• How to Get 'A Moment to Breathe' Trophy in Ghost of Yotei
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    The 'A Moment to Breathe' trophy in Ghost of Yotei requires players to get a perfect score in Ku-E-Shinok. However, this game can't just be played anywhere, and if you don't know exactly where to go, you might have difficulty finding it, let alone getting the perfect score. Fortunately, there's a trick to getting the perfect score that can make this an incredibly easy trophy to tick off your list on the way to earning the platinum. In this guide, I'll show you where to find the Ku-E-Shinok mini-game in Ghost of Yotei, and how to get a perfect score easily so you can unlock the 'A Moment to Breathe' bronze trophy.
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  • GeForce NOW Brings 18 Games to the Cloud in October for a Spooky Good Time
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    Editors note: This blog has been updated to include an additional game for October,The Outer Worlds 2.October is creeping in with plenty of gaming treats. From thrilling adventures to spinetingling scares, the cloud gaming lineup is packed with 18 new games, including the highly anticipated shooter Battlefield 6, launching on GeForce NOW this month. But first, catch the six games coming this week.Miami and Warsaw, Poland, are the latest regions to get GeForce RTX 5080-class power, with Portland and Ashburn coming up next. Stay tuned to GFN Thursday for updates as more regions upgrade to Blackwell RTX. Follow along with the latest progress on the server rollout page.Portland and Ashburn will be the next regions to light up with GeForce RTX 5080-class power.This week, inZOI and Total War: Warhammer III join the lineup of GeForce RTX 5080-ready titles, both already available on the service. Look for the GeForce RTX 5080 Ready row in the app or check out the full list.Falling for New GamesCatch the games ready to play today:Train Sim World 6 (New release on Steam, Sept. 30)Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition (New release on Steam, Sept. 30)Car Dealer Simulator (Steam)Nightingale (Epic Games Store)Ready or Not (Epic Games Store)STALCRAFT: X (Steam)New GeForce RTX 5080-ready games:inZOI (Steam)Total War: Warhammer III (Steam and Epic Games Store)Catch the full list of games coming to the cloud in October:King of Meat (New release on Steam, Oct. 7)Seafarer: The Ship Sim (New release on Steam, Oct. 7)Little Nightmares III (New release on Steam, Oct. 9)Battlefield 6 (New release on Steam and EA app, Oct. 10)Ball x Pit (New release on Steam, Oct. 15)Fellowship (New release on Steam, Oct. 16)Jurassic World Evolution 3 (New release on Steam, Oct. 21)Painkiller (New release on Steam, Oct. 21)Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 (New release on Steam, Oct. 21)Tormented Souls 2 (New release on Steam, Oct. 23)Super Fantasy Kingdom (New release on Steam, Oct. 24)Earth vs. Mars (New release on Steam, Oct. 29)The Outer Worlds 2 (New release on Steam, Battle.net and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass, Oct. 29)ARC Raiders (New release on Steam, Oct. 30)Stacked SeptemberIn addition to the 17 games announced in September, an extra dozen joined over the month, including the newly added Train Sim World 6 this week:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Steam, Battle.net and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)Field of Glory II: Medieval (Steam)Goblin Cleanup (New release on Steam)Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Steam)Professional Fishing 2 (New release on Steam)Project Winter (New release on Epic Games Store)Renown (New release on Steam)Sworn (New release on Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)Two Point Campus (Steam, Epic Games Store)Two Point Museum (Steam, Epic Games Store)Town to City (New release on Steam)What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below.If you could only play one genre of game for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? Extra credit: screenshots or clips of that genre in action! NVIDIA GeForce NOW (@NVIDIAGFN) October 1, 2025
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  • MUSIC VIDEOS AND VFX KEEP IN TUNE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE TIMES
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    By TREVOR HOGGIngenuity Studios provided and coordinated the visual effects work for the music video for My Universe by Coldplay + BTS, with contributions from AMGI, BUF, Rodeo VFX and Territory Studio. (Image courtesy of Ingenuity Studios)Seen as a breeding ground for celebrated filmmakers such as David Fincher, Spike Jonze and the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), music videos no longer require millions of dollars from a record company to produce or a major television network to reach the masses. The media landscape continues to evolve with the emergence of virtual production, AI and Unreal Engine, as well as what is considered to be acceptable cinematically. Whether an actual renaissance is taking place is open to debate, as Take On Me by a-ha, Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel and Thriller by Michael Jackson remain hallmarks of innovation despite the ease of access to technology and distribution that exists nowadays for independent-minded content creators and musicians.Constructing a 56-foot-wide by 14-foot-tall virtual production wall in East Providence, Rhode Island for commercials, movies and music videos is Door G, a studio that also does real-world shoots, makes use of AI-enhanced workflows and handles post-production. Independent artists can put their work out on YouTube and social media, and get attention that way, states Jenna Rezendes, Executive Producer at Door G. People may not have heard the song but have seen the video. The visual is important. One has to be agnostic when it comes to methodology and technology. She says, We can work with clients or directors and come up with a plan that suits their creative. Does it make sense to do it virtually or lean into some AI to help create some backgrounds? All of these methods can be combined to create the best product. There are numerous tools accessible to a lot of different people. People are making music videos on their own using iPhones and putting them on TikTok. Its a matter of how the approach fits the end result youre looking for, within your budget.AI will become a standardized tool. It allows you to be more iterative in the creative development phase. You can churn through ideas and not feel like youre wasting a lot of valuable time, remarks Joe Torino, Creative Director at