I’ve been stalking sales events long enough to know when the stars align, and today’s haul is shaping up special. There’s a mix of Nintendo magic, Xbox oddities, PlayStation gems, and PC heavy hitters worth highlighting. If you’ve got any spare change rattling around, these picks are the sort that make you glad you waited for the right discount, O’ Patient One.
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This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m celebrating the 24th birthday of Pokémon Crystal, an ‘upper’ version of Pokémon Gold and Silver that got slapped into the coolest sparkly-see-through cartridge Game Boy Color ever got. I played the connector pins off of this at launch and appreciated a bunch of new features, like greater avatar customisation, refreshed Pokemon sprites with introductory battle animations (!!!), and the debut of Battle Tower. The latter was basically a boss rush against seven trainers in a row. Why did I do that to myself? To win five Protein drinks (read: Poké-‘roids). Worth it.
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– Pokémon Crystal (GBC) 2001. Sequels
– Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2) 2004. Sequel
– Myst IV: Revelation (PC) 2004. Get
– Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes (XB) 2005. Get
– Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (PS2,XB) 2005.
– Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) 2005. Redux
– Scribblenauts (DS) 2009. Sequel
– Dead Rising 2 (PS3,X360) 2010. Get
Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
On Switch, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom remains a masterclass in open world tinkering. I lost an embarrassing amount of time strapping rockets to everything just to see what would happen. Meanwhile, Pikmin 4 carries the quirky tradition of planting you in a micro world where ants and bottlecaps become epic set pieces.
Kirby Forgotten Land NS2 (-20%) – A$88 Kirby’s back inhaling baddies and spitting out joy. A pastel-coloured fever dream where your pink blob buddy can swallow a car. Silly, snappy, and impossible not to grin through.Pikmin 4 (-27%) – A$58 Herding plant-critters into danger has never been cuter. It’s half gardening sim, half alien warlord fantasy. Also, the dog’s adorable enough to melt any stone-cold gamer’s heart.Assassin’s Creed: Rebel Col. (-31%) – A$54.90 Yo-ho-ho and several stabs of fun. Two games of ship-plundering, sea-shanty singing, rooftop-swindling Assassin’s Creed at its best. More rum-soaked adventures than your liver can reasonably handle.Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom NS2 (-20%) – A$88 It’s Breath of the Wild on ‘roids. Build mechs out of meat, fling Koroks skyward, and break physics daily. If you own a Switch, this is religion.FC 26 NS2 (-37%) – A$69 Same beautiful game, shinier grass. New name, same Ultimate Team wallet vacuum. Still, the boots feel good and goals feel glorious. Soccer tragics, line up.
What’s Big on the Radar?
Current hotcakes selling
Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 – $79Pokémon Legends: Z-A – $78Super Mario Party Jamboree – $64
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Switch Console Prices
How much to Switch it up?
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
Over on Xbox Series X, Sonic X Shadow Generations is a bold return to a fan favourite. The dual timeline gameplay is essentially a love letter to long-term hedgehog tragics like me. For something completely different, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is Gearbox at their most chaotic.
Sonic X Shadow Generations (-38%) – A$49 Blue blur meets edgy hedgehog in a nostalgia sandwich. Half breakneck rollercoaster, half fever dream. If you blink, you’ll miss a level. Blink twice, Shadow broods harder.Cris Tales (-52%) – A$33.50 Turn-based combat with a time-travel gimmick that actually works. Hand-drawn beauty meets Saturday-morning anime melodrama. Criminally underplayed, adorably earnest, and absolutely worth a punt at this price.Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: Next-Level Ed. (-91%) – A$9.90 Borderlands but with dice, dragons, and chaos gremlins. Guns fire glitter, spells explode skeletons, and Tina never shuts up. You’ll hate it or love it. But for a tenner, who cares?Star Wars: Squadrons (-52%) – A$28.90 Ever wanted to shout “lock S-foils in attack position”? This is that fantasy fulfilled. Tight dogfights, sweet cockpits, and enough pew-pew to make Wedge Antilles proud.Transformers: Battlegrounds (-58%) – A$15.70 Baby’s first XCOM with Optimus Prime yelling about friendship. It’s tactics-lite, Saturday-cartoon heavy, and surprisingly fun with a cheeky price tag to match. Autobots, roll out indeed.
Xbox One
Lego Marvel Super Heroes (-75%) – A$22.40 Every Marvel hero crammed into LEGO form. Smash bricks, crack jokes, and save the world with plastic fists. Cheaper than a single Funko Pop, and way more fun.Disney Classic Games Col. (-44%) – A$24.80 Fancy being destroyed by The Lion King’s second level again? Relive 16-bit trauma with rewind buttons this time. Nostalgia never hurt so good.Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (-81%) – A$10.50 Behead orcs, enslave orcs, then befriend orcs who’ll later betray you. Nemesis system is still genius. Tolkien would probably faint, but at this price it’s worth the heresy.
What’s Big on the Radar?
Headed out the door quick
Battlefield 6 – A$89Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – A$89Borderlands 4 – A$99
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
Xbox Console Prices
How many bucks for a ‘Box?
Pure Scores for PlayStation
PS5-wise, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was proof Eidos Montreal understood comic timing as well as combat flow. I still chuckle at the licensed ’80s soundtrack syncing perfectly with Groot’s special moves. And Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero was a mighty fine anime-to-game adaptation.
