AU Deals: Big Games, Boxing Day Sales, Bad Financial Decisions, But Zero Regrets (Probably)

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I person told myself I americium perfectly not buying much games astatine slightest 5 times this week, and yet present we are. This batch is unsafe successful that precise circumstantial mode wherever titles you already emotion abruptly consciousness similar sensible purchases. I person played astir of these, I tin vouch for them, and yes, my backlog is simply a transgression scene.

Contents

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

This Day successful Gaming 🎂

In retro news, it's clip to clasp onto yer butts and observe the 32nd day of (arguably) the champion Jurassic Park crippled of the '90s. My "friend of SNES-owning convenience" who lived implicit the roadworthy from maine had this. We spent hours marvelling astatine a movie tie-in rubric that was mode amended than it had immoderate close to beryllium (the Wolfenstein 3D sections were peculiarly ambitious for the hardware).

After decades of cautious consideration, I've decided not to not endorse your park, Ocean.

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- Jurassic Park (SNES) 1993. Get

- DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi (PS2) 2005. eBay

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

  • Red Dead Redemption (-59%) A$29 Still hits similar a bittersweet state song. Ride horses, marque atrocious choices, ticker sunsets, accidentally commencement fistfights you cannot win.
  • Cyberpunk 2077 Ult. Ed. (-34%) A$79 The redemption arc worked. Great writing, superb broadside quests, and yet runs however it ever should have.
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (-52%) A$24 Tight combat, clever puzzles, zero filler. Ubisoft remembered however bully this bid tin be.
  • Donkey Kong Bananza (-19%) A$89 Loud, colourful platforming nonsense that feels built to marque you grin contempt yourself.
  • Immortals Fenyx Rising Gold Ed. (-85%) A$13.40 Breath of the Wild vigor with dada jokes, Greek gods, and amazingly coagulated combat.

Or acquisition a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

  • Monster Hunter Wilds (-64%) A$41.90 Capcom doing what Capcom does best. Learn onslaught patterns, devour dirt, yet consciousness unstoppable.
  • Need for Speed Unbound (-65%) A$37.90 Looks similar a graffiti sketchbook exploded, but the driving perfectly rips erstwhile it clicks.
  • Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (-42%) A$57.50 A weird Disney heavy chopped that inactive feels daring, messy, and oddly charming.
  • The Callisto Protocol (-69%) A$31.20 Gorgeous abstraction fearfulness with immoderate unsmooth edges, but the vibes are immaculate and precise unfriendly.
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (-90%) A$8.90 Recruit anyone. Yes, virtually anyone. It is dumb, ambitious, and weirdly fascinating.

Xbox One

  • LEGO 2K Drive (-60%) A$15.90 Arcade racing with bricks, boosts, and mode much extent than expected.
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (-39%) A$44.10 Still unmatched stealth sandbox design. Kojima letting you interruption everything successful the champion way.
  • LEGO The Incredibles (-34%) A$59.60 Easygoing co op amusive that understands Pixar humour amended than it astir apt should.

Or conscionable put successful an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

  • The Outer Worlds 2 (-50%) A$59.90 Obsidian backmost connected its satire grind. Funny, sharp, and allergic to firm nonsense.
  • Assassin's Creed Shadows (-55%) A$49 Stealth feels bully again, combat feels mean, and the mounting perfectly carries.
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (-57%) A$49 Slow, stubborn, historically obsessed RPG that rewards patience and punishes fastener mashing.
  • The Witcher 3 Comp. (-55%) A$35.20 Side quests truthful bully they ruin different RPGs forever. Still the golden standard.
  • A Plague Tale: Requiem (-52%) A$48.10 Stunning, miserable, emotionally exhausting successful the mode large games sometimes are.
  • Returnal (-43%) A$70.70 Hard, fast, punishing. You volition dice a lot, past abruptly consciousness incredible.

PS4

  • Neo: The World Ends With You (-57%) A$36.90 Stylish chaos with combat that rewards assurance and a soundtrack that refuses to chill.
  • Gran Turismo 7 (-39%) A$66.50 Incredibly superior astir cars. Even if you are not, it wins you over.
  • Persona 5 Royal (-48%) A$51.90 Long, stylish, emotional, and perfectly worthy each infinitesimal you springiness it.

Or acquisition a PS Store Card.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

  • Persona 5 Royal (-70%) A$28.40 Same masterpiece, present portable, moddable, and dangerously replayable.
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (-90%) A$6.90 Huge, silly, and packed with instrumentality service. Ridiculous worth astatine this price.
  • GTA Trilogy Def. (-67%) A$29.60 Launch was rough, but patches did the work. Three classics, warts included.
  • God of War Ragnarok (-38%) A$58.80 Big emotions, bigger fights, and a sequel that justifies its existence.
  • Dead Space (-85%) A$13.40 Still 1 of the champion fearfulness remakes ever made. Headphones recommended, courageousness not included.
  • Subnautica (-75%) A$11.20 Beautiful, quiet, and profoundly upsetting erstwhile you spell excessively deep.
  • Transistor (-80%) A$4.70 Short, stylish, emotionally sharp. Supergiant seldom misses.

Or conscionable get a Steam Wallet Card

Legit LEGO Deals

  • Fortnite Durrr Burger (-41%) A$52.90 A ridiculous show portion that makes perfectly nary consciousness and inactive rules.
  • F1 Williams Racing & Haas (-40%) A$18 Small builds, large table appeal, precise casual to justify.
  • Marvel Endgame Thor vs. Chitauri (-39%) A$49 Solid enactment acceptable with fantabulous minifigs doing astir of the dense lifting.
  • Marvel Age of Ultron Quinjet (-35%) A$129 Big, expensive, and perfectly meant to beryllium displayed, not played with.

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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.

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Dec 28, 2025 11:59 pm

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