Door G. AI is a quick pressure test of ideas versus spending weeks building things out only to realize its not going to work. Like any other new technological development, AI will become a choice of the creator and the person who is buying the creative. Do they want something that is AI or human-created or a combination of both? It will become clear in the future whats what, and people will have a choice to make what they want to invest in.Unreal Engine is another important tool. Unreal Engine allows you to create worlds from scratch, but, that said, it still requires a lot of processing power not so widely available yet, Torino states. We did a music video that was this post-apocalyptic world entirely created in Unreal Engine. This is something you would struggle to do as video plates. This allowed them, on a reasonable budget, to create this world that otherwise would have been impossible. Content is not being created for the long term. Things are more disposable, Torino believes. If you do a music video that is innovative and creative, you get a chance to have a moment, but I dont know how long that moment will last. You can make a great music video with one filmmaker and artist, and that probably wasnt the case in the 1960s, 1990s and early 2000s, Torino states. The biggest factor for change is through AI. Soon, you will be able to make an entire music video using AI. Were probably six months to a year out from someone who can recreate the aesthetic of the music videos for Take On Me or Sledgehammer with a few clicks and some dollars to spend on AI video rendering platforms. It will be polarizing like everything else, but polarization ultimately gets eyeballs, so people are going to do that.Bluescreen was utilized for the aerial balloon shots in the music video for Contact featuring Wiz Khalifa and Tyga. (Images courtesy of Frender)Door G makes use of a 56-foot-wide by 14-foot-tall virtual production wall in their studio located in East Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo courtesy of Door G)From Normani & 6LACKS Waves music video. Software and technology have become readily available along with tutorials via YouTube, which means that record labels and artists no longer have to hire major visual effects companies for their music videos. (Images courtesy of Frender)Diljit Dosanjhs music video of his song Luna from the album MoonChild Era. Music videos provide the opportunity to experiment with new tools. (Image courtesy of Frender)Leveraging his experience as a visual effects producer, Max Colt established Los Angeles-based Frender, which has worked on award-winning music videos for the likes of Harry Styles, Marc Anthony, Thomas Rhett and Nicki Minaj. For me, its the music, the camera operator, the idea and a bunch of tools to play with, observes Colt. Right now, we work with AI technology because, for the past three years, it has become a trend. Its also easy to jump into the industry because you can shoot a music video on an iPhone like Beyonc its simple to create content, but its not easy to create good content. Ive been in this industry for 15 years and have done 500 or 600 music videos. I am still doing them because I personally like music as well as the freedom, and getting to work with the creatives and musicians. Virtual production cannot be treated in the same way as a greenscreen shoot. Colt notes, You need to approve everything before the shoot, and if you want to change something, its hard but still possible. This is a new tool, and for a big production like a movie, its time and cost-effective. For a music video, virtual production is okay; maybe in the next five years it will become cheaper than shooting regular greenscreen.You can shoot a nice story without any post, Colt observes. It is a trend to create nonexistent things and visual effects help you to do that. You can produce some cool stuff with After Effects. But for simulations you need to use Nuke or Houdini. If you aesthetically understand the difference, you can play with these tools. Music videos are a great platform to play with new tools. Movies are a risky business, and no one spends a lot of money on new stuff. In America, music videos, commercials and films are treated as different industries. Colt remarks, Sometimes its hard to change industries. If you start on music videos, its hard to jump onto big movies. Europe is more flexible. However, music videos are the best platform to start your career, understand the process and see the final result. Projects vary in scope when it comes to enjoyment, he adds. Some projects I love and have a lot of stories. Others are copy-and-paste projects. Just like being a visual effects artist, sometimes its technical work such as clean-ups, while other times its creative, like producing nonexistent things. It really depends.Boston-based independent artist Llynks filmed a music video for her song Dont Deserve in Door Gs East Providence, Rhode Island studio. (Photo courtesy of Door G)Ingenuity Studios was established to create visual effects for music videos, which continue to be part of a corporate portfolio that has expanded into television and feature films. Noteworthy collaborations have been with musicians such as Shawn Mendes, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and BTS. Music videos have been the leading example on how viewing and creation habits have changed as well as the purpose of these things, observes David Lebensfeld, President & VFX Supervisor for Ghost VFX and Ingenuity Studios. Starting with the MTV era, music videos at their core were promotion to sell albums and took on a larger role in society when they became a place where creative people could go and stretch their legs and do stuff that wasnt possible in other mediums. Record labels were willing to pay for it because it actually coincided with how music gets promoted. Certainly, more recently, TikTok and Instagram, probably more than YouTube, are where music gets promoted. On a production scale, you approach it differently for TikTok than you do for the MTV era because you would have $2 million to $3 million videos, whereas now its about viral trends, which are completely different in how those things get exposed and become popular.Frender produced the music video for Coldplays Up&Up. (Images courtesy of Frender)Frender collaborated with Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj on the music video for Wobble Up. (Images courtesy of Frender)Door G has an agnostic attitude towards methodologies and technologies as there is not one solution for everything. (Photo courtesy of Door G)Music videos are more divorced from cinema than they were in