.
Online video games! They’re the future of the medium! Or, I guess they’re already here, but still, online co-op is very much in Vampire Survivor’s future. It’s a feature that’s been promised for a little while now, and developer Poncle have shared a little look at it, as well as a confirmation as to when you can expect it: autumn! This autumn, to be precise, which we’re currently experiencing, though a more specific window of time wasn’t provided.
When the original Little Nightmares was released in 2017, it won praise for its fresh take on puzzle platforming horror. Its sequel upped the scare factor even further, earning critical acclaim while deepening the series’ mythos. With a new developer at the helm of its threequel, the question on everyone’s minds is whether the franchise’s third outing sticks the landing.
The answer is, ‘Yeah, sort of…’ but with some major caveats. Little Nightmares III is essentially a soft reboot for the series with an all-new storyline and lead protagonists, yet it faithfully adheres to the well-trodden gameplay formula and level design of Tarsier Studios’ earlier entries, resulting in an experience that leans perhaps too much into reiteration rather than reinvention.
