From Rising Ronin to Dragon Dramas and Battlefield 6, These Multi-Platform Deals Are Straight Fire

Some days, the income gods align successful funny ways. I’ve spent the full "working" week reliving my Red Dead Redemption obsession with the heir to my throne of games, and lo and behold, more cowboy titles connected my wishlist are abruptly discounted. If your ain backlog is bursting but your willpower is weak, you’ve got company. Stay safe, prevention often (with a Basic Campfire Kit), and spot you Monday.

This Day successful Gaming 🎂

In retro news, I’m utilizing the flickering backlight of Columns' jewel-matching concatenation reactions to airy a 34-candle barroom for the Sega Game Gear. Back successful 1991, this chonky so-and-so arrived with colour visuals that made the Game Boy look similar a bittersweet calculator, and I retrieve being floored by the novelty of portable Sonic successful afloat RGB.

That said, the imagination of a portable, kinda-sorta Mega Drive came with a fewer cruel trade-offs. Battery beingness was a moving joke, the surface ghosted similar a séance, and bully games were oddly bladed connected the ground. Still, I can't overstate however futuristic it felt to permission my Game Boy astatine location and play this connected a schoolhouse bus. It was the eventual brag until each six (!!!) AAs invariably died successful adjacent to nary time.

The console warfare ads of my younker deed very different. This was successful an existent magazine. They were made from paper. Google 'trees' and enactment backwards.

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- Sega Game Gear launch, 1991. eBay

- Atari Jaguar launch, 1994. eBay

- Jazz Jackrabbit (PC) 1994. Get

- FlatOut 2 (PC,PS2,XB,X360) 2006. Get

- Guitar Hero: Rocks the '80s (PS2) 2007. eBay

Contents

• Nintendo
• Xbox
• PlayStation
• PC
• PC Gear
• LEGO
• Headphones
• TVs

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

On Switch, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is practically being fixed away. Ubisoft threw their zaniest Rabbids astatine Nintendo’s biggest IP, fto XCOM-style combat cook, and someway didn’t messiness it up. Meanwhile, Doom Eternal connected handheld inactive boggles my brain. Panic Button’s porting wizardry turns the console into a demon-slaying occurrence machine.

The past happening the seal of your envelope sees.

• Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (-50%) - A$39.90
• Sonic Frontiers (-53%) - A$47
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (-83%) - A$13.20
• Doom Eternal (-75%) - A$13.70
• Pikmin 4 (-15%) - A$68

Expiring Recent Deals

• Pokémon Legends: Z-A NS2 (-10%) - A$99
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A (-13%) - A$78
• Tunic (-24%) - A$43
• Pro Controller 3rd enactment (-25%) - A$29
• Zelda Breath of the Wild (-12%) - A$79

Or acquisition a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

Over connected Xbox Series X, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League got hammered successful reviews, but its chaotic co-op is genuinely amusive if you drawback a fewer mates and mute the cutscenes. And The Ascent is simply a gritty twin-stick RPG with a synth-soaked aesthetic and gunplay that hits hard. I complaint it highly, particularly successful co-op.

New twelvemonth but aforesaid aged ballsports aplenty.

• FC 26 (-19%) - A$89
• Suicide Squad: KTJL Del. (-83%) - A$28
• Doom: The Dark Ages (-25%) - A$89.90
• The Ascent (-75%) - A$14.90
• Oblivion Rem. (-20%) - A$67.90

On Xbox One, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus remains a bombastic thrust with moments of existent communicative gut-punch. Also, if you’ve ne'er played Fallout: New Vegas, now’s the time. It’s Obsidian astatine their branching-path best.

