AU Deals: Today's Hottest AAA Discounts to Heat Up Your Game Cave Winter Hibernation

Winter is well and truly biting, but this fresh crop of game deals is bringing the heat. From mythological mayhem to pocket-sized platformers, there’s something here for every taste and timeframe. If your digital shelf could use a mid-year injection of chaos, charm, or challenge, this week’s offerings are primed to please.

This Day in Gaming ?

In retro news, I’m lighting a 26‑candle cake for Silent Hill, the fog‑laden survival horror fest that kept '99-era me perched on a seat with barely 2% of the surface area of one butt cheek. I still remember tentatively sweeping my flashlight across those grainy, polygonal streets, only to have the beam half illuminate some scurrying something in the dark.

Though the OG Resident Evil certainly vexed me first, the unique magic of Silent Hill lay in how its graphical limitations—thick fog and encroaching darkness—became tools of terror rather than platform limitations. Every ring of static from your radio or *that* air raid siren heralding the "other plane" of this madhouse could ratchet up the dread in an instant. Lastly, I recall working game retail at launch and having to help absolutely bloody everybody with a solution to the piano puzzle.

Aussie bdays for notable games

- Silent Hill (PS) 1999. Redux

- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (DC) 2000. Redux

- The Conduit (Wii) 2009. eBay

- Monster Hunter Generations (3DS) 2016. eBay

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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

Nintendo kicks things off with Persona 5 Royal for A$66.60, a lavishly expanded edition of the genre-defining RPG whose original director Katsura Hashino was inspired by Carl Jung’s theories of the psyche. Also worth nabbing is Bravely Default II at A$63.10, a spiritual twinner to the Final Fantasy titles that’s cheekily packed with nostalgic mechanics like turning off random encounters to power-level in peace.

Persona 5 Royal (-33%) - A$66.60
Bravely Default II (-21%) - A$63.10
Sonic Frontiers (-53%) - A$47
Sonic x Shadow Generations (-35%) - A$49
NBA 2K25 (-79%) - A$19
Metal Gear Col. (-50%) - A$45

Expiring Recent Deals

It Takes Two (-43%) - A$34
Hogwarts Legacy (-46%) - A$49
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure (-33%) - A$57
Sid Meier's Civilization VII (-23%) - A$69
Lego Skywalker Saga (-50%) - A$49

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

Exciting Bargains for Xbox

Over on Xbox Series X, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is slashing skulls and prices at A$49.90, finally giving fans the long-awaited sequel to one of gaming’s most satisfyingly weighty shooters. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an outrageous A$9.90, and despite its rocky reception, it’s a fascinating look at how Batman: Arkham devs tried to blend looter-shooter DNA into their universe.

40K Space Marine 2 (-54%) - A$49.90
Suicide Squad: KTJL (-91%) - A$9.90
Wild Hearts (-83%) - A$19
Avatar: Pandora Gold Ed. (-69%) - A$49.90
Hogwarts Legacy (-75%) - A$27.40

Xbox One

Expiring Recent Deals

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

Pure Scores for PlayStation

For PS5 players, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales swings down to A$39, letting you sling through Harlem while wearing everything from a Bodega Cat suit to a Spider-Verse frame-rate filter. Meanwhile, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for A$54 is a tech marvel that started life as a PS4 title, before being fully rebuilt to show off the PS5’s SSD.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (-57%) - A$54
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (-59%) - A$39
Monster Hunter Wilds (-36%) - A$74
Split Fiction (-23%) - A$54
Stellar Blade (-21%) - A$99
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (-17%) - A$99

PS4

Expiring Recent Deals

Horizon Zero Dawn Rem. (-41%) - A$44
Lego Horizon Adventures (-51%) - A$54
The Last of Us Part II Rem. (-41%) - A$44
Elden Ring (-51%) - A$49
Spidey: Miles Morales Ult. (-53%) - A$59
GTA: The Trilogy (-80%) - A$20
Red Dead Redemption 2 (-78%) - A$20
Uncharted The Col. (-40%) - A$15

PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from May 1 with this subscription

Ark: Survival Ascended (PS5)
Balatro (PS5/PS4)
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PS5/PS4)

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

Purchase Cheap for PC

On PC, Resident Evil 4 is a steal at A$29.90, a stunning remake where the developers added extra charm to Leon’s famous “Where’s everyone going, bingo?” line by letting players unlock vintage filters that emulate 2005-era graphics. Also notable is Lies of P at A$76.40, the Pinocchio-meets-Bloodborne mash-up that lets you lie in dialogue choices for combat perks.