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Read moreDaily Deals: PS5 Digital Console In Stock, Cheap 2TB PS5 SSDs, $700 Off 55″ Samsung Odyssey Ark Gaming Monitor, and More
Today’s daily deals include cheap PS5 compatible SSDs, a PS5 Digital Edition console actually in stock on Amazon, a massive 55″ Samsung Odyssey Ark gaming monitor, a handy Elgato Stream Deck controller, a rugged Samsung T7 portable SSD, and more.
PS5 Digital Edition on Amazon Without Invitation
The PS5 Digital Edition is finally available for order on Amazon without having to wait for an invite. The PS5 Digital is exactly the same as the $500 PS5 Disc Edition minus the Blu-ray drive. Unlike the gimped Xbox Series S, it has the same power and performance as its more expensive sibling. We haven’t seen the Digital Edition in stock (without invite) on Amazon for ages, and traditionally this console has been hard to find elsewhere as well.
WD Black SN850X 2TB PS5 SSD From $159.99
Amazon has the newest WD Black Series SN850X M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD for the best price we’ve seen. In fact, this is lower than the price we saw on Black Friday. The SN850X is the successor to the SN850 SSD. It has newer flash chips (BiCS5 vs BiCS4) and an updated firmware, which combined offer improved sequential and random read/write speeds. For PC gamers, there’s also an updated Game Mode 2.0 utility that’s designed to tune the SSD for better performance during gaming sessions.
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD From $159.99
Samsung SSDs need no introduction. They’ve made some of the most popular and reliable PS5 SSDs on the market. The 980 Pro has been out for a while now, and it’s still Samsung’s fastest M.2 PCIe SSD. It is fully PS5 compatible in terms of form factor and performance, with blistering speeds of up to 7,100MB/s. It goes toe to toe with other well-known options like the WD Black SN850 and the Seagate Firecuda 530.
Samsung Odyssey Ark 55″ QLED Mini-LED Gaming Monitor for $1999.99
This is the first time we’ve seen Samsung’s flagship 55″ gaming monitor drop in price to under $2K (it was about $2300 on Black Friday). The Odyssey Ark is a 55″ QLED Mini LED gaming monitor with a 4K (3840×2160) resolution and an aggressive 1000R curve for maximum immersion. What’s amazing about this monitor is that despite the garganuan size, the stand actually allows you to rotate this monitor 90 degrees into portrait mode. Samsung calls it “cockpit” mode and allows you to view it as three screens stacked one atop another.
Samsung T7 Shield 4TB Portable SSD for $279.99
The Samsung T7 Shield is a external solid state drive. SSDs are much faster than traditional hard drives, and combined with the USB 3.2 Type-C interface, the T7 is capable of transfer speeds of up to 1,050MB/s read and 1,000MB/s write. As a comparison, a traditional portable hard d rive is only capable of transfer speeds of about 100MB/s over USB 3.0. That’s a veritable order of magnitude in difference. The Samsung T7 Shield in particular is more durable than your typical SSD enclosure. It’s rated for IP65 water and dust resistance, and it’s shockproof to 10 feet. The soft touch enclosure on the T7 Shield is less prone to general wear and tear and it’s also easier to grip.
Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 Studio Controller for $119.99
If you’re looking to add a little something extra to your streams, the Elgato Stream Deck can turn your stream into a professionally-slick presentation. The buttons are customizable to whatever you like, so the possibilities are limited by your imagination. This is the lowest price it’s ever been on Amazon, too, so this is a perfect opportunity to take your streaming game to the next level.
Alienware Aurora R13 Intel Core i7-12700F RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC for Only $1099.99
As part of its President’s Day Sale, Dell is offering an Alienware Aurora R13 gaming PC equipped with an Intel Core i7-12700F CPU and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU for only $1099.99 after $600 in instant savings. This is the best price right now for an RTX 3060 Ti gaming PC from Alienware or Dell. In fact, it’s even cheaper than any Dell XPS RTX 3060 Ti desktop even though the Alienware R13 has better components.
Alienware m15 RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop $1299.99
As part of its President’s Day Sale, Dell is offering an Alienware m15 R7 gaming laptop with RTX 3060 video card for $1299.99 after $550 off discount. This is currently the least expensive RTX 3060 equipped Alienware gaming laptop at Dell and includes some nice upgrades like a 15″ 2560×1440 QHD display and a beefier 1TB SSD.
