A slightly awkward first look at the gargantuan gaming screen While mooching around Samsung’s Gamescom booth, waiting for their990 Pro SSDreveal, I took the opportunity to play with an altogether more unusual addition to their hardware catalogue. TheSamsung Odyssey Ark, for the unfamiliar, is a kind of all-in-one entertainment screen: a mammoth 55in Mini LED panel that can act as a desktop gaming monitor or living room TV, complete with honking great speakers and built-in support for all the big game streaming services so you can play on it without a PC or console....

Some great deals to be found on PC components, peripherals and more. Amazon is running one of its periodic Warehouse sales, offering a further 20% off the listed price at the checkout on a wide range of used items. This has historically been a great time to pick up PC components and peripherals in like new condition for much lower than new prices, so let’s see what we can find, shall we?...

The trailer looks stunning Most ‘realistic graphics’ mods make games look worse, but that’s not the case with NaturalVision Evolved. The long-in-developmentGrand Theft Auto 5mod is a comprehensive revamp of lighting, textures, models and much more, but it remains faithful to the art direction of the base game. You can now download a Single Player Beta of the mod - and even if you don’t plan on doing that, it’s worth watching the trailer below....

Which is coming to PC soon-ish The Last Of Us Part I’s remake is heading to PlayStation 5 on September 2nd, which I assume is of modest interest if you want to play Joel and Ellie’s story over from the beginning with prettier graphics. It’s more interesting to us in PC land because it’ll be the first time the heart-and-zombie smasher makes its way to PC - albeit"very soon" after its console release....

Girls on film (again) Drumroll, please, for the latest interactive, live action, film archival puzzle from Sam Barlow, ofHer StoryandTelling Lies. This latest rumination on voyeurism also delves into storytelling, sex, death, religion, love, lust, lies, pretence (as distinct from acting), power and self. That’s a lot to pack into the partial, out of order clips of three different films, which manage to span both decades and careers. The central figure is Marissa Marcel, an almost-star actor who made three movies before disappearing....

It’s not deserting newcomers New Worldis getting its first major expansion in the form of Brimstone Sands, an arid endgame location for players to contest that comes bundled with a bunch of early game streamlining, and a brand-new weapon, too. I got hands-on with the expansion’s first hour or so and had a chat with the game’s creative director about it all. One year on, is it everything the game needs to satisfy long-time fans and attract newcomers?...

Wild card The thrill of a card game is in the hand you get dealt. Luck can either be on your side, or you can earn it back by using your wits, carving out a victory you never thought possible. Other times, it all goes to pot and you get absolutely walloped, but hot damn if you didn’t go down fighting.ORXhas these moments in spades. Part deckbuilder, part roguelike and part tower defence, this is a real-timestrategy gameplayed by the seat of your pants, where a rolling deck of cards determines not only what kind of defences you can build, but also what buffs, spells and additional forces you can deploy to help defend your keep from the oncoming hordes....

Play 100 years in Victoria 3 For years, every Paradox game-related stream or video I’ve seen has had “where’sVictoria 3?” and “Viccy 3 when?” in the comments underneath. The grand strategy sequel was finally announced last year, more than ten years after the release of Victoria 2, and now we have a release date as well: October 25th. What will people put in the comments underneath Paradox game trailers now? Hop below for the answer (and a release date trailer)....

After a year of delays At a glance, Rocksmith looks likeGuitar Hero, with the screen showing a guitar neck stretching towards the horizon while coloured notes zoom towards the bottom of the screen. The difference is that you use a real guitar to play - acoustic, electric or bass - and the software detects whether you played the correct note or chord. You can therefore use it to learn how to play a real guitar with a library of real songs and tutorials to help you along....

It faces some stiff competition too Of all the games I saw at this year’s Gamescom, sci-fi team-based shooter Hyenas easily claims the title of “Most Confusing Overall Experience”. Bouncing between appointments in this sea of booths and lanyards was jarring, but I’d eventually settle in after a few minutes of reconfiguring my brain to whatever presentation or control scheme was placed in front of me.Hyenasnever gave me a chance....

But this 2TB drive hasn’t gotten more cheerful, sadly. The Crucial P2 is a great value NVMe SSD, and now the 2TB model is down to £117 at Amazon UK - an incredibly low price for a drive that can hit 2400MB/s. The 1TB model has also been discounted in the same sale, from £86 to £63, making it cheaper than many SATA SSDs of the same size. So why is the Crucial P2 worth considering?...

Multiple sources say the game is the Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla spin-off also known as Rift Back in February, Alice O. highlighted an expansion planned forAssassin’s Creed: Valhallathat’s reportedly being spun-off into a standalone stealth game. At the time the project was being referred to as Rift, but multiple sources are now saying the game will be called Assassin’s Creed: Mirage. Both Bloomberg’sJason Schreierand Giant Bomb’sJeff Grubbsay they’ve been told by people familiar with the game that Mirage is accurate....

Hangar 13 say a new game is coming but a “few years away” Hangar 13 have also revealed that they’re working on the next game in the Mafia series. Speaking in a developer interview, which you can read in fullhere, general manager Roman Hladík said the game is still “a few years away”. The first Mafia was remade as theDefinitive Editiontwo years ago, with vastly zhuzhed up graphics and an expanded story....