the A Hard Days Night or MTV era where you would have the same people making those things, Lebensfeld remarks. Now its more about capturing the moment and zeitgeist quicker, dirtier and less polished but maybe equally as clever. For that, you dont need a six-week timeline and a $1 million budget to make a music video. The other benefit, particularly around the economics of record labels, is they used to put together a plan where you would come out with a big artists album and say, These are the three singles that were going to put a bunch of money behind and promote. Thats when music video production would begin. It was before the albums came out. Over time, even in the MTV era, the record labels started waiting and seeing what hit in order to better deploy their capital to promote the album. With this current trend, its even more so, where theyll make a music video for something they had no idea was going to be a hit, go with the moment and be able to produce something and put it on TikTok, or let the audience make it user-generated and incentivize that; that is the best use of their capital to promote an album. Some things will continue to stand out. But the way that content is created and consumed is going to be more about reaching niche, localized audiences versus making something big and expensive for everybody.Music videos themselves are not revenue generators. AI, Unreal Engine and cellphone cameras these tools that allow you to make content or user-generated content at a larger scale for a lot less money is where this is heading and arguably is already, Lebensfeld observes. The biggest piece of technology that is changing the way that music videos get made isnt actually production related. Its social media and the technologies behind that, which will continue to evolve with AI or hardware that gets better, easier or more ubiquitous. If you start having people wearing AR glasses all day long, then youre going to need content for that. Its not going to be about how technology is changing what gets produced. Its more about how technology is changing how things get produced [for YouTube, TikTok and Instagram] and the need for content. Arguably, right now, video cameras in your phone are a big piece of the production puzzle, and will become more popular as people consume more content on the go, in a virtual environment or at a Fortnite concert. The AI piece allows for a lazier production process, so you could have somebody generating prompts of something they think is funny and setting it to a Lady Gaga song, and thats what everybody finds hilarious and ends up blowing up a single.
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  • PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for October: Alan Wake 2, Goat Simulator 3, Cocoon
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    Delve into a psychological survival horror, play as the GOAT, and puzzle out worlds within worlds with the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for October. Alan Wake 2, Goat Simulator 3, Cocoon will be available to PlayStation Plus members from Tuesday October 7 until Monday November 3.Also starting October 7 Midnight Murder Club will be available as a Game Trial for PlayStation Plus Deluxe members. Enjoy up to one hour with this time-limited trial, and if you decide to purchase the full game, your progress and trophies will carry over.Lets take a closer look at the games.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageAlan Wake 2 | PS5What starts as a small-town murder investigation becomes a living nightmare. From the studio that brought you Control comes a psychological survival horror starring two protagonists in two very different worlds. Play as both the returning Alan Wake and new hero Saga Anderson, witnessing the nightmare unfold from two perspectives and two realities. Help Wake to rewrite his reality as he attempts to escape the Dark Place and enter Andersons brilliant mind as she races to solve the case. As Anderson, explore the magnificent forests and lakes of the Pacific Northwest and meet a cast of quirky characters in the towns of Bright Falls and Watery. As Wake, survive the hostile urban nightmare known as the Dark Place. It takes more than guns to survive: Light is both the ultimate weapon and a refuge in the battle against the supernatural darkness that threatens the heroes. Fight powerful enemies in deadly close-combat encounters, making careful use of limited resources.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageGoat Simulator 3 | PS4, PS5Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3 an all-new, totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience that puts you back in the hooves of no ones favourite female protagonist. Thats right Pilgor is back, and this time is joined by other goats too. You can invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore. Get ready for another round of udder mayhem. Lick, headbutt and ruin your way through a brand new open world in the biggest waste of your time since Goat Simulator!View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageCocoon | PS4, PS5From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside Cocoon is a unique take on the puzzle adventure genre, where each world exists within an orb that you can carry on your back. Wrap your head around the core mechanic of leaping between worldsand combine, manipulate, and rearrange them to solve intricate puzzles.Interact with alien environments and biomechanical devices left behind by an ancient civilization. Journey through unique and diverse biomes, from industrial structures to massive organic caverns, and discover how they are connected to one another. Each orb has an ability that can be unlocked, thereby turning the orb into a unique tool for you to utilize within other worlds. Use these abilities to uncover hidden pathways and objects, fire projectiles to trigger switches, and more.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageLast chance to add PlayStation Plus Games for September to your libraryPlayStation Plus members have until Monday October 6 to add Psychonauts 2, Dragon Marked For Death and Viewfinder to their game library.
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  • Amazon is giving away the game you need to play before Fallout returns
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    If you're a member of Amazon Prime and are looking forward to the upcoming second season of Fallout, then a prime opportunity has just fallen on your lap: Amazon's giving away a fresh lineup of games for free, including Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition.