HP OMEN 25L RTX 3070 Gaming PC for $1210
Here’s a pretty nice deal on an excellent gaming PC for around $1200. This HP OMEN 25L laptop features a 12th gen Intel Core i7-12700 12-core Alder Lake CPU, GeForce RTX 3070 GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and 1TB HDD. The RTX 3070 is a very solid video card for this price level… in fact I don’t think you’ll find another prebuilt PC with a better card. It will easily get you 60fps+ at up to 1440p gaming.
$700 Off Alienware Aurora R15 Intel Core i9-13900KF Raptor Lake RTX 4090 Gaming PC
Dell (Alienware) is offering $700 off this totally badass Alienware Aurora gaming PC. No that doesn’t make it cheap, but this is pretty much Dell’s top of the line gaming PC with everything you could ever want. Specs include the new 13th gen Intel Core i9-1300KF 24-core Raptor Lake CPU (equal to or better than the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X), GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-4800MHz RAM, 1TB SSD, and 1TB HDD. The PC has been upgraded with Alienware’s best Cryo-Tech 240mm AIO CPU liquid cooling, a massive 1350W power supply, and a clear side panel to show off all of your contents.
GeForce RTX 4090 Starting at $1659.99
Here are some RTX 4090s at or close to MSRP! Everybody knows by now that the RTX 4090 is the undisputed king of the hill. It’s significantly more powerful than any other NVIDIA card out there. It’s laughably more powerful than any AMD card, thanks to its support for DLSS 3.0 and it’s marvelous domination of ray tracing tech.
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Guild Wars 2 expansions will be smaller and more frequent in future
Guild Wars 2 is over ten years old now, and last year it brought its long-running storyline to a close with its third expansion. Now its developers say they want to release smaller and cheaper expansions more regularly, with quarterly updates filling the gaps in between.Minecraft 1.20 details new mob, archaeology, and a surprise new biome
Minecraft‘s 1.20 update, including two of the things pictured above: the new Sniffer mob, which won a public vote to be included in the game; and the less expected new cherry blossom biome. Both seem adorable.Feature: Rating The Best Zelda/Link Relationship In The Legend Of Zelda Games
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Zelink might be one of the biggest ships out there, and it’s hardly controversial to want Zelda and Link, the two owners of the Triforce that aren’t evil, to end up together. They’re entwined in destiny, fated to keep meeting, and falling into the princess/hero dichotomy that keeps them separate once more. And yet, they’ve never really had a romantic relationship. It’s wild!
We’re big Zelink shippers here at NL, of course, so we’ve created the ultimate list of the best Zelda/Link relationships as represented in the Legend of Zelda games. We’ve skipped a few of the games — notably spin-offs like Hyrule Warriors and Four Swords — but all the mainline games are here.
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MLB The Show 23’s Negro Leagues Feature is the Start of a Powerful Multi-Year Journey
Summary
- The Negro League Baseball Museum is the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history of African-American baseball.
- Leroy “Satchel” Paige, Jackie Robinson, Andrew “Rube” Foster, Hilton Smith, Hank Thompson, John Donaldson, Martin Dihigo, and John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil will be the players featured in Storylines: Season 1.
- MLB The Show 23 is now available for digital pre-order on the Xbox Store in a variety of versions, including Standard, Digital Deluxe, and will be available to play day one with Xbox Game Pass on March 28, 2023.
As a tremendous fan of baseball, I was thrilled to see the news that MLB The Show 23 is bringing a new feature to the upcoming game known as “Storylines: The Negro Leagues.” For this first season, many of the league’s greatest stars will be profiled in a new interactive mode in partnership with the Negro League Baseball Museum and their President Bob Kendrick, a national institution dedicated to preserving the rich history of Black baseball and its impact on America.
Because of racist segregation laws at the time, Black Americans were not allowed to play alongside white players or participate in Major League Baseball. To counter that, Rube Foster — an amazing player in his own right and founder of the Chicago American Giants — lead the formation with other Black club owners to create the Negro National League in 1920, giving an avenue for Black people to play organized baseball. The result gave us some of the greatest legends to ever play the game, many of which we as gamers will learn more about in this new Storylines feature for MLB The Show 23.
We had a chance to catch up with Communications and Brand Strategist at San Diego Studio, Ramone Russell and talked about how MLB The Show 23 plans to use an interactive medium to tell this powerful piece of American history, the ways in which it fits within the framework of the game, and what future iterations of this mode may look like in following seasons.
