AU Deals: The Retail Calendar Is A Lie And The Deals Just Keep Coming

Every retailer insists the large income are done for the year. Yet each clip I blink, different discount swan-dives into my provender similar it ne'er got the memo. That being said, I've gone and scooped up the champion deals inactive lurking successful the wild. Get 'em earlier they're goneski.

Contents

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

This Day successful Gaming 🎂

In retro news, I'm utilizing the chain-reaction detonation of a TNT crate to airy a 16-candle barroom baked for Angry Birds, the archetypal poultry-flingin’ puzzler that created an empire. I inactive retrieve playing it connected my archetypal iPhone 1 during greeting bid rides; the addictive sling-and-smash gameplay loop grabbed maine harder than my erstwhile iOS obsession: Paper Toss.

What truly cracked maine up backmost past was however Angry Birds fundamentally acceptable up a imperishable nest atop the iOS charts. It felt similar each commuter successful the state was sneaking successful a cheeky fling oregon 2 betwixt stops, and the income numbers backed it up arsenic it perched defiantly astatine fig one. Then came the merch, the cartoons, the rotation offs, the movie deals... earlier long, a elemental pig-abusing clip slayer had evolved into a full-blown taste kaiju.

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS) 1998. Redux

- Angry Birds (iOS) 2009. Sequels

- Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PC) 2011. Get

- Terraria (PSV) 2013. eBay

- Rune Factory 4 (3DS) 2014. Get

- Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4) 2018. eBay

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

Look, Nintendo discounts are rarer than a Joy-Con that drifts successful a consecutive line, truthful erstwhile they amusement up you drawback them with some hands and possibly your feet too. Here’s the pick of the crop.

• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (-20%) - A$64 A colourful platformer truthful charming it could person Bowser to prosecute therapy. Great for families, speedrunners, oregon anyone who loves to punch question blocks.
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (-24%) - A$84 An explosive mash of Zelda lore and chaos. Perfect if your favourite portion of the franchise is perfectly deleting hordes with godlike nonsense.
• EA Sports FC 26 NS2 (-55%) - A$49 The yearly footy hole astatine fractional price. Great for anyone who enjoys spreadsheets disguised arsenic sports oregon wants to relive their five-a-side glory days.
• Everybody's Golf Hot Shots (-33%) - A$47 An absurdly amusive swing-em-up that lets you whack balls successful ways your real-life play manager would frown at. Ideal for competitory sofa chaos.
• Civilization VII (-37%) - A$57 Turn-based empire gathering that steals hours similar a bare clip gremlin. One much turn? Sure. One much aft that? Obviously.
• Overcooked! All You Can Eat (-75%) - A$14.20 The top narration trial disguised arsenic a cooking game. If you past this with friends, you tin past anything.

Or acquisition a Nintendo eShop Card.

Back to top

Exciting Bargains for Xbox

Xbox players get chaotic discounts truthful utmost they consciousness similar accounting errors. Ride the chaos portion it lasts.

• Resident Evil 4 (-46%) - A$32.10 A fearfulness classical rebuilt with capable polish to unsighted a Ganado. Gorgeous, tense, and tremendously replayable.
• The Crew Motorfest (-81%) - A$19 A monolithic open-road vacation wherever speeding is encouraged and consequences are fictional. A bargain for anyone with a request for velocity and nary existent licence.
• NBA 2K26 (-59%) - A$49 This year’s hoops juggernaut with capable stats to marque a mathematician weep with joy. No existent cardio required.
• Grand Theft Auto V (-67%) - A$29.60 Somehow inactive alive, inactive kicking, inactive iconic. If you haven’t played it by now, the beingness is giving you a precise pointed nudge.
• Metal: Hellsinger (-75%) - A$14.90 Rip and teardrop to the beat. A rhythm-shooter hybrid that turns each firefight into a metallic medium screen travel to life.
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 (-85%) - A$11.90 Tiny artifact cars, large energy, absurd fun. Pure puerility joyousness without having to prime toys disconnected the carpet.

Or conscionable put successful an Xbox Card.

Back to top

Pure Scores for PlayStation

PlayStation deals deed that cleanable saccharine spot of prestige gaming and wallet relief. Peak fancy, minimal damage.

• The Outer Worlds 2 Premium Ed. (-27%) - A$109.90 Sci-fi satire with large property and bigger lasers. If you emotion determination making and abstraction capitalism takedowns, hop in.
• Armored Core VI (-72%) - A$28 A glorious mech brawler with the subtlety of a brick. FromSoftware chaos, present with other rockets.
• Elden Ring (-62%) - A$38.20 The unfastened satellite escapade that made everyone consciousness brave until they met a dog. Essential if you bask triumph done suffering.
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure (-67%) - A$36.20 Adorable platforming that feels similar a lukewarm hug made of yarn. Family friendly, dopamine rich.
• NBA 2K26 (-59%) - A$49 All the hardwood enactment without immoderate sweaty laundry. Deep, flashy and dangerously bingeable.
• Hades (-60%) - A$15.90 The king of roguelikes. A repeated flight effort that someway feels similar a day nighttime with the Greek underworld.

Or acquisition a PS Store Card.

Back to top

Purchase Cheap for PC

PC deals proceed to beryllium unhinged successful the champion imaginable way. Steam discounts deed harder than gravity and doubly arsenic often.

• Hi-Fi Rush (-40%) - A$26.90 A bushed enactment delight truthful joyous it feels illegal. Bright, bouncy, and cleanable for euphony tragics.
• Lies Of P (-50%) - A$44.90 A gorgeous soulslike wherever Pinocchio perfectly throws hands. Stylish, punishing and profoundly moreish.
• Children Of Morta (-85%) - A$5.30 A heartfelt household of monster hunters with fantabulous storytelling. Huge worth for the terms of a servo sandwich.
• Yoku's Island Express (-90%) - A$2.80 A pinball metroidvania that should not enactment but perfectly does. Big charm, tiny price.
• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Del. (-60%) - A$13.90 A meta-comedy masterpiece that mocks you lovingly portion you research it. Impossible to spoil, indispensable to play.
• Sea Of Stars (-35%) - A$33.10 A modern RPG with retro tone and immaculate vibes. Great penning and adjacent amended combat.

Or conscionable get a Steam Wallet Card

Legit LEGO Deals

Just similar I did past vacation season, I'm getting festive with the LEGO section. In Mathew Manor, my sons and I are again racing this year's batch of LEGO Advent Calendars. Basically, we unfastened the City, Harry Potter, Minecraft, and Star Wars connected the regular and comparison the mini-prizes for "Awesomeness" and "Actual Xmas-ness". 2024's victor was the Lego Marvel one, but, weirdly, there's nary 2025 equivalent. So it's anybody's contention this year.

Here are the cheapest prices for the 4 calendars we're using. Score them yourself oregon conscionable unrecorded vicariously done our unboxings.

• LEGO CIty Advent 2025 - A$59.95 $45
• LEGO Harry Potter Advent 2025 - A$59.95 $45
• LEGO Minecraft Advent 2025 - A$59.95 $45
• LEGO Star Wars Advent 2025 - A$59.95 $45

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.