Stake your claim on some AAAs.
Updated:
Dec 29, 2023 1:00 am
Posted:
Dec 29, 2023 12:51 am
Thank your own personal deity—possibly Doomguy after typing ‘IDDQD’—it’s Friday! Today is all about the continuing deals of “Winter” at places like Fanatical, Green Man Gaming and the various first-party console eshops. I’ve done my best to filter through the white noise of a thousand odd “deals” to find you the true hidden gold. Business as usual, basically.
In retro notables, it’s been 30 years since (arguably) the best Jurassic Park game slid into Aussie Super Nintendos. The “friend of convenience” who lived over the road from me had this, and we spent hours marvelling at a movie tie-in title that was way better than it had any right to be (the Wolfenstein 3D sections were particularly ambitious for the hardware).
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware
– Jurassic Park (SNES) 1993. Get
– DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi (PS2) 2005.
Table of Contents
Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
Persona 5 Royal
P5 has an excellent story and its lovable, multidimensional characters are all refined and back for another round with new surprises and challenging, tactical combat.
Expiring Recent Deals
Switch Pro Controller
Switch’s Pro Controller costs a bit more than comparable gamepads, but it’s a stellar gamepad with great battery life.
Purchase Cheaply for PC
Assetto Corsa Ultimate Ed.
Now I know what you’re thinking: why should I care about a discounted game from 2014? Because phenomenal visuals overhauling mods. And, if you’re a VR tragic like myself, experiencing said mods through a headset and having a truly mind-blowing time.
Expiring Recent Deals
Lenovo Legion Go Z1 Extreme (512GB)
The Go features an 8.8-inch QHD+ IPS display with touchscreen support. Along with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and M.2 SSD storage, it boasts an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU and RDNA graphics with Windows 11 preinstalled.
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
X/S Controller + Wireless Adapter
A great option if you want to use the wireless adapter to hook up 8 or so Xbox controllers to your Windows 10 PC. Good value, given that I’ve seen the adapter itself going for $50 to $60 just on its own.
Expiring Recent Deals
Lords of the Fallen
Lords of the Fallen is a great soulslike, and its killer new idea of swapping between two versions of the world to solve puzzles and slay enemies is an excellent twist to set it apart from the pack. 8/10, great.
Pure Scores for PlayStation
Rise of the Ronin
Rise of the Ronin is a combat focused open-world action RPG game which takes you on an epic and unfettered journey as a Ronin at the dawn of a new era in Japan.
Expiring Recent Deals
Gran Turismo 7
I cannot overstate how amazing this game is in VR. That being said, there’s a pretty high chance some of you will need to take it slow to earn your sea legs. Go in slow, with Fiat 500 aspirations instead of Ferrari FXX ones.
Legit Deals on LEGO
Expiring Recent Deals
Hogwarts Castle 76419
Set #76419 is a beautiful, compact rendition of Harry Potter’s home away from home.
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
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