“The Negro Leagues are an important part of baseball and American history, whose iconic figures are not nearly as well-known as other baseball players of the era,” explains Russell. “We plan to use MLB The Show and the interactive medium which is gaming as a gateway; a gateway to expose new generations of baseball fans to these historic figures and their stories of triumph over adversity.”
“Storylines is a new game experience in MLB The Show 23,” continues Russell. “It will lead gamers through a sequential narrative focusing on a single player, watching short informational videos about the player. After which they will play as them in Moments to reflect on important events in that player’s career.”
Obviously, part of what makes this such an incredible journey for these players are the social hardships they endured, overcoming significant adversity in their professional and personal lives. It was refreshing to hear that this ‘gateway’ to the past aims to be very honest in its telling of these players’ history.
“We don’t gloss over the adversity they faced or the ugliness of American segregation during that time,” says Russell. “But MLB The Show is an E-rated game and 100% of the storytelling is done by our narrator, Negro League Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick.”
Founded in 1990, the Negro League Baseball Museum, as described on its official site, is “the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history of African-American baseball and its profound impact on the social advancement of America.” Bob Kendrick, who first began working with the NLBM as a volunteer in the early ‘90s and was later named President in 2011, has been responsible for many of the museum’s educational programs, events, and more.
As part of his role with the museum, Kendrick has been a tremendous advocate for telling the history of the Negro Leagues and sharing stories about many of its legendary players, many of which will be featured in the Season 1 Storylines roster that will include Leroy “Satchel” Paige, Jackie Robinson, Andrew “Rube” Foster, Hilton Smith, Hank Thompson, John Donaldson, Martín Dihigo, and John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil. Having someone like Kendrick front and center will lend a degree of authenticity to this feature that fans of baseball are sure to appreciate.
In addition, as part of this historic partnership with the NLBM, MLB The Show and San Diego Studio are donating $1 to the museum for every MLB The Show 23 Digital Deluxe Edition or The Captain Edition sold in the United States through December 31, 2023.
In talking more about how this partnership came to be, Russell indicated that this has been something the San Diego Studio, which has been developing MLB The Show for nearly two decades, has wanted to do for a very long time — it was just a matter of finding the right partner to tell the story the team envisioned and to do it the right way.
“The Negro Leagues are not only an important part of baseball history; more importantly they are crucial part of American history,” explains Russell. “The inspiration to introduce the Negro Leagues into MLB The Show has always been there, however we never had a good grasp on how to do it and that’s always been the conundrum. The stars aligned and we finally figured out a way to do it the right way.”
Best of all, this is just the beginning of this new Storylines feature for MLB The Show. Next year’s release will feature a new group of Negro League Legends and will profile their unique stories of grit, grace, and triumph in the face of adversity.
“The Storylines feature is a vehicle we created to tell meaningful stories in the baseball universe with a controller in your hand,” says Russell. “The possibilities are endless; however, our focus right now is on the Negro Leagues. It’s going to take us years to properly tell their stories with the respect, dignity, admiration, and appreciation they deserve.
In asking what he hopes people will take away from this new gameplay feature, Russell summed it up succinctly.
“We hope everyone who plays Storylines walks away feeling inspired, educated, and enlightened by these stories,” he says. “Anything past that is a bonus.”
MLB The Show 23 is available for pre-order today for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and will be available day one with Xbox Game Pass on March 28, 2023. We’ll have more exciting news to share soon about MLB The Show 23 here on Xbox Wire, so stay tuned!
MLB® The Show™ 23 Digital Deluxe Edition – Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
MLB
$99.99
Pre-order to get the Gold Choice pack and four days’ early access to start playing MLB® The Show™ 23 from March 24 2023
This edition includes:
• Four Days Early Access.
• Full game for Xbox Series X|S.
• Full game for Xbox One.
• One Captain’s Choice Pack.
• One TBA Choice Pack.
• One TBA Uniform Choice Pack.
• Five Gold Choice packs.
• 20 The Show packs.
• One Ballplayer pack.
• Double daily login rewards.
• 30K Stubs™.
MLB® The Show™ 23 gets you closer than ever to living your Baseball dreams on the diamond. Shock The Game and Own The Show with your favorite players, your favorite rivalries, and all your favorite MLB moments.
