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After you’ve discovered the first Illumina Spot in New Pokemon Snap, you’ll begin receiving requests from Professor Mirror and the other members of your research team. You can view these requests by pressing Y while on the Research Camp screen, and they typically ask you to snap photos of Pokemon performing rare behaviors. However, if you’re just trying to play through the game, you can safely skip them and come back later, as they have no bearing on your story progress.

In fact, it’s generally a good idea not to get caught up completing requests right away and only focus on them after you’ve cleared the story and are working on filling out your Photodex. Not only are there a ton of requests to fulfill in the game, but many of them are cryptic or impossible to complete until you’ve unlocked higher Research Levels.

The requests will become much more important once you’re focused on filling out your Photodex. Each request essentially serves as a hint on how to photograph a Pokemon performing a special behavior, so they’re vital if you’re striving to snap up rare three- and four-star photos. If you’re just trying to see the credits, however, it’s best to return to them later.

New Pokemon Snap is out exclusively on Nintendo Switch. Like its predecessor, however, the game is often vague about what you need to do to progress, so if you ever find yourself stuck, be sure to check out our essential beginner tips, as well as how many Pokemon there are in the game. We’ve also put together guides on the biggest changes from the original Pokemon Snap and how to find the Seafloor Illumina Pokemon, one of the more elusive monsters in the game.

In a long and insightful Twitter thread, Respawn senior writer Tom Casiello said that Apex Legends Season 9 marks the return of the type of storytelling that the team loves. He refers to Season 9’s story, titled The Legacy Antigen, as an “umbrella story.”

“I started writing [The Legacy Antigen] back in September, right around the time ‘Family Portrait’ began in Season 7, and I made the decision to put EVERYTHING I had into this story,” Casiello tweeted.

“It’s a return to the storytelling our team loves: the umbrella story. Where all are involved. Everyone has a role to play. We can’t do this every season, of course. With in-game comics limited to seven panels a week, giving 20 characters their own spotlight is impossible.”

To cover additional ground, Apex Legends’ story will be told in two different ways over the course of Season 9. The whole story will be 20 chapters (plus a prologue) with in-game seven-page comics released every Tuesday and additional community comics released every Thursday or Friday.

While the in-game comics focus on the core cast of legends that are seeking a cure for the dangerous infection that’s reached Olympus, the community comics will inform readers about what all the other legends are doing at the same time.

“You CAN read the in-game comic without the community comics, and understand that part of the story,” Casiello clarified in a follow-up tweet. “Likewise, you CAN read the community comics and NOT the in-game comics, and understand that part of the story. But you won’t get the WHOLE story if you don’t read BOTH.”

“Technically this is the 10th season (Remember Season 0?), so Legacy Antigen also gave us a chance to take care of some dangling plot threads. Put some things to bed. Start some new stories. We wanted you to meet characters we’ve been talking about for years.”

Casiello added that The Legacy Antigen will be his swan song as he will be departing Respawn. Casiello has had a hand in shaping a lot Apex Legends’ story, hired to the writing team seven months prior to the game’s release.

“So what happens now?” he tweeted. “I promise you, the game is in good hands. The lore will go on (albeit not in ways I thought it would). What I know of the rest of the year is gangbusters good, and I can’t wait to watch it play out as ‘just a player.'”

Apex Legends Season 9 is one of the game’s most transformative seasons to date, as seen in the Season 9 patch notes. The season adds playable character Valkyrie, team deathmatch mode Arenas, the Bocek bow, and a whole lot more.

The Epic Games v Apple trial continues to spill out interesting details about other games companies and Epic’s relationships with them. In a new trove of email documents, we get an inside look at Epic CEO Tim Sweeney pressuring Sony’s Phil Rosenberg on enabling cross-play for Fortnite–with the help of the ticking clock of an impending E3.

“Many Fortnite players are kids, and their friendships are being torn apart by Sony’s segregation of players on competing platforms,” Sweeney said in an email dated June 1, 2018. He went on to argue that Sony’s approach could violate European law, and that the company was “prepared to pursue this course with all available resources, wherever it leads us, and for however long.” He implored Rosenberg to pass this message along to Tsuyoshi Kodera, then-president of Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Rosenberg’s response was to assure Sweeney he had forwarded the documents and was awaiting a response, after which Sweeney stressed impending announcements planned for E3. He said E3 was to be a “definitive” moment for Fortnite, with plans to announce the Switch port, esports details, and cross-purchase and cross-play across every platform except Sony’s. But, he said, those plans could be changed if Sony made a firm commitment.

“We won’t delay partner announcements by weeks or months on the mere hope of future Sony-Epic discussions being fruitful,” Sweeney wrote. “If we could reach a definitive agreement on cross-console by E3, Epic would be very flexible on the timing of announcing cross-console and even all console esports. We’d ideally like to announce both at E3, but could delay announcement or implementation of either or both to allow more time to sort out the details.”

Rosenberg once again expressed skepticism that Sony could reach a decision by E3, as it was only a week away. Near the end of the email exchange, Sweeney made a note about his tone.

“In processing tone and thoughts in these emails please understand that Epic much prefers, and we assume Sony also prefers, to have the frankest possible policy discussions in private now than to have any sort of public conflict later,” he said.

Epic ultimately did announce its Fortnite Switch port at E3 2018, and predictably enough, Sony had to address the backlash from fans over its refusal to enable cross-play on its platform. Sony ultimately relented later in 2018.

This is the second big reveal of new information about Epic’s work behind the scenes with Sony during the time period, the first of which came in a newly revealed set of emails on Monday. All of this ostensibly relates to the Epic v Apple trial, as the evidence is being presented to show various Epic partner relationships. But it’s also an interesting look behind-the-scenes at how Epic has leveraged the popularity of Fortnite in its business relationships.

Returnal has been out less than a week, but developer Housemarque has managed to push out another patch to fix smaller issues that players have been experiencing.

Some of the most notable fixes include ones for Trophies, which haven’t been unlocking correctly at certain parts of the game. Housemarque says that the issue is resolved, but that players will need to replay those portions to trigger it again. Other targets issues with preorder suits that were causing crashes and run-ending bugs like lockdown doors never reopening, with Housemarque confirming that players are safe to use their in-game items again.

Other changes include tweaks to the number of dead scouts you will be able to find during a run, some issues with custom controller mappings, and a vague note about incorrect healing behavior at Selene’s ship, Helios. The patch doesn’t mention or address the growing outcry for the option to save a run without needing to depend on the PS5’s Rest Mode. Housemarque had to warn players yesterday to turn off automatic updates to prevent today’s patch from prematurely ending a run you might have suspended.

Returnal’s 1.1.3 patch is out now, and you can find the full changelog below. The latest PS5 exclusive is a strong one, with our Returnal review saying, “Returnal is constantly unsettling and consistently challenging. Its mysterious story and demanding action feel intense, urgent, and fresh.”

Returnal – Patch 1.1.3 Notes

• Fixed an issue where certain Trophies might not unlock under specific gameplay conditions. Note: missing Trophies will need to be replayed to unlock.
• Multiple stability fixes addressing rare crashes/hangs.
• Fixed issue with pre-order suits occasionally blocking item collection and door opening.
• Fixed incorrect healing behaviour when resting in Helios.
• Configuration changes to increase the number of scout corpses available in all biomes.
• Fixed issues with certain custom controller mappings.
• Numerous minor fixes and improvements.