This week’s digital (and physical) shelves are groaning under the weight of some truly tempting game deals. Whether you’re keen to revisit a cult classic, explore bold new IPs, or finally fill in a few of those backlog gaps, there’s never been a better excuse to buy now and play… eventually.
This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m lighting a 31-candle cake for Night Trap, a live-action FMV horror-adventure that dropped onto my Mega-CD in 1993 and quickly became ground zero for one of gaming’s first big moral panics. The premise was simple: switch between surveillance cameras to protect teens from trench-coated “Augers” using elaborate traps. The execution, however, was campy, confusing, and about as scary as a haunted house staffed entirely by local drama students.
Its controversy sparked US Senate hearings that led to the creation of the ESRB, but that ripple effect reached our shores too. At the time, Oz didn’t even have a national classification system for video game; just a film-based workaround that couldn’t keep up with new tech. Titles like Night Trap fuelled the push toward formalised ratings here, eventually paving the way for the OFLC’s gaming guidelines in the late ’90s and, later, the R18+ classification us Gen Xers and Millennials went to war for. You’re welcome.
Aussie birthdays for notable games
– Night Trap (MCD) 1993. Redux
– Sonic Adventure 2 (DC) 2001. Get
– Shadows of the Damned (PS3,X360) 2011. Redux
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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
On Nintendo Switch, Super Mario RPG comes in strong. It’s a loving remake of the 1996 SNES title, which was Nintendo’s first-ever Mario RPG and a rare collab with Square. Speaking of stylish reinventions, Persona 5 Royal adds 30 extra hours of gameplay, three new endings, and a grappling hook. Because of course it does.
Super Mario RPG (-18%) – A$65.90Persona 5 Royal (-33%) – A$66.80Burnout Paradise Rem. (-27%) – A$29EA Sports FC 25 (-62%) – A$34Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (-48%) – A$44What Remains of Edith Finch (-75%) – A$7.40
Expiring Recent Deals
One Piece Odyssey Del. Ed. (-20%) – A$68Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (-50%) – A$39.70Biomutant (-40%) – A$36What Remains of Edith Finch (-75%) – A$7.40Dead by Daylight (-65%) – A$15.70
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Switch Console Prices
How much to Switch it up?
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
Over on Xbox Series X, Diablo IV drops hard in price just in time for Season 5. You might not know that composer Leo Kaliski sampled Icelandic field recordings for the soundtrack’s creepier zones. Also creepy: Resident Evil 4’s remake reuses the same Spanish voice lines from the 2005 version, just re-recorded in higher fidelity.
Diablo IV (-73%) – A$29.90Resident Evil 4 (-48%) – A$31Tekken 8 (-53%) – A$39.90Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (-91%) – A$9.90Black Myth: Wukong (-20%) – A$79.90
Xbox One
Doom (-80%) – A$6.90Borderlands Leg. Col. (-80%) – A$17.90Spyro Reignited Trilogy (-65%) – A$24.40Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (-85%) – A$14.90
Expiring Recent Deals
Mass Effect Leg. Ed. (-90%) – A$9.90Lego Skywalker Saga (-80%) – A$17.90Gotham Knights (-83%) – A$19Split Fiction (-16%) – A$59Metal Gear Solid Col. (-50%) – A$42.40Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (-27%) – A$80.10Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (-11%) – A$249The Crew Motorfest (-21%) – A$78.60
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
Xbox Console Prices
How many bucks for a ‘Box?
Pure Scores for PlayStation
On PS5, Astro Bot is already discounted and packed with over 150 cameos from PlayStation’s back catalogue. One even includes a hidden nod to PaRappa the Rapper’s unannounced return. Meanwhile, Elden Ring’s director Hidetaka Miyazaki revealed he still hasn’t beaten Malenia “fair and square”. Come see why in Elden Ring.
Borderlands 4 (-17%) – A$99Elden Ring (-51%) – A$49Astro Bot (-31%) – A$75.60Grand Theft Auto V (-60%) – A$24Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (-28%) – A$79
PS4
God of War Ragnarök (-60%) – A$44Red Dead Redemption 2 (-78%) – A$20Firewatch (-80%) – A$5.90The Outer Worlds (-67%) – A$13.10
Expiring Recent Deals
The Outer Worlds 2 (-17%) – A$99Gears of War: Reloaded (-18%) – A$49EA Sports FC 25 (-57%) – A$34NBA 2K25 (-80%) – A$24Sonic Frontiers (-40%) – A$59.90Until Dawn (-46%) – A$59Dragon’s Dogma 2 (-60%) – A$43.10Logitech G29 Wheel (-38%) – A$340Catherine: Full Body (-27%) – A$39.90Tekken 7 (-71%) – A$19.90
PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from Jun 1 with this subscription
NBA 2K25 | PS5, PS4Alone in the Dark (2024) | PS5Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | PS5, PS4Destiny 2: The Final Shape | PS5, PS4
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
What you’ll pay to ‘Station.
