Welcome back to another week of the finest savings on the video games that matter. Today's all about sticking the boot into FC 25's RRP, and scoring a PlayStation 5 Slim console for the cheapest price I've seen in a while. If nothing else, that offer certainly surpasses the exorbitant eBay scalper prices for a 30th Anniversary edition one. Still pretty annoyed that I missed out on that...

In retro news, I'm celebrating the 23rd birthday of Pokémon Crystal, an 'upper' version of Pokémon Gold and Silver that got slapped into the coolest sparkly-see-through cartridge Game Boy Color ever got. I played the connector pins off of this at launch and appreciated a bunch of new features, like greater avatar customisation, refreshed Pokemon sprites with introductory battle animations (!!!), and the debut of Battle Tower. The latter was basically a boss rush against seven level 100 trainers in a row. Why did I put myself through that hell? To win five Protein drinks (read: Poké-'roids). Worth it.

This Day in Gaming ?

Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware

- Pokémon Crystal (GBC) 2001. Sequels

- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2) 2004. Sequel

- Myst IV: Revelation (PC) 2004. Get

- Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes (XB) 2005. Get

- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (PS2,XB) 2005.

- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) 2005. Redux

- Scribblenauts (DS) 2009. Sequel

- Dead Rising 2 (PS3,X360) 2010. Get

Table of Contents

• Nintendo Switch
• PC
• Xbox
• PlayStation
• LEGO
• The Weekly Top 10

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

• Monster Hunter Rise (-75%) - A$14.98
• Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (-60%) - A$23.98
• Phoenix Wright (-67%) - A$13.18
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (-15%) - A$68
• FC 25 (-12%) - A$79

Expiring Recent Deals

• Super Smash Bros Ult. (-23%) - A$69
• Collection of Mana (-60%) - A$24
• Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (-20%) - A$64
• FFXII: TZA (-60%) - A$32
• Wreckfest (-40%) - A$36

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

• Corsair K65 Plus keyboard (-20%) - A$199
• Party Animals (54%) - A$14.72
• Monster Hunter Rise (-75%) - A$14.24
• FF X/X-2 Remaster (-60%) - A$17.98

Expiring Recent Deals

• Humble VR Rhythm Bndl [9 items] (-91%) - $A22.50
• Sonic Frontiers (-68%) - A$29.91
• Persona 3 Reload (-46%) - A$58.30
• Logitech G502 Hero (-49%) - A$77

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

• FC 25 (-32%) - A$75
• Sniper Elite 5 (-50%) - A$45.38
• TB VelocityOne Flightstick ($55 off) - A$195.55
• Funko Fusion (-11%) - A$89
• Streeties 30th Ann. (-67%) - A$13.18

Expiring Recent Deals

• Aliens: Dark Descent (-56%) - A$28
• Lords of the Fallen (-60%) - A$40.47
• Star Wars Jedi Survivor (-57%) - A$44
• Avatar: FoP Gold (-57%) - A$68

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

• PS5 Slim [disc] ($131 off) - A$668
• COD: Black Ops 6 (-20%) - A$88
• PlayStation Portal ($30 off) - A$299
• Until Dawn [PS5] (-19%) - A$89
• DualSense Fancy Colours ($20 off) - A$99

Expiring Recent Deals

• PS5 Slim Digital ($104 off) - $A$575
• NBA 2K24 Kobe Ed. ($100 off) - A$19
• Red Dead Redemption II (-44%) - A$24
• Tekken 8 (-34%) - A$79
• Lords of the Fallen (-60%) - A$47

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

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Legit LEGO Deals

• Jurassic World: Allosaurus Transport (-37%) - A$95
• Marvel Green Goblin (-37%) - A$44
• Disney: Simba (-37%) - A$19
• Star Wars: Clone Trooper Battle (-36%) - A$32

Expiring Recent Deals

• Ninjago: Kai's Rising Dragon (-53%) - A$7
• Architecture: Notre-Dame ($52 off) - A$299

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The Top 10 Games in Australia

(According to IGEA and Game Sales Data.)

W/E: Sep 15

1. 40K Space Marine 2?
2. The Crew 2
3. NBA 2K25
4. Astro Bot
5. Hogwarts Legacy
6. GTA V
7. Test Drive Unlimited S.C.
8. Rainbow Six Siege
9. Star Wars Outlaws
10. Age of Mythology: Retold

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