Get the next-generation MLB The Show 23 experience when you play on Xbox Series X|S, including the return of Stadium Creator mode, and face your friends with cross-platform play* or continue your progress on other platforms with cross progression**.
MLB® The Show™ 23 Xbox Series X|S
MLB
$69.99
Pre-order to get the Gold Choice pack.
This edition includes:
• Full game for Xbox Series X|S
• Full game for Xbox One
• Five The Show Packs.
• 10K Stubs™.
MLB® The Show™ 23 gets you closer than ever to living your Baseball dreams on the diamond. Shock The Game and Own The Show with your favorite players, your favorite rivalries, and all your favorite MLB moments.
Get the next-generation MLB The Show 23 experience when you play on Xbox Series X|S, including the return of Stadium Creator mode, and face your friends with cross-platform play* or continue your progress on other platforms with cross progression**.
MLB® The Show™ 23 Xbox One
MLB
$59.99
Pre-order to get the Gold Choice pack.
This edition includes:
• Full game.
• 5K Stubs™.
MLB® The Show™ 23 gets you closer than ever to living your Baseball dreams on the diamond. Shock The Game and Own The Show with your favorite players, your favorite rivalries, and all your favorite MLB moments.
Buy the MLB® The Show™ 23 digital version for Xbox One and when ready, upgrade to the MLB® The Show™ 23 digital version for Xbox Series X|S for an additional cost.
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Assassin’s Creed Revelations: Ezio and Altair Statue Available at the IGN Store
You can relive one of the most iconic moments in Assassin’s Creed history, thanks to our latest listing over at the IGN Store. This Assassin’s Creed Revelations diorama recreats the moment that Ezio Auditore comes face-to-face with the remains of Altair, the protaganist of the original Assassin’s Creed. You can check out the epic statue at the IGN Store now.
The statue costs $499.99, and is set to ship in early 2024. It stands at 12 inches tall, 14.5 inches wide, and 9 inches deep, making it an awesome, huge centerpiece for any gaming collection or display. It also has an LED-lit Memory Seal, along with the iconic Assassin’s Creed logo at the base of the statue. You can see the images of the statue in high detail below:
Assassin’s Creed Revelations originally launched in 2011 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The game brought together the franchise’s two lead characters up to that point, Altair from the original Assassin’s Creed and Ezio from Assassin’s Creed II and Brotherhood. In our review of the game, we said, “If you’ve been following the lives of Altair and Ezio this long, you owe it to yourself to see their last adventure.”
Blanc review: heartwarming co-op, but its weak second half leaves you out in the cold
Blanc looks like it’s going to be a lot lighter than games like Endling: Extinction is Forever and the notoriously upsetting Shelter series at first glance, but I’ve learned to never let my guard down around these kinds of games. Those cute art styles are almost always a front for a brutal sneak attack on your emotions.Blanc is very much aiming for your heartstrings with its adorable animal duo and picturesque snowy landscapes. The first half teases massive potential for a cutesy story with fun puzzle antics, but the game is majorly let down by a repetitive and often frustrating second half and lacklustre ending. After the promise of a warm, cosy adventure, I watched the end credits roll and couldn’t help feeling like I’d been left out in the cold.
Review: Blanc – A Perfectly-Pleasant Co-op Experience With Gorgeous Visuals
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The notion of two disparate species of animals coming together to help one another is not particularly new in the world of storytelling. The trope goes all the way back to the likes of Peter Rabbit, in which our intrepid titular hero enlists the assistance of Squirrel Nutkin to help fend off the dastardly fox, Mr. Tod. It’s a concept that just works and is immediately endearing to both children and adults; so it’s no wonder, then, that Blanc resonated with so many upon its initial reveal. But does the actual gameplay hold up? Mostly, but with some important caveats.
Blanc stars two playable characters – a wolf cub and a fawn – both of whom have been inadvertently cut off from their respective families during a sudden snowstorm. As the two try to get their bearings, they run into each other over two sides of a frozen river, and ultimately decide to help each other return to their parents and siblings. Considering there’s absolutely no dialogue in Blanc, developer Casus Ludi has done a remarkable job in communicating exactly what’s going on with the two main characters in question, despite the admittedly simplistic plot.
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Valiant: A New World of Tanks Season Arrives with Bold Rewards
Summary
- Season rewards: This season’s rewards include three new Premium tanks for World War II and Cold War gameplay.
