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AU Deals: 128 Bucks Off a Top Tier Headset, Monster Deals on Hunting, Diablo IV Bundles, Battlefield & More!

pravinga513 August 10, 2025
Source https://ift.tt/Shejfzm -Adam Mathew

Some sales weeks feel like filler, but this one’s a greatest hits album. I’ve been revisiting a few personal favourites and picking up titles I swore I’d get “next sale” for years. Turns out, patience really does pay off in the gaming aisle. Get scrolling to get saving!

This Day in Gaming 🎂

In retro news, I’m firing up the ol' plasma engines to light a cake for WipEout HD, a PS3 anti-grav racer that brought the gravy. The entry took everything a diehard series fan like me loved and polished it to a shine, delivering blistering speeds, stomach-churning tracks and a killer electronic soundtrack that still bangs today.

As someone who’s been hooked since the original PlayStation days, WipEout HD felt like the ultimate evolution. It wasn’t just a race; it was a full-on sensory assault, mixing tight controls with stunning visuals and online multiplayer that kept the adrenaline pumping. It set the bar high that was leapt over by the PS VR shenanigans of WipEout Omega Collection. My entire kingdom for a PS VR2 port of that.

Aussie birthdays for notable games.

- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (XB) 2006. Get

- WipEout HD (PS3) 2008. Sequels

- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (PS3) 2010. Get

- Gauntlet: Slayer Ed. (PC,PS4) 2015. Get

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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

On Switch, Monster Hunter Rise is the definition of “just one more hunt” design. Capcom originally built it around Switch’s limitations, but the monster animations and weapon feel are so tight you’d swear it was made for beefier hardware. And What Remains of Edith Finch still hits like a punch to the chest. I played it in one sitting, marvelled at the shifting gameplay styles, then spent days thinking about the bathtub sequence.

  • Monster Hunter Rise (-75%) – A$14.90 – I lost weekends to this co-op monster-slaying epic; the crafting loop is ridiculously addictive. Still shines in the face of newer MHs.
  • Broforce (-87%) – A$2.90 – Pure chaos and explosions. I have this perma-installed on all my Switches. Exemplary co-op.
  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (-34%) – A$46 – Feels exactly how I remember, but sharper and faster; single couch rivalry that gives even mighty Mario Kart 8 a run for its money.
  • Romancing SaGa 2 NS2 (-30%) – A$59.40 – I adore its weird, sprawling generational storytelling. No JRPG plays quite like it.
  • Stray (-25%) – A$33.70 – Padding around as a cat was strangely addictive. Not to be underestimated.
  • Pokémon Scarlet (-14%) – A$69 – Despite the rough edges, exploring Paldea had me chasing “just one more” Pokémon.
  • What Remains of Edith Finch (-75%) – A$7.40 – This short narrative hit me right in the sub-cockles; beautifully strange and unforgettable.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

For Series X, Jedi: Survivor offers some of the best lightsaber combat since the LucasArts days. Cal Kestis moves like a dream and Respawn’s dev diary revealed they mo-capped fight scenes in an actual dojo. PGA Tour 2K25, meanwhile, quietly became my couch multiplayer obsession thanks to its deep course creator and wildly inaccurate mates who turn the fairway into a slapstick show.
  • SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Headset (-32%) – A$271 – The comfort and clarity spoiled our reviewers; SteelSeries rarely seems to miss.
  • Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kol. (-12%) – A$79 – Bone-crunching fun that will bring back a ton of old console MK ports. Digital Eclipse do great retro revives. My hopes are high.
  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (-47%) – A$58.50 – A sequel that, I think, Force Pushed beyond a rock solid original to improve in almost every regard.
  • Monster Hunter Wilds (-35%) – A$74.90 – I found this to be the most accessible MH in the franchise, but it still retained the grind addiction me and my usual co-op crew gobbled up for triple-digit hours.
  • PGA Tour 2K25 (-51%) – A$59 – I’m no ultra serious golfer, but the depth and impressive presentation of this proved to be a sand trap I couldn't easily escape.
  • Grand Theft Auto V (-58%) – A$25 – Ten years later, I’m still marvelling at this engine. Online multi refuses to quit, too. Xbox One
  • Borderlands: The Handsome Col. (-52%) – A$33.80 – I laughed, looted, and joypuked as I blew stuff up. Borderlands at its best. Especially with pals in split-screen.
  • Call of Duty: MW2 (-55%) – A$49 – The OG rejuvenated campaign had me glued; multiplayer is still a blast.
  • DOOM Anthology (-65%) – A$48.90 – Pure demon-slaying catharsis with a MIDI metal soundtrack. Come and see why this franchise is one of the most important in its genre (and gaming entire).

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

On PlayStation 5, Dragon’s Dogma 2 still stuns me with its AI-driven pawn system that feels like having actual mates quest alongside you. The Witcher 3 Comp. has been my comfort food RPG for a decade now, and with all expansions bundled in, it’s like slipping back into a favourite leather coat.
  • Battlefield 6 (-41%) – A$89 – The sheer scale, chaos, and destructibility of the recent beta has impressed the hell out of me already.
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2 (-29%) – A$76.80 – The pawn system still feels genius; the world begs to be explored.
  • Rise of the Ronin (-28%) – A$89.90 – Sword duels felt weighty and satisfying; traversal is a joy. Was a good "while I wait" salve between GoT and Ghost of Yotei.
  • Helldivers 2 (-17%) – A$49.90 – I both cursed and laughed when teammates “accidentally” shot me in this. Fair to certain chance you will too.
  • Grand Theft Auto V (-58%) – A$25 – Very long in the tooth. Still one of the most fun sandboxes ever made. It's the Rockstar Games difference.
  • The Witcher 3 Comp. (-80%) – A$15.50 – The RPG where the side quests are better written than the main campaigns of entire games. I adore it still. PS4
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (-28%) – A$79 – Zombies mode ate up my nights; still the best co-op chaos.
  • Katamari Damacy Reroll (-75%) – A$11.20 – I replay this klepto-centric puzzler every few years; it never stops being funny.
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (-65%) – A$12.50 – Customising my Jedi made me feel like a kid again. Ugly-looking, but still some of the best saber antics in gaming.

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  • Lies of P | PS5, PS4
  • DayZ | PS4
  • My Hero One’s Justice 2 | PS4

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Purchase Cheap for PC

Finally, PC’s NieR Automata YoRHa Ed. is a weird, beautiful thing that hides multiple endings behind intentional credits roll fakes. And Need for Speed Unbound fuses the street art aesthetic and thrill of street racing with aplomb.
  • Mafia: The Old Country (-12%) – A$79.10 – The story pulled me in like a great gangster film.
  • NieR Automata YoRHa Ed. (-65%) – A$16.60 – It made me cry over robots; the combat’s not bad either.
  • NieR Replicant ver.1.22’ (-65%) – A$31.40 – Poetic, haunting, and heartbreakingly beautiful; I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
  • Diablo IV + Vessel of Hatred Bndl. (-50%) – A$54.90 – Slashing through demons is endlessly satisfying; the loot treadmill got me.
  • GRIS (-80%) – A$4.30 – Like playing a watercolor painting; I just sat and stared sometimes.
  • Need for Speed Unbound (-93%) – A$6.90 – Street racing with style; I couldn’t resist the neon trails.

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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.
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