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  • Shades Of October (2025 Wallpapers Edition)
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    As September comes to a close and October takes over, we are in the midst of a time of transition. The air in the morning feels crisper, the leaves are changing colors, and winding down with a warm cup of tea regains its almost-forgotten appeal after a busy summer. When we look closely, October is full of little moments that have the power to inspire, and whatever your secret to finding new inspiration might be, our monthly wallpapers series is bound to give you a little inspiration boost, too.For this October edition, artists and designers from across the globe once again challenged their creative skills and designed wallpapers to spark your imagination. You find them compiled below, along with a selection of timeless October treasures from our wallpapers archives that are just too good to gather dust.A huge thank you to everyone who shared their designs with us this month this post wouldnt exist without your creativity and kind support! Happy October!You can click on every image to see a larger preview.We respect and carefully consider the ideas and motivation behind each and every artists work. This is why we give all artists the full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. This is also why the themes of the wallpapers werent anyhow influenced by us but rather designed from scratch by the artists themselves.Submit your wallpaper design! Feeling inspired? We are always looking for creative talent and would love to feature your desktop wallpaper in one of our upcoming posts. Join inMidnight MischiefDesigned by Libra Fire from Serbia.previewwith calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440without calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440AIDesigned by Ricardo Gimenes from Spain.previewwith calendar: 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 3840x2160without calendar: 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 3840x2160Glowing Pumpkin LanternsI was inspired by the classic orange and purple colors of October and Halloween, and wanted to combine those two themes to create a fun pumpkin lantern background. Designed by Melissa Bostjancic from New Jersey, United States.previewwith calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440without calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Halloween 2040Designed by Ricardo Gimenes from Spain.previewwith calendar: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 3840x2160without calendar: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 3840x2160When The Mind OpensIn October, we observe World Mental Health Day. The open window in the head symbolizes light and fresh thoughts, the plant represents quiet inner growth and resilience, and the bird brings freedom and connection with the world. Together, they create an image of a mind that breathes, grows, and remains open to new beginnings. Designed by Ginger IT Solutions from Serbia.previewwith calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440without calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Enter The FactoryI took this photo while visiting an old factory. The red light was astonishing. Designed by Philippe Brouard from France.previewwith calendar: 1024x768, 1366x768, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 2560x1600, 2880x1800, 3840x2160without calendar: 1024x768, 1366x768, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 2560x1600, 2880x1800, 3840x2160The Crow And The GhostsIf my heart were a season, it would be autumn. Designed by Lvia Lnrt from Hungary.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 1024x1024, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 3840x2160The Night DriveDesigned by Vlad Gerasimov from Georgia.previewwithout calendar: 800x480, 800x600, 1024x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1440x900, 1440x960, 1400x1050, 1600x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 2560x1600, 2880x1800, 3072x1920, 3840x2160, 5120x2880 Spooky TownDesigned by Xenia Latii from Germany.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Bird Migration PortalWhen I was young, I had a birds nest not so far from my room window. I watched the birds almost every day; because those swallows always left their nests in October. As a child, I dreamt that they all flew together to a nicer place, where they were not so cold. Designed by Eline Claeys from Belgium.previewwithout calendar: 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440HanluThe term Hanlu literally translates as Cold Dew. The cold dew brings brisk mornings and evenings. Eventually the briskness will turn cold, as winter is coming soon. And chrysanthemum is the iconic flower of Cold Dew. Designed by Hong, ZI-Qing from Taiwan.previewwithout calendar: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1080x1920, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x960, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Autumns SplendorThe transition to autumn brings forth a rich visual tapestry of warm colors and falling leaves, making it a natural choice for a wallpaper theme. Designed by Farhan Srambiyan from India.previewwithout calendar: 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440GhostbustersDesigned by Ricardo Gimenes from Spain.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Hello AutumnDid you know that squirrels dont just eat nuts? They really like to eat fruit, too. Since apples are the seasonal fruit of October, I decided to combine both things into a beautiful image. Designed by Erin Troch from Belgium.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 800x480, 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1366x768, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Discovering The UniverseAutumn is the best moment for discovering the universe. I am looking for a new galaxy or maybe a UFO! Designed by Vernica Valenzuela from Spain.previewwithout calendar: 800x480, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1440x900, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 2560x1440The Return Of The Living DeadDesigned by Ricardo Gimenes from Spain.previewwithout calendar: 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 3840x2160Goddess MakoshAt the end of the kolodar, as everything begins to ripen, the village sets out to harvesting. Together with the farmers goes Makosh, the Goddess of fields and crops, ensuring a prosperous harvest. What she gave her life and health all year round is now mature and rich, thus, as a sign of gratitude, the girls bring her bread and wine. The beautiful game of the goddess makes the hard harvest easier, while the song of the farmer permeates the field. Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Strange October JourneyOctober makes the leaves fall to cover the land with lovely auburn colors and brings out all types of weird with them. Designed by Mi Ni Studio from Serbia.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Autumn DeerDesigned by Amy Hamilton from Canada.previewwithout calendar: 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2048x1536, 2560x1440, 2880x1800TransitionsTo me, October is a transitional month. We gradually slide from summer to autumn. Thats why I chose to use a lot of gradients. I also wanted to work with simple shapes, because I think of October as the back to nature/back to basics month. Designed by Jelle Denturck from Belgium.previewwithout calendar: 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 2880x1800Happy Fall!Fall is my favorite season! Designed by Thuy Truong from the United States.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1366x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Roger That Rogue RoverThe story is a mash-up of retro science fiction and zombie infection. What would happen if a Mars rover came into contact with an unknown Martian material and got infected with a virus? What if it reversed its intended purpose of research and exploration? Instead choosing a life of chaos and evil. What if they all ran rogue on Mars? Would humans ever dare to voyage to the red planet? Designed by Frank Candamil from the United States.previewwithout calendar: 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2560x1440Turtles In SpaceFinished September, with October comes the month of routines. This year we share it with turtles that explore space. Designed by Veronica Valenzuela from Spain.previewwithout calendar: 640x480, 800x480, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1440, 2560x1440First Scarf And The BeachWhen I was little, my parents always took me and my sister for a walk at the beach in Nieuwpoort. We didn't really do those beach walks in the summer but always when the sky started to turn gray and the days became colder. My sister and I always took out our warmest scarfs and played in the sand while my parents walked behind us. I really loved those Saturday or Sunday mornings where we were all together. I think October (when its not raining) is the perfect month to go to the beach for uitwaaien (to blow out), to walk in the wind and take a break and clear your head, relieve the stress or forget ones problems. Designed by Gwen Bogaert from Belgium.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 1280x1024, 2560x1440, 2880x1800Shades Of GoldWe are about to experience the magical imagery of nature, with all the yellows, ochers, oranges, and reds coming our way this fall. With all the subtle sunrises and the burning sunsets before us, we feel so joyful that we are going to shout it out to the world from the top of the mountains. Designed by PopArt Studio from Serbia.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Autumn VibesAutumn has come, the time of long walks in the rain, weekends spent with loved ones, with hot drinks, and a lot of tenderness. Enjoy. Designed by LibraFire from Serbia.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Game Night And Hot ChocolateTo me, October is all about cozy evenings with hot chocolate, freshly baked cookies, and a game night with friends or family. Designed by Lieselot Geirnaert from Belgium.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 1024x1024, 1280x1024, 2560x1440Haunted HouseLove all the Halloween costumes and decorations! Designed by Tazi from Australia.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x960, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Say Bye To SummerAnd hello to autumn! The summer heat and high season is over. Its time to pack our backpacks and head for the mountains there are many treasures waiting to be discovered! Designed by Agnes Sobon from Poland.previewwithout calendar: 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2560x1440Tea And CookiesAs it gets colder outside, all I want to do is stay inside with a big pot of tea, eat cookies and read or watch a movie, wrapped in a blanket. Is it just me? Designed by Miruna Sfia from Romania.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1440x1050, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440The ReturnDesigned by Ricardo Gimenes from Spain.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Boo!Designed by Mad Fish Digital from Portland, OR.previewwithout calendar: 320x480, 1024x1024, 1280x720, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 2560x1440Trick Or TreatHave you ever wondered if all the little creatures of the animal kingdom celebrate Halloween as humans do? My answer is definitely YES! They do! They use acorns as baskets to collect all the treats, pastry brushes as brooms for the spookiest witches and hats made from the tips set of your pastry bag. So, if you happen to miss something from your kitchen or from your tool box, it may be one of them, trying to get ready for All Hallows Eve. Designed by Carla Dipasquale from Italy.previewwithout calendar: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Dope CodeOctober is the month when the weather in Poland starts to get colder, and it gets very rainy, too. You cant always spend your free time outside, so its the perfect opportunity to get some hot coffee and work on your next cool web project! Designed by Robert Brodziak from Poland.previewwithout calendar: 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440Happy HalloweenDesigned by Ricardo Gimenes from Spain.previewwithout calendar: 640x480, 800x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1680x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1440, 3840x2160GhostoberDesigned by Ricardo Delgado from Mexico City.previewwithout calendar: 1024x768, 1024x1024, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 2560x1440Get Featured Next MonthWould you like to get featured in our next wallpapers post? Well publish the November wallpapers on October 31, so if youd like to be a part of the collection, please dont hesitate to submit your design. We cant wait to see what youll come up with!
