Welcome to a Tuesday of inordinately discounted video games and consoles. What am I doing today? Just sitting here waiting for Batman: Arkham Shadow to go live in (what seems to be) a very gridlocked and laggy Meta Store. It was, of course, the free game being given away with Meta Quest 3 headsets. It's not too late to get on that (slow) train to Gotham.

In retro news, I'm celebrating the 31st birthday of Disney's Aladdin, a shining, shimmering, splendid diamond in the rough that was 16-bit graphics. Like a genie who'd just been tricked into granting free wishes, my jaw was on the floor when I first beheld this on Mega Drive. Actual Disney artists had lent their talents to the sprite creation process, and we'd simply never before seen characters this expressive and smoothly animated. It was a veritable Cave of Blast-processed Wonders. A whole new world. A new fantastic point of viewwww...Ok, I'll stop.

This Day in Gaming ?

Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware

- Street Fighter II': SCE (MD) 1993. Redux

- Disney's Aladdin (MD) 1993. Redux

- Aliens Versus Predator 2 (PC) 2001. eBay

- NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 (GC,PS2,XB) 2002. eBay

- X-Men Legends (GC,PS2,XB) 2004. eBay

- Sega Superstars (PS2) 2004. eBay

- Tribes: Vengeance (PC) 2004. Sequel

- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS) 2009. Sequel

- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) 2009. Sequels

- Rhythm Heaven Megamix (3DS) 2016. eBay

Table of Contents

• Nintendo Switch
• PC
• Xbox
• PlayStation
• LEGO

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

• Mortal Kombat 11 (-86%) - A$9.79
• NBA 2K25 (-40%) - A$49
• New Super Mario Bros Del. (-19%) - A$65
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership (-15%) - A$68
• Borderlands Legendary Col. (-80%) - A$17.99
• Lego Skywalker Saga (-75%) - A$22.48

Expiring Deals

• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (-80%) - A$12.79
• Sonic Frontiers (-66%) - A$33.84
• Super Mario Odyssey (-19%) - A$65
• Mario Kart 8 Del. (-19%) - A$65
• Mega Drive Classics (-80%) - A$11.99

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

• Atomic Heart (-40%) - A$35.98
• 40K Boltgun (-35%) - A$20.76
• The Quarry (-86%) - A$12.59
• For Honor 8 Yr (-85%) - A$7.49
• Banishers: GoE (-40%) - A$47.97

Expiring Deals

• Sleeping Dogs: DE (-85%) - A$4.04
• The Messenger (-80%) - A$5.90
• Life is Strange Remaster Col. (-60%) - A$23.98
• Night in the Woods (-50%) - A$14.75
• Skyrim SE (-75%) - A$13.79
• Lords of the Fallen GOTY (-90%) - A$2.99

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

• Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered (-10%) - A$35.95
• FC 25 (-23%) - A$85
• AC Creed Mirage (-51%) - A$39
• CoD: BLOPS 6 (-20%) - A$88
• Hogwarts Legacy (-46%) - A$54

Expiring Deals

• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (-30%) - A$70
• Robotic White cont. (-22%) - A$69.95
• Dead Space (-70%) - A$32.98
• Skyrim Special Ed. (-75%) - A$13.73
• Resi Triple Pack (-75%) - A$15.73
• Metro Triple Pack (-85%) - A$13.49

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

• PlayStation Access Controller (-29%) - A$99
• Naruto Ult. Ninja Storm 4 (-59%) - A$22.59
• Resi Village (-60%) - A$21.98
• Astro Bot (-19%) - A$89
• CoD: BLOPS 6 (-20%) - A$88
• FC 25 (-23%) - A$85

Expiring Deals

• Doom [2016] (-80%) - A$4.99
• NBA 2K25 (-37%) - A$69
• Titanfall 2 (-75%) - A$6.23
• Tony Hawk’s 1 + 2 (-60%) - A$27.98
• 40K Space Marine 2 (-19%) - A$89
• Fallout 4: GOTY (-75%) - A$13.75

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

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Legit LEGO Deals

• Avatar Floating Mountains (-46%) - A$78
• Sonic: Amy's Rescue (-50%) - A$42.50
• Minecraft: Devourer Showdown (-35%) - A$39

Expiring Deals

• Mario: Soda Jungle (-43%) - A$51
• Mario: Peach Starter (-40%) - A$53.99
• Sonic: Emerald Shrine (-39%) - A$35.51

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