- Classic game elements: We’re honoring the legacy of our long time tank commanders with features like the Classic HUD and a Garage Swap option.
- New content throughout the season: Get ready for new 3D Commanders, vintage-style Pin-Up Skins for player-favorite tanks, revamped maps, and challenges to commemorate historic events.
Courage. Grit. Heroism. If you have these qualities, then you belong on the World of Tanks battlefield. And if you’ve got those qualities in spades, then our latest season, Valiant, is just the opportunity for you to prove it!
The Valiant season starts on February 14 and runs through April 10. It gives you eight weeks to take on challenges, earn points, conquer 100 levels, and claim reward after reward as you go.
Like our previous seasons, Valiant lets you choose one of three paths you can follow to earn your rewards:
The Free Rewards path gives you rewards every few levels and is automatically open to every player.
The Season Pass gives you all the Free Rewards plus additional rewards at every level.
The Ultimate Season Pass gives you everything from the Free Rewards path and the regular Season Pass, plus 25 levels already completed and bonus content that you receive as soon as you purchase it.
You’ll start out on the Free Rewards path, but you can upgrade to a Season Pass or Ultimate Season Pass at any time and get all the rewards you’ve earned up to that point, no matter when you get it. And we think the temptation to upgrade will be hard to ignore!
Get the Season Pass, and you’ll be on your way to earning not one but two new Premium tanks that are making their debut this season: the perfectly named Valiant medium tank for World War II, and the CATTB “Thumper” tank destroyer for Cold War. No matter which game mode you prefer, the Season Pass gives you options.
Want more? Then don’t miss the Ultimate Season Pass, which comes loaded with the newest British bastion, the FV4003 Centurion Mk. 5 AVRE medium tank. This is a powerhouse top-tier (Tier X) vehicle that makes the Ultimate Season Pass an unbelievable deal!
If all this wasn’t enough, Valiant also marks the beginning of Resolutions, a bold, year-long event that rewards our most dedicated tankers for each season they complete throughout 2023. Keep an eye out for more information – this is the year to pursue your tanking legacy.
Valiant was designed to satisfy your hunger for new thrills in your console battles. However, we can’t ignore this game’s history. After all, World of Tanks is celebrating nine years on Xbox this February! To commemorate the occasion, the Valiant season also arrives packed with features that are a salute to our longtime players.
The Garage Swap option lets you choose the look of your garage from several styles that have existed in the game over the past nine years. Whether you prefer the classic hangar or a rugged outdoors scene, the choice is yours as to how you display the powerful tanks under your command.
Similarly, the return of the Classic HUD brings back player-requested features like repositioned enemy target info and a clearly visible base capture status bar to make you more informed and more effective in every match you play.
As you explore these and other updates, keep an eye out for events this season that put you at the center of the game’s own history as well as its historical connections. In store for you are a community event that leads to the return of the classic Swamp map, an in-game Challenge that commemorates the historic Battle of Kasserine Pass, the Mary the Mechanic 3D Commander, vehicle skins inspired by vintage pin-up posters, and so much more.
The legacy of World of Tanks was always rich; we’re just giving you new ways to explore it!
They say that fortune favors the bold. We say that victory favors the valiant. Gear up, Commander: The Valiant season is waiting for you starting February 14!
World of Tanks – Valiant Starter Pack
Wargaming.net
Act boldly and charge toward victory with the FREE Valiant Starter Pack! This DLC bundle is packed with Boosters and Premium Time to increase your earnings as you prove your mettle in the latest season of World of Tanks. Fight with honor—good fortune awaits!
Bundle includes:
• 3 Days of Premium Time
• (5) x2 Silver Boosters
• (5) x3 Vehicle XP Boosters
• (5) x4 Commander XP Boosters
World of Tanks
Wargaming.net
Xbox One X Enhanced
World of Tanks is a global online multiplayer free-to-play game dedicated to tank warfare in the mid-20th century. Custom built for Xbox, World of Tanks features realistic vehicles and environments, enabling players to command history’s most powerful tanks and experience combat on Xbox like never before.
Features:
• Strategic, fast-paced 15 vs 15 online action.
• Over 700 authentic tanks to choose from among 12 nations.
• Battle across a variety of environments with varying terrain and weather effects
• Built-in support for Xbox One X pushing the boundaries of graphic fidelity.
• Regular updates offer new content and frequent special events.
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