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  • A Palm Springs Residence Is Redesigned With Art at Its Core
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    When designer Nina Freudenberger was asked to reimagine a Palm Springs, California residence for a pair of longtime clients, the project unfolded less as a renovation and more as a dialogue one with the existing architecture, with the desert, and most notably, with the clients storied art collection. Barring the possibility of major construction, the home became a study in creative restraint for Freudenberger Design Studio requiring thoughtful furniture choices, subtle materiality, and a disciplined palette to transform the existing structure into something deeply personal.The clients art collection quickly became and remains the soul of the project. Rather than compete with it, Freudenberger approached the interiors with what she calls decorating to 92 percent a philosophy of restraint that leaves room for art to breathe and evolve. Gallery-like walls, a light and neutral palette, and moveable furniture allow the collection to take center stage while giving the clients the flexibility to reconfigure displays as their tastes shift.Its important not to overwhelm a space, Freudenberger notes, The clients wanted something that was distinctly unfussy.In a city celebrated for mid-century modernism, Freudenberger resisted the temptation to lean into familiar tropes. Instead, she looked to Post-Modern influences, layered with her signature blend of Scandinavian sensibility and California ease. The result feels contemporary yet rooted in context for a crisp, modern aesthetic that acknowledges Palm Springs design heritage without being defined by it.Climate, too, was an influence. Heavy boucls and dense fabrics are eschewed in favor of breathable, lighter-weight materials that mirror the deserts airy quality. Rift-sawn oak, Roman clay walls, and golden wheat tones warm the space, while cool whites and minimalist gestures lend balance. The meticulous level 5 drywall finish a hallmark of Freudenbergers work offers a smooth, gallery-ready foundation for art while supporting a clean, modern language.At its core, the redesign is about more than aesthetics. The home must support a life at ease for both people and pets, from casual merriment to formal occasion. Durable, stain-resistant fabrics and practical flooring choices make the house livable without sacrificing sophistication. Natural light, an abundant desert resource, is harnessed with fenestration unencumbered by heavy window treatments. This ensures that mornings and evenings are equally considered in their ability to effect change indoors while framing one-of-a-kind views.That balance celebrating the magic of natural light while creating a comfortable environment at any hour was key, the designer adds.The completed Palm Springs residence is both serene and lively: a crisp canvas for art, a comfortable refuge for everyday life, and a welcoming, light-filled environment that feels distinctly of its place and time. It exemplifies Freudenberger Design Studios ethos, which champions spaces that are responsive to clients and architecture alike, elevated not by sweeping intervention, but by thoughtful, intentional design.Here, the art leads. The design follows, not in deference, but in conversation proof that sometimes the most compelling interiors are those that leave just enough room for art and object to do some talking.To learn more about this and other works by Freudenberger Design Studio, visit freudenbergerdesign.com.Photography by Chris Mottalini.
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  • Building a product that doesnt exist
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    Designers, product, and engineers are all guided by the Product Ideal. The problem is, theyre all seeing a different one.Continue reading on UX Collective
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  • If You Can't Activate iMessage After Updating to iOS 26, Try This
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    Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source.When you updated your iPhone to iOS 26, you were probably expecting to try out a bunch of new features. Maybe you were excited to see the new Liquid Glass design, or interested to see how the new spam prevention tech works. But if you opened Messages to send a text after updating, you might have run into a frustrating problem: All of a sudden, you aren't able to activate iMessage with your phone number. It's not clear how widespread the problem is at this time, but it seems to be a big enough issue for Apple to formally address it. As spotted by MacRumors, Apple now has official troubleshooting steps for anyone experiencing iMessage activation issues specifically after updating to iOS 26. Though we don't know the scope of the users affected, we do know who might be affected. According to Apple, the issue might occur when updating to iOS 26 if you have an inactive SIM with the same phone number as your active SIM. If this is your issue, you may run into the following problems: When you try to send an iMessage, you get a "Not Delivered" notification.You can only send SMS or RCS messagesor, in other words, green bubble texts only. Your sent messages go through your email address instead of your phone number when you don't have it set up that way. You see the same phone number twice under Settings > Apps > Messages > Send & Receive.Reactivating iMessage after installing iOS 26If this is the case, the fix is pretty simple: All you need to do is remove or delete the inactive SIM. Here's what to do: First, head to Settings > Cellular. If you see two SIMs here with the same number, choose the one that isn't active. If the inactive SIM is a physical SIM card, remove it from your iPhone. If it's an eSIM, choose "Delete eSIM" to delete it. Once you get rid of the inactive SIM, head to Settings > Apps > Messages, then choose "Send & Receive." Here, choose your phone number, which should trigger iMessage to reactivate. If you're still having trouble with iMessage after following these steps, your issue might not have to do with this bug. Apple has a series of general troubleshooting steps for getting iMessage back up and running, which includes things like turning iMessage and FaceTime off and on again, activating your account online, and using your email address to sign into your account instead.
