I get it. We’ve all been there. You’re lounging on a lazy afternoon (or maybe a chaotic morning, who cares), aimlessly scrolling the internet, desperately searching for a game to play.
Sure, you’ve got a backlog that’s practically dragging you into oblivion and a wishlist that could rival the length of a Tolstoy novel. But nope, not today. Today, what you really crave is something new.
BA’s Radar is your personal guide to the freshest releases of the week. We hand-pick the best of the bunch, so you never have to wonder what to play next.
Stupid Never Dies
TL;DR
Devil May Cry veterans let the weakest zombie alive eat his way up the monster food chain to thaw out his frozen crush.
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- Release date: October 21, 2026 (October 22 in Japan)
- Developer: GPTRACK50
- Publisher: GPTRACK50 and SEGA
- Platforms: Steam | PS5
What can I say, I’m a sucker for a love story with a decomposition problem. Stupid Never Dies stars Davy, the feeblest zombie in monster society, who falls hard for Julia, a woman frozen to death in a mall freezer.
To bring her back, he eats elite monsters’ cores to steal their powers, all to pop-punk songs he and Julia sing themselves.
Final Fantasy Resonance
TL;DR
Square Enix finally gives Final Fantasy the HD-2D treatment
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- Release date: October 22, 2026
- Developer: Square Enix and LANCARSE
- Publisher: Square Enix
- Platforms: Steam | PS5 | Xbox | Switch | Switch 2
Brave Exvius shut its English servers in 2024 but I love that Square Enix wouldn’t let its story die there. Final Fantasy Resonance rebuilds the mobile game’s opening arc in HD-2D and throws the gacha mechanics overboard.
Battles are turn-based and built around staggering enemies for extra turns, with Visions of Lightning, Clive and other legends fighting at your side. Chapter one is a free demo with a save that carries over, so you have no excuse!
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
TL;DR
Wuhu Island reopens for business, so clear the coffee table, tighten those wrist straps and settle old family grudges through Thumb Wrestling.
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- Release date: October 22, 2026
- Developer: Nintendo EPD
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Platforms: Switch 2
Wii Sports Resort is the reason a whole generation knows Wuhu Island better than its own hometown, and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort sends us straight back with 12 motion-control sports.
Archery and Power Cruising are back alongside Thumb Wrestling and Skateboarding with Joy-Con 2 mouse controls, and this time the whole island is yours to roam, so you can chase dolphins between matches like a very sporty tourist.
One Piece: Grand Gourmet
TL;DR
The Game Dev Story studio drops you into Sanji’s floating restaurant, where over 400 pixel One Piece characters turn up hungry.
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- Release date: October 23, 2026
- Developer: Kairosoft
- Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Platforms: Steam | Switch | Switch 2 | iOS | Android
Kairosoft has spent years making people care far too much about tiny pixel businesses, so handing it One Piece feels overdue. You join the Straw Hats as new staff aboard Baratie Number Two and help Sanji build the greatest restaurant on the seas.
The menu is a smorgasbord running from Sea King Penne Gorgonzola to recipes powered by Devil Fruits, and over 400 characters show up as staff and customers, which is brave of Sanji with Luffy among them.
Under Canopies
TL;DR
A survival game with the danger surgically removed, leaving you a forest cabin, some sheep, a camera and over thirty recipes to perfect.
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- Release date: October 23, 2026 (Early Access)
- Developer: Novemtails
- Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
- Platforms: Steam
Survival games usually want me starving, freezing and running from something with too many teeth, so Under Canopies feels like a spa weekend. Mexican solo developer Novemtails cut combat entirely, leaving you to build a cabin, cook over thirty recipes and raise chickens, sheep and bees.
Wildlife goes in your photo album instead of your stew, and Assemble Entertainment, the publisher behind Sticky Business and Roadwarden, is bringing it to Steam Early Access.
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