With the chill of winter settling in, there’s no better excuse to bunker down and get stuck into some stellar titles at not-so-stellar prices. This latest round of discounts features genre greats, cult favourites, and a few under-the-radar gems, all primed for your backlog. Get scrolling to get saving!
This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m celebrating the 27th birthday of Gran Turismo, a game whose realistic handling and 150-car garage boggled my mind at launch. This was clearly no Ridge Racer. It basically taught pre-L-plater-me how to corner correctly with its 100-page instruction booklet. Driving lines, weight shifting, drifting—it filled my empty petrolhead up and made sure I’d learned by placing driving tests between me and its championships.
The impact the arrival of GT had on the evolution of racing games as we currently play them cannot be overstated. Polyphony’s “real driving simulator” triggered a seismic shift in an entire genre and is one of the most influential games ever made. To this day, I can’t enter my garage at home without hearing smooth jazz in my head.
Aussie bdays for notable games
– Gran Turismo (PS) 1998. Sequel
– Pac-Pix (DS) 2005. eBay
– Boom Blox (Wii) 2008. eBay
– Wii Fit (Wii) 2008. eBay
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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
On Nintendo Switch, Life Is Strange: True Colors is down to just A$25, a steal for a title whose lead character, Alex Chen, was originally pitched as mute, until the team at Deck Nine reworked her into one of the series’ most expressive and resonant leads. Also worth snapping up is The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (A$23), which finally localised two previously Japan-only entries, complete with a character named Herlock Sholmes (!!).
Civilization VII (-23%) – A$69Dragon Ball FighterZ (-44%) – A$50Life Is Strange: True Colors (-70%) – A$25The Sinking City (-90%) – A$7Little Nightmares Comp. Ed. (-75%) – A$13The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (-60%) – A$23
Expiring Recent Deals
Minecraft Dungeons Ult. Ed. (-25%) – A$45Monster Hunter Generations Ult. (-80%) – A$15Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory (-44%) – A$49Tales of Vesperia: Def. Ed. (-80%) – A$15Star Wars: Dark Forces Rem. (-45%) – A$24Streets of Rogue (-75%) – A$7
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Switch Console Prices
How much to Switch it up?
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
On Xbox Series X, The Witcher 3: Complete Edition (A$36) delivers a fantasy RPG masterclass. Fun fact: CD Projekt Red designed Geralt’s beard to dynamically grow in real-time. Meanwhile, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2: Deluxe Edition (A$33) is seriously cheap nostalgia.
Seagate Expansion Card 1TB (-32%) – A$208The Witcher 3 Comp. (-54%) – A$36Suicide Squad: KTJL (-83%) – A$19NBA 2K25 (-68%) – A$38Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 – Del. Ed. (-60%) – A$33Overcooked! 2 (-75%) – A$8
Xbox One
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (-65%) – A$24Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (-60%) – A$27Dying Light: The Following Enhanced (-70%) – A$14
Expiring Recent Deals
Monster Hunter Wilds (-23%) – A$89Avatar: FoP Gold (-40%) – A$94TopSpin 2K25 (-77%) – A$23Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (-45%) – A$54PGA Tour 2K25 (-34%) – A$79Diablo III: Eternal Col. (-67%) – A$32Dark Souls: Rem. (-50%) – A$29Mafia: Def. Ed. (-85%) – A$10Mafia III: Def. Ed. (-80%) – A$9
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
Xbox Console Prices
How many bucks for a ‘Box?
Pure Scores for PlayStation
On PS5, Tales of Arise (A$32) shook up the franchise with its first major engine overhaul in years, while Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (A$41) turned heads with its chaotic tone, an intentional choice by creative director Tetsuya Nomura to “go full meme.”
Death Stranding 2 (-21%) – A$99Cyberpunk 2077: Ult. Ed. (-27%) – A$77Tales of Arise (-68%) – A$32Stranger of Paradise FF Origin (-58%) – A$41Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (-34%) – A$79Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Leg. Ed. (-47%) – A$94
PS4
Digimon World: Next Order (-56%) – A$37Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (-69%) – A$30DayZ (-51%) – A$38
Expiring Recent Deals
Sonic x Shadow Generations (-35%) – A$49TopSpin 2K25 (-77%) – A$23Ghost of Yōtei (-21%) – A$99Stellar Blade (-13%) – A$109Monster Hunter Wilds (-23%) – A$89GTA Trilogy Def. Ed. (-71%) – A$29Overcooked! All You Can Eat (-44%) – A$31EA Sports FC 25 (-36%) – A$69Ghost of Tsushima Dir. Cut (-58%) – A$46
PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from Apr 1 with this subscription
ARK: Survival Ascended | PS5Balatro | PS5, PS4Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun | PS5, PS4
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
What you’ll pay to ‘Station.
Purchase Cheap for PC
And for PC, Stellaris (A$14) offers intergalactic strategy with depth, while Screencheat (A$4) flips couch multiplayer norms by making screen-peeking not just allowed, but necessary.
Oblivion Rem. (-17%) – A$70Age of Empires II: Def. (-65%) – A$13EA FC 25 (-70%) – A$32Screencheat (-80%) – A$4Stellaris (-75%) – A$14
Expiring Recent Deals
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (-18%) – A$57V Rising (-62%) – A$19Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (-80%) – A$19Dead Space (-75%) – A$22Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Rem. (-85%) – A$11Mass Effect Leg. Ed. (-90%) – A$8
Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
PC Hardware Prices
Slay your pile of shame.
Laptop Deals
Apple 2024 MacBook Air 15-inch (-16%) – A$2,094Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 (-36%) – A$879Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen7 (-27%) – A$1,018
Desktop Deals
HP OMEN 35L Gaming (-10%) – A$2,799Lenovo ThinkCentre neo Ultra (-25%) – A$2,249Lenovo ThinkCentre neo 50q (-35%) – A$629
Monitor Deals
LG 24MR400-B, 24″ (-30%) – A$97Z-Edge 27″ 240Hz (-15%) – A$279Samsung 57″ Odyssey Neo Curved (-22%) – A$2,499
Component Deals
MSI PRO B650M-A WiFi Motherboard (-41%) – A$229AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (-7%) – A$876Corsair Vengeance 32GB (-35%) – A$82Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (-30%) – A$48
Storage Deals
Seagate One Touch Portable HDD (-24%) – A$228Kingston 1TB USB 3.2 SSD (-17%) – A$115SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO (-63%) – A$29SanDisk 32GB Ultra SDHC (-53%) – A$9.90
Legit LEGO Deals
City Fire Station (-34%) – A$99City Express Passenger (-30%) – A$175Minecraft The Baby Pig House (-27%) – A$22Technic Kawasaki Ninja (-26%) – A$74
Expiring Recent Deals
Animal Crossing Isabelle’s House (-43%) – A$40Grogu with Hover Pram (-35%) – A$97Star Wars Home One Starcruiser (-28%) – A$79Mandalorian Moff Gideon Battle (-27%) – A$44
Hot Headphones Deals
Audiophilia for less
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro (-49%) – A$179Sony WH-CH520 Wireless (-27%) – A$73SoundPEATS Space (-25%) – A$56.99Technics Premium (-36%) – A$349
Terrific TV Deals
Do right by your console, upgrade your telly
Kogan 65″ QLED 4K (-50%) – A$699Kogan 55″ QLED 4K (-45%) – A$549LG 55″ UT80 4K (-28%) – A$866
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
