STACK #252 October 2025

CONTENTS

ISSUE 252 OCT

GAMING 6 Take 5/Charts/Q5/Wham, bam, game exam! 10-11 Like a ghost: Ghost of Y ō tei interview 12-14 Once more unto the breach! Battlefield 6 Q+A 16 The Pokémon story: Pokémon Legends: Z-A hits! 18 Sword up! Ninja Gaiden 4 interview 19 Outer sight! The Outer Worlds 2 interview 20 Come out and play with Logitech G! 22 Strike with the Cobra! Razer Cobra HyperSpeed Wireless Gaming Mouse 24 New from Corsair: Vanguard 96 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard + Sabre v2 Pro Ultralight Wireless Gaming Mouse 26-27 What's out this month? TECH 38 The Polar Loop: A fitness band that fits your lifestyle 40 The Withings BeamO is a 4-in-1 health check-up 42-48 Your ultimate guide to electric scooters 50 Triple your coffee with the Ninja Luxe Café 52 Ice cream made easy with the Tefal Dolci 54 See the sizzle with the new Ninja Crispi 56 The new Philips air fryer is stacked! 58 Power up with the KitchenAid K200 blender 60 The Ecovacs X11 redefines robot vacs 62 The Samsung Galaxy S25 FE is here 64 Unfolding the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold 66 LG’s portable lifestyle screen 70 Bose’s Gen 2 QC Ultra headphones are here 74 How 360 action cameras capture every angle 76 Check out the new GoPro Max 2 78 Shoot immersive videos with the DJI Osmo 360 80 The Insta360 X5 – your pocket-sized adventure pal 82 New tech at JB this month MUSIC 84 Take 5/My first album/STACK exchange 86 New albums from Baker Boy + Paul Dempsey 90 New albums from Ruel + Olivia Dean 92-93 What's out this month? 94 Vital vinyl: Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Crystal Clear Vinyl 92-93 Shake some action with Stuart Coupe MOVIES & TV FLIP MAG AND READ FROM BACK 4 Intro/Take 5/Filmmaker's Signature/Trivia/In Development/Bob J's Film Buff Bafflers 5 Merch of the month/Charts/Socials/This month 10 years ago 6-7 Superman /From Tromaville to Metropolis.../ A bold new era for DC Studios 8 28 Years Later / I Know What You Did Last Summer 9 Bring Her Back/Dangerous Animals 10 Jurassic Park: Rebirth / Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 12 Bob J: Here's to you, The Graduate 13 New to 4K 14 Reel Classics: New from Imprint Films/The latest anime 16 What's new this month? 30 Yesteryear’s tech/Editor’s choice 32-34 The rise of fitness tracker bands 36 WHOOP Life decodes your health

2025

WELCOME

In 2020, Ghost of Tsushima arrived on PS4, taking familiar game concepts, and wrapping them in a captivating tale set in 13th century Japan that was alive with simply gorgeous graphics and some of the best action-adventure gameplay we’ve experienced in our many years of gaming. It was like playing a classic Akira Kurosawa movie – it even had a black and white Kurosawa mode for added authenticity! The game was so well received, even in Japan, that its US developers, Sucker Punch, were made official tourism ambassadors of the island of Tsushima. This month its much-anticipated sequel, Ghost of Y ō tei , hits, taking the established formula and honing everything to a finer point than those on the myriad traditional weapons featured in-game. We jump forward 300 years to Japan’s Edo period, and see our protagonist, Atsu, seeking revenge on the dreaded Y ō tei Six for the murder of her parents. Her tale is mesmerising. We’ve played it to the end and loved every second of our some 60-hour journey. Now it’s your chance – don’t miss this landmark gaming treat. Amy Flower, Games Editor

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Founder Nic Short Editor-in-Chief Paul Jones Tech Editor Scott Hocking

Music Consultant Mike Glynn Marketing Manager Fleur Parker Chief Contributors Gill Pringle, Bob Jones, James O’Connor Contributors Jeff Jenkins, Billy Pinnell, Bec Summer, Dan Nicholson, Stuart Coupe, Trista McConville, Michael Caverzan

Social Media Manager Glenn Cochrane Production Manager Craig Patterson

Games & Online Editor Amy Flower Movie & TV Editor Glenn Cochrane Creative Director Gary Siewert Movies Consultant Kerrie Taylor Games Consultant Sachi Fernando

Correspondence STACK editor@stack.com.au

RATINGS GUIDE

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General

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