Better out than in. It’s typical to think of external SSDs as a place to store the things you don’t typically look at very often, like all those photos of your food you’ve taken. For goodness sake, just eat it. If a meal’s worth remembering, then your brain will cling to the memories of those flavours for all they’re worth. Anyway, external SSDs have other applications too. The right external drive can be a great place to store games, whether that’s big games that you’re not playing at the moment, or just as your standard install for smaller, lighter games....

Save up to £38 on the 512GB Samsung Pro Plus Since it actually isBlack Fridaynow, we can probably rule out any further price cuts to the Samsung Pro Plus – king of thebest Steam Deck microSD cards. No time like the present, then, to net yourself a top-quality storage extender for yourSteam DeckorSteam Deck OLED. It is of course possible to swap out the Deck’s internalSSDfor something bigger, and if it were a desktop PC, normally that would be the way to go....

Does the ‘G’ stand for gorillas? Time will tell This week on the Electronic Wireless Showpodcastwe talk all thingsGTAVIaugury, what with the community going bananas for secret GTAVI clues, and Rockstar finally announcing that they’ll have a trailer for the nextGrand Theft Autoarriving in December. Our predictions are in fact not as outlandish as you might think, although there are gorillas, obviously. Alongside this we talk about the games we’re playing right now (largely Darktide, it turns out), and dish up some recommendations....

Hella impressive Eight years after Dontnod’s time-rewinding teen drama made its debut, the originalLife is Strangehas now been played by over 20 million people. The developers revealed the hella impressive milestone on Thanksgiving, thanking fans for following Max and Chloe in their time-twisting hijinks across Arcadia Bay. “Something we are very grateful for - the original Life is Strange has hit over 20 million players!” DontnodX-ed. “We want to thank each and every one of you for playing!...

Get the best gaming SSD right now for less What a charmed life the WD Black SN850X leads, if you don’t count how its existence is spent almost entirely locked inside a hot, dark box. Not only is it the overallbest SSD for gaming, but it’s also arguably the single brightest highlight of this year’sBlack Fridaystorage sales, with the spacious 1TB model down to £65 in the UK. Its US deal price of $80 also represents a sizeable $50 saving....

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Among other things that aren’t the Moon American Truck Simulatorwill head to Kansas next week, with the release of its latest DLC on November 30th. Before that the truck driving and management sim has received a new update which adds improved weather effects, revised mountains, used truck deals, and the Moon. “First and foremost, after many requests, we’ve added the Moon (back) to our night sky! It’s a subtle but remarkable touch that adds an extra layer of realism and wonder to your virtual trucking adventures,” say SCSin the patch notes....

This is the best Raal MG build in Modern Warfare 3 right now Looking for the best Raal MG loadout in Modern Warfare 3?The Raal MG is an LMG capable of a rapid rate of fire, mid to high damage and solid mobility stats for a gun of its type. As one of thebest LMGs in Modern Warfare 3, there are other alternatives, but the Raal MG remains a good option....

This is the best SA-B 50 build in Modern Warfare 3 right now Looking for the best SA-B 50 loadout in Modern Warfare 3?The SA-B 50 is a bolt-action marksman rifle, one of many to cross over from MW2 thanks to the ‘carry forward’ system. Like with most marksman rifles, the SA-B 50 enjoys a high damage output and solid mobility, recoil control and handling stats. Join us as we go through the best SA-B 50 loadout inCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3with all of the optimal attachment and equipment choices....

A better deal than the Quest 3 at this price. VR might not have revolutionised the games industry as its early advocates predicted, but it has spawned a whole new way of playing games, which is arguably far more interesting. We’ve reached the point where if you don’t own a VR headset, you’re missing out on some genuinely fantastic titles, from stone cold masterpieces likeHalf-Life: Alyx, to exciting experiments like The Last Clockwinder and the 7th Guest....

RTX 4080-tier performance for hundreds less Black Fridayweek has already yielded some tempting deals on Nvidia’s latest mid-range graphics cards, theRTX 4060and theRTX 4060 Ti. Up at the top of the GPU pyramid, meanwhile, AMD cards are getting in the act as well. Like, say, this £200-off deal on the MSI Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming Trio Classic, bringing it down to £900. Still a lot of money, sure, but theRX 7900 XTXis the absolute crème de la crème of the current Radeon lineup, with native 4K performance on par with that of Nvidia’sRTX 4080....

Boost your Steam Deck’s storage capacity. The Steam Deck is a wonderful piece of hardware, but if you purchased the 64GB version of Valve’s transformative handheld, it isn’t going to be long before you’re struggling for storage space. Modern games are large, to the point where some titles, likeBaldur’s Gate 3, wouldn’t even fit on the basic model. Luckily, the Deck’s drive space can be expanded through slotting in a MicroSD card....

Meet exotic new lifeforms! Or make them! I was just pondering writing something aboutSubnautica, inspired by revelations thatthere’s a new Subnautica project on the boil, and along comes the decidedly Subnautica-esqueHoneycomb: The World Beyondwith a trailer. Developed by Polish team Frozen Way, whose other projects include, erm, Hairdresser Simulator, it casts you as Hennessy, a human xenobiologist who is starting afresh on the alien planet of Sota7. As in Unknown Worlds’ survival sim, you’ll search various biomes for resources, build solar-powered habitats on stilts with nice, wide windows, and gradually amass a database of local animals and plants....