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Starting today, Amazon has discounted the popular 2TB WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD) for only $139.99. The SN850X works equally well as additional storage for your PS5 console or as a blazing fast boot drive for your gaming rig. We picked the SN850P (which is identical to the SN850X but with official PS5 certification) as the best high-capacity M.2 SSD for 2024.

2TB WD Black SN850X PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 SSD for $139.99

The SN850X is the latest generation of WD’s flagship Black series M.2 SSDs. It’s easily one of the fastest SSDs on the market. There are only a few SSDs out right now that can match its speed like the Samsung 990 Pro and the SK Hynix P41 Platinum, but they’re also more expensive.

The SN850X’s upgrades over the SN850 include newer flash chips (BiCS5 vs BiCS4) and an updated firmware, both of which offer improved sequential and random read/write speeds. What this all means is that the SN850X will perform exceedingly well as a boot drive for a gaming PC. 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. The 4TB capacity means you won’t have to worry as much about overfilling your drive full of games and apps. With that much storage you might not even need another drive.

The SN850X also makes for an excellent PS5 SSD. It is identical to the SN850P, which is the only officially licensed PS5 SSD on the market. It fulfills almost all of Sony’s requirements, like a minimum read speed of 5,500MB/s and a PCI-Express Gen4x4 interface. The only caveat is that this particular model doesn’t include a built-in heatsink. That is easily remedied by picking up a inexpensive PS5 heatsink off Amazon.

If you’re looking for more SSD storage upgrade options for your PS5 console, check out our best PS5 SSD deals of 2023. There are even less expensive options if you’re not married to any brand.

After news broke yesterday that Take-Two Interactive is shutting down Intercept Games, players began review-bombing the studio’s final project, expressing frustration and disappointment at the closure.

Heading over to the official Steam listing for Kerbal Space Program 2, its most recent reviews on Valve’s digital storefront reveal they are “Mostly Negative.” Further examining the recent reviews, you’ll see dozens of players leaving notices for Kerbal Space Program 2, many expressing disappointment that Take-Two shut down the game’s developer. Some commenters are warning others not to buy the game, as the project was released last year in Early Access and it seems unlikely that it’ll ever see a final release.

“WARNING, the entire development team has been laid off. This project appears to be dead, it was barely making progress to begin with, it’s over,” one user wrote in their review of Kerbal Space Program 2. “Do not buy, modders will end up having to carry this if the community wants it.”

The boss of Level-5, the developer behind family friendly titles such as Professor Layton, Ni No Kuni, and Yokai Watch, wants to create a violent and erotic video game one day.

Speaking to Denfaminico Gamer, translated by Automaton, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino said it’s his responsibility to keep making friendlier games for the studio, but he also has a “dark abnormal world” inside of him.

“If I were to put it in extreme terms, I would go as far as to say that I want to make things like erotic games and 18+ games with violence,” Hino laughed. “There’s an abnormal world inside of me, but I’m trying not to go there, only making things from the righteous part of my mind instead. However, deep down, I really want to visit that abnormal world.”

That’s not to say Level-5 games lack darker elements, as the yokai in Yokai Watch are ghosts and demons from Japanese mythology, and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch reaches some fairly dark story beats.

But Hino seemingly wants to bring these elements to the surface, and despite Level-5’s current approach to game development, he thinks he’ll do so one day. “I want to go to that dark, abnormal world, and I think I will definitely end up doing so,” Hino said. “Once I feel that Level-5 is stable, and I have the room to make what I want, I will do it.”

Level-5 is also responsible for the Inazuma Eleven and Fantasy Life franchises and has a game in each due out in 2024. It’s also working on two new IPs, DecaPolice and Ushiro, alongside Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, the series’ first on Nintendo Switch.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.