Purchase Cheap for PC
Finally, on PC, Jedi: Survivor delivers Force-fuelled spectacle, and It Takes Two remains the only Game of the Year winner that can destroy marriages and fix them too.
EA Steam Summer Sales (-85%) – A$0Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (-80%) – A$19.90It Takes Two (-75%) – A$12.40Command & Conquer Ult. Col. (-70%) – A$8.90Battlefront II Celebration (-90%) – A$4.90Black Myth: Wukong (-20%) – A$71.90
Expiring Recent Deals
Hogwarts Legacy (-75%) – A$24.90It Takes Two (-75%) – A$12.40Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (-80%) – A$19.90Dead Space (-80%) – A$17.90Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (-75%) – A$17.40Yooka-Laylee (-80%) – A$5.90
Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
PC Hardware Prices
Slay your pile of shame.
Laptop Deals
Apple 2024 MacBook Air 15-inch (-12%) – A$2,197HP Laptop 15.6″ 15-fd0233TU (-20%) – A$799Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 (-36%) – A$849Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14″, Gen 9 (-41%) – A$1,229
Desktop Deals
Lenovo neo 50a G5 27″ AIO (-47%) – A$1,379Lenovo neo 50q G4 Tiny (-35%) – A$639Lenovo neo 50t G5 Tower (-20%) – A$871.20Legion Tower 5i G8 (-29%) – A$1,899
Monitor Deals
Samsung QE50T 50″ (-31%) – A$596ARZOPA 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
Dots Designer Toolkit (-60%) – A$40Botanicals Daffodils (-48%) – A$12JP Fossils: Triceratops Skull (-29%) – A$50Star Wars Millenium Falcon Set (-27%) – A$110
Expiring Recent Deals
Hogwarts Castle: Dueling Club (-40%) – A$23.903in1 T. Rex to Triceratops (-28%) – A$64.90Mario Kart: Donkey Kong (-27%) – A$44Star Wars C-3PO (-26%) – A$170
Hot Headphones Deals
Audiophilia for less
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Wireless (-38%) – A$399.95Soundcore by Anker Q20i (-43%) – A$68.79Sony MDR7506 Professional (-30%) – A$169Technics Premium (-46%) – A$299Bose SoundLink Flex (-31%) – A$171JBL Charge 5 – Portable Speaker (-28%) – A$144JBL Flip Essential 2 Waterproof Speaker (-26%) – A$96Sony SRS-XB100 Travel Speaker (-41%) – A$84.15Ultimate Ears Boom 3 Portable Speaker (-41%) – A$134.95Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro (-26%) – A$259.29Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless (-46%) – A$275
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$866Prism+ Q75 Ultra 75″ 4K QLED (-47%) – A$1,229Gaimoo Mini Projector 1080p w/ 4K (-33%) – A$119.99GooDee 4K Projector (-58%) – A$169.99VOPLLS Mini Projector 4K (-19%) – A$168.99XuanPad Mini Projector (-36%) – A$128.99LG S70TY Q Series Sound Barn*-22%) – A$546Sony HTG700 Atmos Soundbar (-15%) – A$594Yamaha NS-SW050 Subwoofer (-13%) – A$270
Smart Home Deals
Arlo Video Doorbell 2K (-53%) – A$107.76Google Nest Doorbell (-44%) – A$183Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus (-40%) – A$149TP-Link Tapo Smart Doorbell (-20%) – A$183XTU Doorbell Camera Doorbell (-40%) – A$59.99D-Link DCS-8302LH Wi-Fi Cam (-62%) – A$75Google Nest Cam (-25%) – A$247Ring Spotlight Cam Pro Battery (-43%) – A$187Swann 4 Channel DVR with 4 x 4K Cams (-34%) – A$399WUUK 2K Outdoor Cam (-32%) – A$249.99PS VR2 PC adapter – $94.95TP Link Bluetooth 5.0 adapter – $12UGREEN Display Port 1.4 2m (-17%) – $19.94
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