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  • The best microSD cards for the Nintendo Switch 2
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    The Nintendo Switch 2 is here, and that means millions of people will eventually have to buy a new microSD card. While the console comes with 256GB of storage on its own, its improved performance means that some games will chew up a ton of space. Cyberpunk 2077is a 60GB download, for example, while Split Fictionchecks in at 69GB. Other titles arent nearly as big (particularly those made by Nintendo itself), but its not hard to see how you could end up deleting and redownloading games within a couple months.Whenever you do want to add room, youll need a microSD Express card. The Express part is important: These are not the same as the old reliable microSD cards you mightve bought for the original Switch or other gaming handhelds theyre newer, faster and significantly more expensive. But theyre your only choice. If youre looking for the best microSD card for the Switch 2 today, weve broken down what you should know before you buy. The best microSD cards for the Switch 2 (aren't all that important) Jeff Dunn for Engadget The Switch 2 is the first mainstream device to require microSD Express for storage expansion, so there arent many options available to buy just yet. Of the small handful of compatible models weve seen thus far, weve tested five: the SanDisk microSD Express Card (aka the SanDisk GamePlay microSD Express Card at Walmart), the Lexar Play Pro, the Samsung microSD Card for Nintendo Switch 2, the PNY microSD Express Card and the GameStop Express microSD Card for Nintendo Switch 2. The first four are made by genuine storage manufacturers, while the GameStop card appears to be a rebadged version of another model. (This should be the case with another card sold by Walmart under its Onn sub-brand, which hasnt been in stock for much of the past several months.) We used the 256GB version of every card except for Lexar Play Pro, which was 1TB. After timing these microSD Express cards across a range of Switch 2 games, our advice is simple: Get whichever one is available for the lowest price in the capacity you want. They arent identical, especially if you want to move a game to the card from the consoles internal storage (or vice versa). But the differences in load times and overall performance within actual games are tough to notice unless you have a stopwatch handy. All five cards loaded up the digital version of Mario Kart World, for instance, between 18 and 20 seconds. Each loaded the first Grand Prix race in about 6.5 seconds. Getting to the start screen of Cyberpunk 2077took about 38 seconds in each case. Loading a save in a particularly asset-heavy area (Jig-Jig Street) then took between 26 and 29 seconds, depending on the card. With Fast Fusion, a smaller native Switch 2 game, the initial load always took six to seven seconds, while each card loaded the first championship race in roughly 4 seconds. It was a similar situation with the Switch 2 upgrade for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (using a Switch 1 cartridge): Each card took just over six seconds to get to the start screen, between 19 and 20 seconds to load a save just before the final boss, about 16 seconds to fast travel between Kakariko Village and Korok Forest, and so on. We saw no significant issues with in-game loads when playing each game, either. The SanDisk microSD Express Card and Lexar Play Pro. Jeff Dunn for Engadget All of this suggests that the Switch 2 has a relatively specific target for these cards to hit, and that there may not be much room for one model to leap too far out in front of the others. Well also note that the consoles built-in storage was consistently faster than any external option: The gap wasnt always big, but no card truly outpaced it in any of our tests. Loading that demanding area in Cyberpunk, for example, took about 22.5 seconds on average. So if you want the absolute fastest load times, dont put your game on a card at all. If you need the mental comfort of knowing you technicallyhave the best card available, get the SanDisk microSD Express Card. It had no outliers across our many game loading tests, and it was consistently right near the top when it came to moving games to and from system storage, which means it offers strong sequential read and write performance. Benchmark testing on PC with tools like CrystalDiskMark backed this up, as noted in our broader microSD card buying guide. Putting Mario Kart (a 21.9GB file) on that card took four minutes and 39 seconds on average, which was only second to the Lexar Play Pro by six seconds. It was the fastest to write Fast Fusion (3.5GB), taking an average of 27 seconds across three runs. Only PNYs card was faster to move games back to the consoles storage, but that one was far slower at writing games to the card getting Mario Kart on there took seven minutes and 11 seconds on average. Just note that the 128GB version of SanDisks card has slower sequential writes than the larger versions, including much slower sustained write speeds (100 MB/s vs 210-220 MB/s). So transferring a game to that particular model will take much longer. Practically speaking, though, speed differences arent as important in this case as having lots of space to hold games at a price you can live with. To make things easy, weve listed every Express card weve seen at retailers at the time of writing below. Remember: You want microSD Express, not Extreme, like the branding SanDisk uses for some conventional microSD cards. A microSD Express card will have a big EX logo printed on it. 128GB SanDisk microSD Express Card ($64 MSRP) PNY microSD Express Card ($47 MSRP) 256GB Samsung microSD Express Card for Nintendo Switch 2 ($60 MSRP) SanDisk microSD Express Card ($77 MSRP) Lexar Play Pro ($60 MSRP) PNY microSD Express Card ($63 MSRP) GameStop Express microSD Card for Nintendo Switch 2 ($60 MSRP) Onn microSD Express Card ($36 MSRP) 512GB SanDisk microSD Express Card ($127 MSRP) Lexar Play Pro ($120 MSRP) PNY microSD Express Card ($120 MSRP) GameStop Express microSD Card for Nintendo Switch 2 ($100 MSRP) Onn microSD Express Card ($66 MSRP) 1TB Lexar Play Pro ($220 MSRP) GameStop Express microSD Card for Nintendo Switch 2 ($190 MSRP) All microSD Express cards will have this "EX" logo printed on them. Nintendo/Engadget As you can see, while the SanDisk card is fast, its also the most expensive of an already-pricey bunch. Is it worth an extra $10-20 to shave a couple seconds off certain loads in certain games, or a couple minutes when moving a game to external storage? Probably not for most people. But stock for all of these cards has been patchy since the Switch 2 landed, especially for the Walmart Onn model, which is by far the cheapest choice. If only one card is actually available by the time you read this and you must have it today its safe to just get it. You wont lose or gain all that much when it comes to real-world performance. Ultimately, though, we advise holding off on buying any microSD