Welcome back to another day and a gaggle of game bargains you’d better not let get away. Between Amazon, Fanatical, and the first-party platform stores, the below deals are a smorgasbord of new releases and cult classics that deserve a place in your life. I’ll try to keep you from going broke, but no promises.
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This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m using the backfire from a freshly nicked lowrider to light a 21-candle cake for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a game that needs very little introduction. If you somehow aren’t familiar, though, it was the PS2’s crown jewel that went way bigger than Vice City to offer us a level of freedom and chaos opportunities hitherto undreamt of.
I was there, at launch, with my jaw on the floor. Every gamer mate I knew fell head over heels with its ‘90s, West Coast-inspired narrative, baller soundtrack and new systems that let us hit the gym, get burger chunky, gamble and make CJ proficient with RPG-lite skills. Sure, some of those layers seem clunkily executed in retrospect, but, overall, Rockstar’s staggering ambition delivered one of gaming’s boldest and most 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 perfect if you’ve got friends who can still talk to each other after a few rounds of Mario Party chaos. It’s the best entry in years, thanks to mini-games that actually reward skill over blind luck. Meanwhile, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy lets you object your way through courtroom melodrama crafted by Shu Takumi himself. It’s absurd, heartfelt, and occasionally smarter than the average true crime docuseries.
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Exciting Bargains for Xbox
Over on Xbox Series X, Borderlands 4 is more colourful mayhem from Gearbox’s vault-hunting veterans. It’s the kind of game that dares you to try every build just to see which one makes the biggest explosion. And Warhammer 40K: Darktide is a grimy, gorgeous co-op shooter that finally nails the industrial horror vibe of the franchise. I swear you can smell the promethium through the screen.
On Xbox One, Desperados III remains one of the slickest stealth-tactics games ever made. Mimimi Games gave us a dusty Wild West take on Commandos, and it’s just as brutal and satisfying. Meanwhile, No Man’s Sky continues to pull a full redemption arc. Sean Murray and Hello Games somehow turned a meme into a masterpiece, and the constant updates prove it’s still worth the ride.
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Pure Scores for PlayStation
On PS5, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 offers Cold War intrigue and nostalgic callbacks to be one of the better entries of recent years. Dragon’s Dogma 2 also earns its spot on any must-play list. Hideaki Itsuno built this world with a depth few RPGs match, and the pawn system is still genius a decade later.
PS4 still holds its own with Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster, the game that introduced half the modern JRPG world to apocalyptic existentialism. Dante from Devil May Cry even pops in for a cameo, because why not. And Inside remains one of the most haunting indie platformers ever made. It says more in silence than most games do in 40 hours.
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Purchase Cheap for PC
On PC, Hades remains one of the most tightly designed roguelikes in existence. Every run teaches you something new about Greek gods, game balance, or just your own stubbornness. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI also scratches that one-more-turn itch harder than ever. It’s history as a sandbox, and Gandhi’s still as nukey as ever.
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Legit LEGO Deals
Lastly, LEGO fans can snag some solid builds this week. The Minecraft Warden Encounter and Fortnite Supply Llama sets are the perfect excuse to justify more shelf clutter. I’ll tell myself it’s for “display purposes,” but we both know I’ll end up playing with them.
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Adam Mathew is a passionate connoisseur, a lifelong game critic, and an Aussie deals wrangler who genuinely wants to hook you up with stuff that’s worth playing (but also cheap). He plays practically everything, sometimes on YouTube.
