AU Deals: The Best Game Price Drops of Today That Hit Harder Than a Final Boss

Welcome backmost to different time and a gaggle of crippled bargains you'd amended not fto get away. Between Amazon, Fanatical, and the first-party level stores, the beneath deals are a smorgasbord of caller releases and cult classics that merit a spot successful your life. I’ll effort to support you from going broke, but nary promises.

Contents

• Retro
• Nintendo
• Xbox
• PlayStation
• PC
• LEGO

This Day successful Gaming 🎂

In retro news, I'm utilizing the backfire from a freshly nicked lowrider to airy a 21-candle barroom for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a crippled that needs precise small introduction. If you someway aren’t familiar, though, it was the PS2’s crown jewel that went mode bigger than Vice City to connection america a level of state and chaos opportunities hitherto undreamt of.

I was there, astatine launch, with my jaw connected the floor. Every gamer mate I knew fell caput implicit heels with its ‘90s, West Coast-inspired narrative, baller soundtrack and caller systems that fto america deed the gym, get burger chunky, gamble and marque CJ proficient with RPG-lite skills. Sure, immoderate of those layers look clunkily executed successful retrospect, but, overall, Rockstar’s staggering ambition delivered 1 of gaming’s boldest and astir beloved sequels.

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- Final Fantasy VIII (PS) 1999.

- Age of Empires II (PC) 1999.

- Gradius V (PS2) 2004.

- GTA: San Andreas (PS2) 2004.

- Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PS2) 2004.

- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (PS2,XB) 2004.

- Siren: Blood Curse (PS3) 2008.

- AC IV: Black Flag (PS3,X360) 2013.

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

On Switch, Super Mario Party Jamboree is cleanable if you’ve got friends who tin inactive speech to each different aft a fewer rounds of Mario Party chaos. It’s the champion introduction successful years, acknowledgment to mini-games that really reward accomplishment implicit unsighted luck. Meanwhile, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy lets you entity your mode done courtroom melodrama crafted by Shu Takumi himself. It’s absurd, heartfelt, and occasionally smarter than the mean existent transgression docuseries.

• Super Mario Party Jamboree (-26%) - A$59
• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy (-29%) - A$53.20
• Sonic Origins Plus (-65%) - A$17.10
• NBA 2K26 (-46%) - A$49
• Zelda: Breath of the Wild NS2 (-19%) - A$89

Expiring caller deals

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (-23%) - A$67
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (-23%) - A$69
• Sonic Frontiers (-41%) - A$59.10
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (-20%) - A$64
• Mario Tennis Aces (-27%) - A$58

Or acquisition a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

Over connected Xbox Series X, Borderlands 4 is much colourful mayhem from Gearbox’s vault-hunting veterans. It’s the benignant of crippled that dares you to effort each physique conscionable to spot which 1 makes the biggest explosion. And Warhammer 40K: Darktide is simply a grimy, gorgeous co-op shooter that yet nails the concern fearfulness vibe of the franchise. I curse you tin odor the promethium done the screen.

• Borderlands 4 (-42%) - A$69
• Battlefield 6 (-22%) - A$85
• Dynasty Warriors: Origins (-42%) - A$61.30
• Warhammer 40K: Darktide (-44%) - A$33.40
• WWE 2K25 (-59%) - A$49

On Xbox One, Desperados III remains 1 of the slickest stealth-tactics games ever made. Mimimi Games gave america a dusty Wild West instrumentality connected Commandos, and it’s conscionable arsenic brutal and satisfying. Meanwhile, No Man’s Sky continues to propulsion a afloat redemption arc. Sean Murray and Hello Games someway turned a meme into a masterpiece, and the changeless updates beryllium it’s inactive worthy the ride.

• Desperados III (-82%) - A$10
• The Lego Movie 2 (-56%) - A$26.40
• No Man's Sky (-60%) - A$35.90

Expiring caller deals

• Red Dead Redemption 2 (-75%) - A$22.40
• Dishonored 2 (-87%) - A$5
• Monster Hunter Rise (-75%) - A$14.20
• Ghostrunner 2 (-36%) - A$35
• Dying Light 2 Del. (-46%) - A$64.50

Or conscionable put successful an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

On PS5, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 offers Cold War intrigue and nostalgic callbacks to beryllium 1 of the amended entries of caller years. Dragon’s Dogma 2 besides earns its spot connected immoderate must-play list. Hideaki Itsuno built this satellite with a extent fewer RPGs match, and the pawn strategy is inactive genius a decennary later.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (-74%) - A$29
• Borderlands 4 (-42%) - A$69
• Dragon's Dogma 2 (-54%) - A$49.80
• Dead Space (-55%) - A$49
• Back 4 Blood (-72%) - A$28
• Battlefield 6 (-22%) - A$85

PS4 inactive holds its ain with Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster, the crippled that introduced fractional the modern JRPG satellite to apocalyptic existentialism. Dante from Devil May Cry adjacent pops successful for a cameo, due to the fact that wherefore not. And Inside remains 1 of the astir haunting indie platformers ever made. It says much successful soundlessness than astir games bash successful 40 hours.

• Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Rem. (-56%) - A$30.50
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (-24%) - A$84
• Inside (-90%) - A$2.90

Expiring caller deals

• Star Wars Outlaws (-64%) - A$40
• Horizon Zero Dawn Rem. (-33%) - A$50
• Octopath Traveler (-60%) - A$36.30
• Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (-63%) - A$37.30
• Just Dance 2021 (-71%) - A$24.20
• PGA Tour 2K25 (-54%) - A$55

Or acquisition a PS Store Card.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

On PC, Hades remains 1 of the astir tightly designed roguelikes successful existence. Every tally teaches you thing caller astir Greek gods, crippled balance, oregon conscionable your ain stubbornness. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI besides scratches that one-more-turn itch harder than ever. It’s past arsenic a sandbox, and Gandhi’s inactive arsenic nukey arsenic ever.

• Hades (-66%) - A$12.40
• Hollow Knight (-50%) - A$10.90
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI (-91%) - A$8
• Cult of the Lamb (-50%) - A$17.90
• Alien: Isolation (-78%) - A$13.40

Expiring Recent Deals

• Silent Hill 2 (-51%) - A$50.20
• Marvel's Midnight Suns (-87%) - A$12.10
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla (-75%) - A$22.40
• Dead Cells (-50%) - A$17.90
• South Park: The Stick of Truth (-75%) - A$11.20

Or conscionable get a Steam Wallet Card

Legit LEGO Deals

Lastly, LEGO fans tin snag immoderate coagulated builds this week. The Minecraft Warden Encounter and Fortnite Supply Llama sets are the cleanable excuse to warrant much support clutter. I’ll archer myself it’s for “display purposes,” but we some cognize I’ll extremity up playing with them.

• Minecraft Warden Encounter (-27%) - A$22
• Minecraft Nether Portal (-25%) - A$45
• Fortnite Supply Llama (-25%) - A$44.90
• Mario Kart - Baby Mario (-22%) - A$39

Expiring Recent Deals

• Darth Maul Mech (-50%) - A$22
• Creator 3in1 Wild Animals (-35%) - A$39
• Botanicals Sunflowers (-35%) - A$15
• Fortnite Peely & Sparkplug (-27%) - A$22

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Adam Mathew is simply a passionate connoisseur, a lifelong crippled critic, and an Aussie deals wrangler who genuinely wants to hook you up with worldly that's worthy playing (but besides cheap). He plays practically everything, sometimes connected YouTube.