Express card for as long as you can. President Trumps tariff shenanigans could spike prices a little higher in the short term, but in general, all of these cards should be as expensive today as theyll ever be. And compared to traditional microSD options, they are pricey: The Samsung Pro Plus, for example, costs $17 for 128GB, $25 for 256GB, $43 for 512GB and $90 for 1TB as of this writing. The Switch 2 is extremely popular, so more microSD Express cards will need to be made and prices will (eventually) come down. Ideally, well see more high-capacity options as well: Nintendo says the Switch 2 technically supports cards up to 2TB, but so far only a couple even go up to 1TB. All of this means you should try to use all 256GB baked into the Switch 2 first, even if it means having to delete a game or two. But if you absolutely need more space right away, the cards above should be fine. What are microSD Express cards? A microSD Express card like the one on the right has a second row of pins on the back. Jeff Dunn for Engadget Most microSD cards are based on a standard called Ultra High Speed (UHS), of which there are three versions: UHS-I, UHS-II and UHS-III. The vast majority of cards you may have bought in the past utilize UHS-I. These have one row of pins in the back and a theoretical maximum data transfer speed of 104 megabytes per second (MB/s). (Though many cards are able to surpass that limit with proprietary tech and card readers.) The original Switch has a UHS-I microSD slot, as do most other gaming handhelds like Valves Steam Deck. UHS-II cards add a second row of pins and can reach up to 312 MB/s. These are pricier and much less common than cards based on UHS-I, but theyre supported by some cameras and higher-power handhelds like the ASUS ROG Ally X. UHS-III, meanwhile, is twice as fast as UHS-II in theory (624 MB/s), but no microSD cards have actually used it. UHS-I cards have held on over the years because theyre cheap, widely supported and fast enough for the things most people need them to do: record 4K video, stash photos and so on. But with the Switch 2, Nintendo needs more. The new console is dramatically more powerful, which allows it to run demanding games that may have originally been built for stronger hardware like the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X or gaming PCs. The device also uses UFS 3.1 storage internally, which is much speedier than the eMMC storage used by the original Switch. (A custom file decompression engine helps improve load times as well.) So if the Switch 2 is going to accept microSD cards, it needs ones that wont bring a serious drop-off in performance and can hold up with modern games. The Nintendo Switch 2. Sam Rutherford for Engadget Hence, SD Express. This standard has technically been around since 2018 but mostly went nowhere until the Switch 2 came along. It also uses a second row of pins, but it lets microSD cards take advantage of the PCI Express (PCIe)/NVMe interface, which is the same underlying tech used by modern SSDs. As a result, it can produce considerably faster read and write speeds, with a current theoretical maximum of 985 MB/s. As noted above, real-world performance wont be quite that fast. Even if it was, the best microSD Express cards would still be much slower than the NVMe SSDs used by the PS5 and Xbox. (Sony recommends SSDs with sequential read speeds of at least 5,500 MB/s.) And theyll fall well below their peak speeds under sustained loads: SanDisk, for instance, says sustained write speeds for its 128GB Express card can drop as low as 100 MB/s. But theyre still a marked improvement over old UHS-I cards, and in theory, they should be quicker than some older SATA-based SSDs when it comes loading game levels, asset streaming, retrieving saves or copying games to external storage. Whereas SanDisks microSD Express card can produce sequential read speeds around 900 MB/s, Lexars Professional Silver Plus the top UHS-I pick in our general microSD card guide topped out just over 200 MB/s, and thats with a proprietary reader. (On the first Switch, itd be closer to 100 MB/s.) Sequential writes and random speeds were three to four times better as well, and sometimes even more depending on the benchmark we used. It remains to be seen how well these Express cards will hold up with years of use, and theres no way to know exactly when their sky-high prices will drop. Non-Switch 2 devices that support microSD Express are still exceedingly rare, and the standard itself isnt backwards compatible with UHS-II, so youll be limited to UHS-I speeds if you want to use your card with another device (unless you buy a pricey external reader). Still, while the increased costs and limited selection are annoying, the tech itself is worthy of a next-gen Switch. How we test microSD Express cards Jeff Dunn for Engadget We put our microSD Express cards through a series of tests meant to simulate how people would use each card on the Switch 2 in the real world. We mainly worked with four games: a mid-sized title in Mario Kart World, a small one in Fast Fusion, a relatively large one in Cyberpunk 2077 and a hybrid in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which ran off a Switch 1 cartridge but used a roughly 10GB Switch 2 upgrade pack that was downloaded and installed digitally. We first timed how long it took to move each game from the systems internal storage to the card in question, and vice versa. We then timed how long it took to load each game when installed to a given card. After that, we measured how quickly the cards could load certain in-game scenarios: the first Grand Prix race in Mario Kart; the first championship race in Fast Fusion; fast traveling between the Jig-Jig Street, Embers and Downtown Central areas in Cyberpunk and fast traveling between the Kakariko Village, Korok Forest and the Hyrule Castle Town Ruins areas in Zelda. (We chose those places in the latter two games because theyre more taxing than other regions.) With Cyberpunk and Zelda, we also timed how long it took to load up different save files in those locations. With each test, we completed three to five runs to account for any irregularities and marked down the average time taken between them. We did each test in airplane mode, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off, to minimize any performance drain that could arise from background downloads. Between each test, we also spent at least an hour playing the games off each card to ensure there were no significant drop-offs compared to the consoles built-in storage. Recent updates September 2025: Weve taken another pass through this guide to confirm our advice is still accurate. Weve also noted a new 512GB version of PNYs microSD Express card and confirmed that a SanDisk GamePlay Express card sold at Walmart has the same performance as the standard SanDisk model we recommend above, just with a different name.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/best-microsd-cards-for-nintendo-switch-2-160052947.html?src=rss
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