STACK #240 October 2024

CONTENTS

ISSUE 240 OCT 2024

GAMING 4 Take 5/Chart/Q5

8 Dragon Age: The Veilguard Q&A 10 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Q&A 12 Silent Hill 2 Q&A

WELCOME

14 Super Mario Party Jamboree preview 16 Sonic X Shadow Generations Q&A 18 Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero preview 20 Logitech G PRO Racing 24-25 Out this month/Fast Forward/Wham, bam, game exam! MOVIES & TV 26 Intro/Take 5/Filmmaker’s Signature/On the Radar/In Development/BJ’s Film Buff’s Bafflers 27 In a Violent Nature : Interview with director 28 Twisters : Let’s twist again 30 Longlegs : Interview with director and star 32 A Quiet Place: Day One - Shhh, zip It! 34 New from Imprint Films 36 New to 4k 38 Out this month/Board games MUSIC 42 My first album/ STACK exchange 43 New music from Amyl and the Sniffers and Kasey Chambers 44 Triple-A acts Coldplay and The Offspring return with new records 46 Thelma Plum and Dean Lewis release new albums 50-51 New albums coming to JB this month 54 Vital Vinyl hits up the noughties with five must have releases 55 Rock ‘n' roll stories with Stuart Coupe TECH FLIP MAG AND READ FROM BACK 3 Tech tips and editor's pick 4 Your guide to health and fitness tech 8-9 Smartwatches and fitness trackers 10 Heart rate monitors 12 Blood pressure monitors 14 Sleep tracking and its benefits 16 Healthy ecosystems and device syncing 18-22 Tech for sports and exercise recovery 36 Logitech's new MX Creative Console 38 The latest Copilot+ PC-ready laptops 40 Qi2 charging and why you need it 42 Audio-Technica AT-LP70XBT turntable review 44 What's new in tech this month 24-30 Action cameras and drones 32-34 What's new in the kitchen

Throughout our long history of attending E3 shows in Los Angeles, there were a handful of games that would send the crowd into a frenzy. The mere mention of anything Final Fantasy related, or the announcement of practically any Bethesda title, led to scenes of hysteria. It wasn’t uncommon to see grown men in floods of tears. Another game that would elicit screams of joy was Dragon Age, whether by announcing a fresh entry in the series or simply just a new trailer. It began in 2008 when Dragon Age was rebadged as Dragon Age: Origins ahead of its release a year later. The announcement of Dragon Age II met with the same reaction in 2010, followed by Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2014. It’s now been ten years since Inquisition , and that same level of Dragon Age: The Veilguard

enthusiasm still exists as we prepare to head into Thedas once again in Dragon Age: The Veilguard . And while E3 and the excitement within the halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center have fallen silent, we can be assured that triple-A developer BioWare is about to lead us on another unforgettable adventure. Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief

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Social Media Manager Glenn Cochrane Production Manager Craig Patterson Correspondence STACK editor@stack.com.au

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

Marketing Manager Fleur Parker Chief Contributors Gill Pringle, Bob Jones Contributors Jeff Jenkins, Simon Lukic, Billy Pinnell, Denise Hylands, Simon Winkler, Jake Cleland, Holly Pereira, Bec Summer, Dan Nicholson, Michael Irving, Jacqui Picone, Stuart Coupe, Trista McConville, Chris Mobbs, Michael Caverzan, James O’Connor

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

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