Pulse Explore Wireless Earbuds (-25%) – A$249 PS5’s bestest earbuds with haptic-friendly soundscapes. They’ll make your wallet cry louder than your ears rejoice, but they really do slap for sweaty sessions of Helldivers 2.Like a Dragon: Ishin! (-49%) – A$51.30 Yakuza, but with swords, sake, and samurai cosplay. Kiryu’s spirit animal gets very stabby. Side-quests range from hilarious to bewildering. Peak Sega chaos, now in period dress.DualSense Chroma Colours (-21%) – A$99 Same adaptive triggers, now in hot new outfits. It’s like giving your PS5 controller a glow-up before sending it back into thumbstick war.One Piece Odyssey (-72%) – A$28 A JRPG where rubber pirate boys save the day. Turn-based battles, stretchy fists, and enough anime melodrama to flood the Grand Line. At this price, it’s treasure, not filler.Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (-71%) – A$29 Everyone ignored it, but it’s secretly brilliant. The banter lands, the ‘80s mixtape slaps, and the story punches you right in the feels. Way better than Square Enix’s Avengers.Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (-34%) – A$76 The Budokai Tenkaichi revival fans begged for. Fight rosters thicker than a phone book. Screaming at your TV mandatory. Power level: ridiculous.
PS4
Lego 2K Drive Awesome Ed. (-57%) – A$42.40 LEGO meets open-world racing chaos. Smash through fences, transform mid-race, and build cars shaped like toasters. Forza wishes it had this much cheek.FC 26 (-37%) – A$69 Footy on last-gen, still fully serviceable. The ball’s round, the grass is green, and Ultimate Team will rinse you dry. But hey, goals feel good.Ace Combat 7 Maverick Ed. (-64%) – A$44.80 Jet porn at its finest. Includes the Top Gun DLC so you too can buzz the tower. Project Aces are still kings of sky-high melodrama.
What’s Big on the Radar?
Fast movers shifting
COD Black Ops 7 – A$89Battlefield 6 – A$89Borderlands 4 – A$99
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
What you’ll pay to ‘Station.
Purchase Cheap for PC
Lastly, on PC, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 pushes web-slinging to dazzling heights with a fluidity that still makes me grin like a goon. And No Man’s Sky, once a launch punchline, has become one of gaming’s most inspiring redemption stories.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (-32%) – A$64.50 Swing, flip, and quip across New York with two Spideys. Gorgeous, cinematic, and pure power fantasy. You’ll grin harder than J. Jonah Jameson yelling at clouds.Sackboy: A Big Adventure (-64%) – A$34.10 The plush prince of platforming. Co-op chaos, costume madness, and endless charm. It’s like if Mario put on a wool jumper and got weirder.No Man’s Sky (-60%) – A$35.10 Once a meme, now a miracle. Base-building, space-whales, and endless galaxies to lose weekends in. Hello Games pulled off gaming’s biggest comeback.Lego Skywalker Saga (-80%) – A$13.90 Nine films, one brick-fuelled epic. The gags land harder than Jar Jar stepping on a rake. It’s Star Wars with jokes that actually work.Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (-55%) – A$42.70 Dimension-hopping chaos with Pixar polish. Guns that turn enemies into topiary. A buddy duo so wholesome they could heal the galaxy.
Expiring Recent Deals
Sonic: Crossworlds (-13%) – A$93.90Tomb Raider: Def. Survivor Trilogy (-87%) – A$17.80Viewfinder (-75%) – A$9.10Metaphor: ReFantazio (-50%) – A$57.40Tales of Vesperia: Def. Ed. (-75%) – A$14.20
Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
PC Hardware Prices
Slay your pile of shame.
Laptop Deals
Apple MacBook Air 15″ (-16%) – A$2,087ASUS 14″ Chromebook (-25%) – A$321HP OmniBook X Flip (-37%) – A$1,999HP Envy x360 16″ (-34%) – A$1,329Lenovo ThinkPad E14 (-31%) – A$917.04
Desktop Deals
BOSGAME Mini PC (-31%) – A$479HP OMEN 35L (-30%) – A$4,899HP OmniDesk PC (-21%) – A$1,199Lenovo Legion T5i (-28%) – A$2,959Lenovo ThinkCentre neo (-27%) – A$1,479
Monitor Deals
ASUS VY249HGR 24″ (-22%) – A$109Dell SE2725HM 27″ (-56%) – A$143.40KTC 27″ QHD 180Hz (-27%) – A$227MSI PRO MP2412 24″ (-26%) – A$95
Component Deals
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (-49%) – A$257AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (-20%) – A$609Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB (-13%) – A$184Corsair Vengeance DDR4 32GB (-6%) – A$134
Storage Deals
ORICO 1TB M.2 SSD (-25%) – A$97.46SanDisk Extreme 1TB SSD (-23%) – A$176SanDisk 128GB PRO SD (-58%) – A$34SanDisk 32GB Ultra SD (-87%) – A$9.90Seagate One Touch HDD (-24%) – A$228
Legit LEGO Deals
Mario Kart: Shy Guy (-37%) – A$19City F1 Truck (-34%) – A$99Minecraft Pickaxe Mine (-34%) – A$59Ahsoka Death Trooper Battle (-33%) – A$20
Adam Mathew is a passionate connoisseur, a lifelong game critic, and an Aussie deals wrangler who genuinely wants to hook you up with stuff that’s worth playing (but also cheap). He plays practically everything, sometimes on YouTube.
