This week’s digital (and physical) shelves are groaning under the weight of some truly tempting game deals. Whether you’re keen to revisit a cult classic, explore bold new IPs, or finally fill in a few of those backlog gaps, there’s never been a better excuse to buy now and play… eventually.
This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m lighting a 31-candle cake for Night Trap, a live-action FMV horror-adventure that dropped onto my Mega-CD in 1993 and quickly became ground zero for one of gaming’s first big moral panics. The premise was simple: switch between surveillance cameras to protect teens from trench-coated “Augers” using elaborate traps. The execution, however, was campy, confusing, and about as scary as a haunted house staffed entirely by local drama students.
Its controversy sparked US Senate hearings that led to the creation of the ESRB, but that ripple effect reached our shores too. At the time, Oz didn’t even have a national classification system for video game; just a film-based workaround that couldn’t keep up with new tech. Titles like Night Trap fuelled the push toward formalised ratings here, eventually paving the way for the OFLC’s gaming guidelines in the late ’90s and, later, the R18+ classification us Gen Xers and Millennials went to war for. You’re welcome.
Aussie birthdays for notable games
– Night Trap (MCD) 1993. Redux
– Sonic Adventure 2 (DC) 2001. Get
– Shadows of the Damned (PS3,X360) 2011. Redux
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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 2 Console
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Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World
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On Nintendo Switch, Super Mario RPG comes in strong. It’s a loving remake of the 1996 SNES title, which was Nintendo’s first-ever Mario RPG and a rare collab with Square. Speaking of stylish reinventions, Persona 5 Royal adds 30 extra hours of gameplay, three new endings, and a grappling hook. Because of course it does.
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Exciting Bargains for Xbox
Over on Xbox Series X, Diablo IV drops hard in price just in time for Season 5. You might not know that composer Leo Kaliski sampled Icelandic field recordings for the soundtrack’s creepier zones. Also creepy: Resident Evil 4’s remake reuses the same Spanish voice lines from the 2005 version, just re-recorded in higher fidelity.
Xbox One
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Pure Scores for PlayStation
On PS5, Astro Bot is already discounted and packed with over 150 cameos from PlayStation’s back catalogue. One even includes a hidden nod to PaRappa the Rapper’s unannounced return. Meanwhile, Elden Ring’s director Hidetaka Miyazaki revealed he still hasn’t beaten Malenia “fair and square”. Come see why in Elden Ring.
PS4
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PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from Jun 1 with this subscription
- NBA 2K25 | PS5, PS4
- Alone in the Dark (2024) | PS5
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | PS5, PS4
- Destiny 2: The Final Shape | PS5, PS4
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Purchase Cheap for PC
Finally, on PC, Jedi: Survivor delivers Force-fuelled spectacle, and It Takes Two remains the only Game of the Year winner that can destroy marriages and fix them too.
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Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
Laptop Deals
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Monitor Deals
Component Deals
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Legit LEGO Deals
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Hot Headphones Deals
Audiophilia for less
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Terrific TV Deals
Do right by your console, upgrade your telly
Smart Home Deals
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Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
