There’s a healthy swarm of discounts buzzing across every platform today, from indie gems to AAA heavy-hitters. Whether you’re into sword-swinging epics, musical dungeon crawlers, or cosmic cowboy chaos, there’s something here worth chucking onto your backlog. Let’s dig into the weird, wonderful, and wallet-friendly highlights for this very rainy Thursday.
This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m celebrating the 28th birthday of Fighters Megamix, the Sega Saturn’s answer to Smash Bros before that was even a thing. Sega of the ’90s was especially 3D fightin’ obsessed, so the concept here was simple—smoosh a bunch of brawlers from the Virtua Fighter series, Fighting Vipers, and other games into one punch-a-rrific package. I remember being particularly stoked with the ten weirdo unlockable characters, like some Sonic the Fighters contestants, the palm tree from AM2’s logo, a gun-packing Janet from Virtua Cop, and a *double checks memory* Daytona USA NASCAR.
Aussie bdays for notable games
– Fighters Megamix (SAT) 1997. eBay
– Planetside (PC) 2003.
– Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (DS) 2008. Get
– Klonoa (Wii) 2009. Remake
– Ratchet & Clank: QForce (PSV) 2013. eBay
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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
Nintendo kicks things off with Hogwarts Legacy for A$59. The game includes a sly nod to the Harry Potter films with the moving staircases built from the same blueprints as the original set. Meanwhile, Crypt of the NecroDancer is just A$6.00, a steal for a rhythm-based roguelike whose composer Danny Baranowsky hid a remixed Zelda-style theme deep in the soundtrack.
Hogwarts Legacy (-34%) – A$59.00Crypt of the NecroDancer (-80%) – A$6.00Yooka-Laylee (-80%) – A$6.50Guacamelee! Super Turbo Champ. Ed. (-75%) – A$5.00Lego Jurassic World (-90%) – A$5.90
Expiring Recent Deals
NBA 2K25 (-68%) – A$29Sea of Stars (-35%) – A$33Scribblenauts Mega Pack (-90%) – A$4Lego The Incredibles (-92%) – A$7Lego DC Super-Villains (-90%) – A$8
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Switch Console Prices
How much to Switch it up?
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
On Xbox Series X, Resident Evil 4 slashes its price to A$31.40. This remake revives the fan-favourite inventory “attache case” system, which was originally inspired by Tetris. Mass Effect Legendary Edition, now just A$9.90, lets players romance aliens and punch annoying reporters, something BioWare gleefully leaned into after memes flooded the fandom.
Resident Evil 4 (-47%) – A$31.40Star Wars Outlaws (-64%) – A$40.00Mass Effect Leg. Ed. (-90%) – A$9.90TB Stealth Pivot Controller (-33%) – A$168.40Hogwarts Legacy (-55%) – A$49.00
Xbox One
TB VelocityOne Flightstick (-18%) – A$205.60Grand Theft Auto V (-52%) – A$29.00Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (-90%) – A$10.00
Expiring Recent Deals
CoD: Black Ops 6 (-19%) – A$89Split Fiction (-16%) – A$59Lies of P (-35%) – A$58Crisis Core: FF VII Reunion (-46%) – A$46Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (-26%) – A$51Burnout Paradise Rem. (-75%) – A$7Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Rem. (-80%) – A$11
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
Xbox Console Prices
How many bucks for a ‘Box?
Pure Scores for PlayStation
Over on PlayStation 5, Elden Ring: Nightreign may only be 9% off at A$64.00, but it’s a fresh and massive sandbox filled with my kind of masochism and regret. Meanwhile, Star Wars Outlaws is A$40.00 and features a BD-unit droid originally designed for The Mandalorian but scrapped due to budget constraints.
Elden Ring: Nightreign (-9%) – A$64.00Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (-19%) – A$89.00Star Wars Outlaws (-64%) – A$40.00Cyberpunk 2077: Ult. Ed. (-20%) – A$84.00Monster Hunter Wilds (-26%) – A$89.00
PS4
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (-73%) – A$26.80Bayonetta (-75%) – A$9.40Catherine: Full Body (-80%) – A$10.90
Expiring Recent Deals
Death Stranding 2 (-21%) – A$99Gran Turismo 7 (-29%) – A$88NBA 2K25 (-68%) – A$38Final Fantasy XVI (-48%) – A$44Astro Bot (-19%) – A$89CoD: Black Ops 6 (-19%) – A$89Red Dead (-68%) – A$29Ni No Kuni: WotWW (-80%) – A$13Crysis Rem. Trilogy (-75%) – A$18
PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from May 1 with this subscription
Ark: Survival Ascended (PS5)Balatro (PS5/PS4)Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PS5/PS4)
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
What you’ll pay to ‘Station.
Purchase Cheap for PC
Finally, PC players can snag Red Dead Redemption 2 for A$22.40, a game so detailed it tracks horse testicle shrinkage in cold weather (yes, really). Or saddle up with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown at A$29, a criminally under-bought platformer.
Red Dead Redemption 2 (-75%) – A$22.40Hogwarts Legacy (-75%) – A$22.40Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (-50%) – A$29.90Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (-75%) – A$22.40Maneater (-80%) – A$11.30
Expiring Recent Deals
Helldivers 2 (-31%) – A$41RoadCraft (-17%) – A$51Cyberpunk 2077: Ult. Ed. (-45%) – A$65Inside (-90%) – A$2.99Limbo (-90%) – A$1.49
Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
PC Hardware Prices
Slay your pile of shame.
Laptop Deals
HP Envy x360 16″ 2-in-1 (-39%) – A$1,399HP Laptop 15.6″ Ryzen (-34%) – A$1,049ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 (-35%) – A$869Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 9 (-41%) – A$1,229Apple 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
Lenovo neo 50q Gen 4 Tiny (-35%) – A$639Lenovo neo 50t Gen 5 Desk (-20%) – A$871.20Lenovo Legion Tower 5i (-29%) – A$1,899
Monitor Deals
ARZOPA 16.1″ 144Hz (-55%) – A$159.99Z-Edge 27″ 240Hz (-15%) – A$237.99Gawfolk 34″ WQHD (-28%) – A$359LG 27″ Ultragear (-42%) – A$349
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
Mandalorian Moff Gideon Battle (-42%) – A$35.00Space Construction Mech (-33%) – A$10.00Fountain Garden Building (-28%) – A$129.90Williams Racing & Haas F1 Race Cars (-27%) – A$22.00
Expiring Recent Deals
Botanicals Daffodils (-48%) – A$12Minions’ Music Party Bus (-42%) – A$35Deep-Sea Research Submarine (-33%) – A$39Construction Steamroller (-33%) – A$10
Hot Headphones Deals
Audiophilia for less
Galaxy Buds2 Pro (-31%) – A$239Technics Wireless NC (-33%) – A$365SoundPEATS Space (-25%) – A$56.99Sony MDR7506 Pro (-18%) – A$199
Terrific TV Deals
Do right by your console, upgrade your telly
LG 43″ UT80 4K (-24%) – A$635Kogan 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.
