Let’s cut the festive intro and get right to why we’re really here—saving max moolah on the games that matter. Along with the stuff in the headline, I’d score one (or many) of those $59 Xbox official controllers. Why? Because Xbox Game Pass pairs so well with PCs and TV boxes nowadays (and could be your cheapest, console-less way to play Indy: Great Circle).
In retro news, I’m celebrating the 25th birthday of SWAT 3, a cop-centric inspiration for the tactical CQC antics of your modern Rainbow: Six Siege. It sure had a strange path to becoming a shooter, however, as it’s technically the seventh installment of Sierra’s old as the hills (or mountain, as it were) Police Quest graphical adventures. From there, it morphed into an isometric SWAT tactics game, and then this—a po-po RoE shooter where, ideally, you’ll arrest perps instead of installing blowholes in them. While Sierra certainly wasn’t the first to kick the door in on this sub-genre, the pretty peerless solo, co-op, and TDM on offer stacked up tighter than SWAT 3’s more remembered rival of the day, Tom Clancy’s Rogue Spear.
This Day in Gaming 🎂
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle (PC) 1999. Get
– Halo: Spartan Assault (XO) 2013. Get
Table of Contents
Nintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationLEGOLEGO Advent Face Off
Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
Unicorn Overlord (-40%) – A$56.99Mario & Luigi: Brothership (-20%) – A$64SpongeBob: Patrick Star Game (-40%) – A$36Rune Factory 5 (-47%) – A$39.51Lego 2K Drive (-47%) – A$21.20
Hardware
PowerA Pro cont. (-31%) – A$698BitDo Arcade Stick (-20%) – A$151.95
Expiring Recent Deals
NBA 2K25 (-70%) – A$30Nintendo World Champs (-32%) – A$34Metal Gear Col. (-61%) – A$35.52Metroid Dread (-29%) – A$56.95
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Switch Console Prices
How much to Switch it up?
Purchase Cheap for PC
Planet Coaster (-95%) – A$3.24NFS Heat Deluxe Ed. (-95%) – A$4.99Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (-90%) – A$2.19Borderlands 1 GOTY (-90%) – A$3.99Batman Arkham Origins (-90%) – A$2.89Tales from Borderlands (-90%) – A$2.99Stellaris (-90%) – A$5.69The Forest (-90%) – A$2.89Divinity: Original Sin (-90%) – A$5.69Firewatch (-90%) – A$2.95State of Decay 2 (-90%) – A$4.29Warhammer Vermintide 2 (-90%) – A$4.19Total War Warhammer (-90%) – A$8.99Grim Dawn 2 (-90%) – A$3.65Metro Exodus (-90%) – A$4.49Titanfall 2 (-90%) – A$3.99Assassin’s Creed Origins (-90%) – A$8.99South Park The Stick of Truth (-90%) – A$4.49Back 4 Blood (-95%) – A$4.49
Expiring Recent Deals
Age of Empires II: Def. (-65%) – A$13.98Elden Ring: SotET (-12%) – A$57.19Helldivers 2 (-25%) – A$44.96God of War: Ragnarok (-25%) – A$71.21Metaphor: ReFantazio (-35%) – A$74.71Resi 4 (-49%) – A$37Spidey Miles Morales (-56%) – A$33.35Spidey Remastered (-56%) – A$42.25
Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
PC Hardware Prices
Slay your pile of shame.
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
Green X/S cont. (-17%) – A$59FFXII: Zodiac Age (-63%) – A$29.38A Quiet Place (-28%) – A$33.98Shin Megami Tensei V (-56%) – A$43.95Dragon Age: The Veilguard (-51%) – A$53.99CoD: BLOPS 6 (-42%) – A$64
Expiring Recent Deals
FC 25 (-65%) – A$39Starfield (-73%) – A$32Star Wars Outlaws (-46%) – A$59F1 24 (-46%) – A$59NBA 2K25 (-63%) – A$44Marvel’s GotG Cosmic (-50%) – A$54
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
Xbox Console Prices
How many bucks for a ‘Box?
Pure Scores for PlayStation
Tekken 8 (-47%) – A$68.99Crisis Core: FF7 Reunion (-42%) – A$49.10Suicide Squad: KTJL (-84$) – A$19 God of War: Ragnarok (-61%) – A$49Naruto: NInja Storm 4 (-24%) – A$19Dragon Age: The Veilguard (-51%) – A$53.99CoD: BLOPS 6 (-42%) – A$64NBA 2K25 (-64%) – A$44Persona 3 Reload (-60%) – A$42.90
Hardware
DualSense Sterling Silver (-32%) – A$85
Expiring Recent Deals
DualSense Purple (-30%) – A$84Rise of the Ronin (-45%) – A$69FC 25 (-65%) – A$39The Last of Us Part 1 (-57%) – A$54Gran Turismo 7 (-56%) – A$55Red Dead Redemption II (-75%) – A$19FF VII: Rebirth (-50%) – A$57
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
What you’ll pay to ‘Station.
Legit LEGO Deals
Nascar Chevrolet Camaro (-40%) – A$23.99City: Double-Decker (-36%) – A$70Minecraft: Nether Portal (-35%) – A$39
Expiring Recent Deals
Jedi Bob’s Starfighter (-35%) – A$39Batmobile Animated series (-34%) – A$59Technic Porsche GT4 (-32%) – A$169Dune Ornithopter (-32%) – A$169
This holiday season, I’m doing something different with the LEGO section. In Mathew Manor, my sons and I are racing LEGO Advent Calendars—we open our respective ones daily and compare the mini-prizes for “Coolness” and “Actual Xmas-ness”. Winner gets extra eggnog.
If you’re also feeling festive, here are the cheapest prices for the three calendars we’re using. Or just live vicariously through us.
LEGO Star Wars Advent 2024 – A$59.95 $45LEGO Spider-Man Advent 2024 – A$59.95 $45LEGO City Advent 2024 – A$59.95 $45
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
