STACK #263 September 2026

Looking for a challenge? Mythical Pokémon Arceus is hiding somewhere in this issue - can you spot him? Flip through and find out.

CONTENTS

ISSUE 263 SEP

GAMING 6 Take 5/Charts/Q5/Wham, bam, game exam! 8 Playing with fire: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave preview 10 A red-letter day: The Blood of the Dawnwalker interview 12 A sword to the wise: Onimusha: Way of the Sword preview 14 Kick it to me! EA Sports FC 27 Q+A 16 Feel good, pink! Razer | Pokémon Pikachu & Eevee Collection 18 Let’s block! Minecraft Dungeons II preview 19 Claw and order! Marvel’s Wolverine interview 20 Shapeshifter! Razer Naga V3 Pro Wireless MMO Gaming Mouse 22-23 What’s out this month? MOVIES & TV 26 Take 5/Charts/Cinema highlights/ Bob J’s Film Buff Bafflers 27 Spielberg’s next close encounter: Disclosure Day /Rebel with a cape: Supergirl 28 Hero or villain? The Death of Robin Hood / Tethered in Dead Man’s Wire 30 Curry Barker: Horror’s new Obsession / LaMonica Garrett: Man of War 32 4K all the way 34 What’s out this month?/Reel classics: New from Imprint Films 35 New Exploding Kittens games 36 Happy birthday Pokémon! MUSIC 40 Take 5/My first album/ STACK exchange 41 New albums: Beabadoobee - Pylon / Angus & Julia Stone - Karaoke Bar 44 New albums: Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun: Girls Trip /Ecca Vandal - Looking for People to Unfollow 45 New album: The HU - Hun 46 New albums: Alex Warren - Wildchild / Nothing But Thieves - Stray Dogs 48 Vital vinyl: The Smiths - Best I + II 50-51 What’s out this month? TECH FLIP MAG AND READ FROM BACK 4-5 Pokémon joins the Toniebox 2 6-8 What’s new across the Google Pixel 11 series? 10 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 vs Z Fold7 12 How to protect your new Samsung Galaxy Z 14 Bose QC Headphones Gen 2: What’s new? 16 What’s the best TV for watching footy finals? 18 Upsize your TV for the footy finals 20 The LG Wallpaper OLED W6 TV is a stunner! 22 Enjoy big screen 4K viewing with the XGIMI Elfin Flip projector 24 What’s new from EZVIZ security 31 Is the HyperX Omen 16 your new gaming laptop? 32 Why do you need a dedicated gaming monitor? 34 Which gaming monitor is right for you? 36 Air frying with the Ninja Crispi Pro 38 Check out the swish Breville Noir range 40 Philips All-in-One trimmer range 26 Dell’s XPS 13 laptop is seriously thin! 30 Meet the flexible HP OmniBook 5 Flip

2026

WELCOME

We all get excited at team STACK when the mag includes a free poster. For us, it dials deep into nostalgia, back to the days of buying magazines solely for the poster advertised on the front. Raiding Blu Tack from existing posters or risking the ire of your mum by using thumb tacks to stick up your latest artwork was a rite of passage. Well, this month we get to do it all again with the excellent – and free – pull-out Wolverine poster marking the September 15 release of Marvel’s Wolverine on PlayStation 5. It’s been 17 years since a scrappy, movie tie-in solo Wolverine game released, but now he’s back with arguably the best studio for the task at the helm. Prior to Marvel’s Wolverine (and, of course, Ratchet and Clank), Insomniac Games delivered three incredible Spider-Man titles that turned web slinging into one of gaming’s most joyful mechanics. Insomniac’s Wolverine trades Spider-Man’s sunny heroics for something darker and more brutal, dropping players into Logan’s fractured, rage-filled world before the X-Men even existed. And if the studio’s track record holds, it’ll be just as hard to put down. So dig out the Blu Tack, brace for your mum’s wrath, and get that poster up on the wall – some rites of passage never get old. Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief

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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, Trista McConville, Michael Caverzan

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

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

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