Thank your own personal, all-knowing entity—possibly Mira the Dog—it's Friday! I'm going to wrap up our week together with a bunch of cheapies I've seen on "olden year" sports titles, reduced LEGO, and more. In case I don't see you (in some random online lobby) over the weekend, stay safe, save often, and catch you Monday!

In retro news, I'm doing a 27-barrel-roll salute for the birthday of Lylat Wars, the first N64 game to rock our world/mitts with a Rumble Pak. My introduction to this 3D rail shooter is seared into my brain. Our eyes met at a demo kiosk in Sydney's domestic terminal as Lionel Richie's Hello played over the PA system. 20 mins later, my parents had to chokehold me off it, lest we miss our flight. There was so much to love when I bought it later, like replay-tastic branching levels (with a True Ending), a stellar Independence Day dogfight, and striving for 150-kill medal quotas. LW also had criminally underloved 4P multi, too.

This Day in Gaming ?

Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware

- Lylat Wars (N64) 1997. Get

- Onimusha 2 (PS2) 2002.

- Silent Hill 2 (XB) 2002. Redux

- The Godfather: The Game (X360,PSP) 2006.

- Super Smash Bros. (3DS) 2014. Sequel

- Party Golf (PS4) 2016. Get

Table of Contents

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

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (-17%) - A$69
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 (-51%) - A$39
• Monster Boy Cursed Kingdom (-75%) - A$14.75
• Prince of Persia: TLC (-43%) - A$34
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (-14%) - A$69
• Persona 5 Strikers (-62%) - A$38.76

Expiring Recent Deals

• EA Sports FC 25 ($30 off) - A$59
• Sonic Origins Plus (-43%) - A$34
• Blasphemous (-75%) - A$9.37
• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (-15%) - A$68
• Katamari Damacy Reroll (-75%) - A$7.48

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

Back to top

Purchase Cheap for PC

• Tomb Raider: Legend - FREE w/Prime
• No Straight Roads - FREE w/Prime
• Spirit of the North - FREE w/Prime
• No Man’s Sky (-60%) - A$35.18

Expiring Recent Deals

• Hogwarts Legacy Del. (-74%) - A$22.94
• Rogue Prince of Persia (-20%) - A$23.96
• Meta Quest 3 128GB + Batman (-21%) - A$719
• 40K: Rogue Trader (-40%) - A$41.99
• Diablo IV (-40%) - A$44.97

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card.

Back to top

Exciting Bargains for Xbox

• Battlefield V (-68%) - A$19
• F1 22 (-33%) - A$19.98
• Star Wars Outlaws (-32%) - A$75
• NBA 2K23 (-85%) - A$15

Expiring Recent Deals

• Starfield (-70%) - A$35
• CoD: MW2 (-58%) - A$46
• Controller Shock Blue (21-%) - A$74.95
• SpongeBob: Cosmic Shake (-62%) - A$23
• CoD: Cold War (-79%) - A$20.51

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

Back to top

Pure Scores for PlayStation

• Dead Rising Del. Remaster (-14%) - A$69
• Sonic Origins Plus (-43%) - A$34
• Astro Bot (-19%) - A$89
• Star Wars Outlaws (-32%) - A$75
• Jedi: Survivor (-60%) - A$44
• LEGO Horizon (NEW) - A$109.95

Expiring Recent Deals

• GTA V (-73%) - A$24
• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (-13%) - A$99
• The Last of Us Part II Remastered (-14%) - A$69
• The Crew Motorfest (-69%) - A$34
• Elden Ring (-31%) - A$59
• Bloodborne (-50%) - A$12.47

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

Back to top

Legit LEGO Deals

• Jurassic World: Pteranodon Chase (-48%) - A$17
• Creator: Main Street (-42%) - A$115
• Batman & Pod-bike (-34%) - A$79
• Spidey ‘24 Advent (-35%) A$39.20

Expiring Recent Deals

• Animal Crossing: Kapp’n’s Island (-52%) - A$19
• Minecraft: Animal Sanctuary (-41%) - A$17.60
• Harry Potter: Buckbeak (-34%) - A$59

Back to top

The Top 10 Games in Australia

(According to IGEA and Game Sales Data.)

W/E: Sep 22

1. FC 25
2. 40K Space Marine 2
3. The Crew 2
4. NBA 2K25
5. GTA V
6. Astro Bot
7. God of War: Ragnarok
8. Dead Rising Del. Remaster
9. FF XVI
10. Rainbow Six Siege

Back to top