• Wolfenstein II: TNC (-85%) - A$8.20
• Fallout 3 (-75%) - A$3.70
• Fallout: New Vegas (-50%) - A$7.40

Expiring Recent Deals

• Metal Gear Snake Eater Delta (-16%) - A$109
• Nightreign Seekers Ed. (-29%) - A$64
• Grand Theft Auto V (-60%) - A$24
• Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 (-17%) - A$189
• TopSpin 2K25 (-50%) - A$14.90
• The Crew Motorfest (-54%) - A$46.30
• Dark Souls Trilogy (-26%) - A$57.40
• Halo Infinite (-67%) - A$32.90

Or conscionable put successful an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

PS5 users should beeline to Dragon’s Dogma 2. It’s the wildest RPG I’ve played this year, afloat of emergent chaos and griffin rodeos. And Persona 5 Royal? Still the reigning champ of turn-based benignant and swagger. Just erstwhile I thought I was out, it dragged maine backmost successful for different 100 hours.

Machine gunning a combatant jet: it's the explanation of aiming high.

• Battlefield 6 (-27%) - A$109
• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza successful Hawaii (-25%) - A$74.90
• Resident Evil 2 (-18%) - A$44.90
• RoadCraft (-22%) - A$49
• Persona 5 Royal (-65%) - A$33.20
• Dragon's Dogma 2 (-60%) - A$43.10

Over connected PS4, Like a Dragon: Ishin! scratches that samurai soap opera itch with heartfelt play and absurd dance-offs. Meanwhile, Jedi Outcast delivers sith blistery lightsaber duelling, adjacent decades later.

• Like a Dragon: Ishin! (-80%) - A$19.90
• Jedi Outcast (-65%) - A$5.20
• Jedi Academy (-65%) - A$12.50

Expiring Recent Deals

• Death Stranding 2 (-21%) - A$99
• Samsung 990 PRO Heatsink 2TB (-31%) - A$242
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (-18%) - A$74
• NBA 2K25 (-80%) - A$24
• Grand Theft Auto V (-60%) - A$24
• Red Dead Redemption (-52%) - A$36
• Dark Souls Trilogy (-13%) - A$63
• Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (-33%) - A$36

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• Lies of P | PS5, PS4
• DayZ | PS4
• My Hero One’s Justice 2 | PS4

Or acquisition a PS Store Card.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

Today, connected PC, Dishonored 2 is simply a masterclass successful stealth sandbox design. Arkane’s level layouts merit their ain BAFTAs. And Sifu is simply a punishing ballet of fists that rewired my encephalon implicit a weekend. Every decease teaches a lesson. Mostly: don’t rush.

Samurais with guns. Not arsenic atrocious ass arsenic 'Cows With Guns', but I'll let it.

• Rise of the Ronin (-25%) - A$54.70
• Sifu (-75%) - A$14.90
• Dishonored 2 (-91%) - A$3.50
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (-50%) - A$29.40
• Triangle Strategy (-60%) - A$31.90
• Street Fighter 30th Ann. Col. (-67%) - A$13.10

Expiring Recent Deals

• Doom The Dark Ages (-37%) - A$75.50
• Octopath Traveller 1 + 2 Bndl. (-60%) - A$66.40
• Battlefield V (-90%) - A$5.90
• Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (-80%) - A$17.90
• D & D Classic Col. 13 Games (-91%) - A$15.20

Or conscionable get a Steam Wallet Card

Legit LEGO Deals

Lastly, LEGO fans person plentifulness to stack into their shelves. The Jango Fett Helmet acceptable is simply a bold physique for immoderate bounty hunter, and Pixar’s Up House is simply a colourful tribute to 1 of the champion animated films ever made IMO.

• Jango Fett Helmet (-32%) - A$87
• Pixar ‘Up’ House (-27%) - A$65
• Harry Potter Aragog (-50%) - A$15
• City No Limits: Race Car Ramp (-39%) - A$49
• Star Wars Millenium Falcon (-33%) - A$99.90

Expiring Recent Deals

• Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptor (-29%) - A$49.90
• Technic Mercedes-AMG F1 (-33%) - A$200
• City Scrapyard (-38%) - A$80
• Botanical Cherry Blossoms (-35%) - A$15

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Adam Mathew is simply a lifelong gaming critic, a passionate connoisseur, 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.