If you're after a nice price slice on Stellar Blade, today's the day to unsheathe your wallet. Why put the preorder down? For starters, it's cheaper than RRP. For finishers, famed game director Yoko Taro heaped quite a bit of praise on it, saying: "Stellar Blade is a really amazing game. I'd say that it's much better than NieR: Automata." 'Nuff said, really.
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 13th birthday of Portal 2, one of the funniest video games ever made. I still have vivid memories of being guided by the artificial unintelligence of Wheatley (Stephen Merchant) while hungering for any new audio log from eccentric turbo-narcissist Cave Johnson (J. K. Simmons). The icing on the cake (that is a lie)—a rock solid 2P split-screen co-op mode.
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
- The World Ends with You (DS) 2008. Get
- Portal 2 (PC) 2011. Get
- Wonder Boy: Dragon's Trap (PS4, XO) 2017. Get
- FFX/X-2 HD Remaster (NS) 2019. Get
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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
- Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door (-14%) - A$69.00
- Everspace Stellar Ed. (-80%)
- Hollow Knight (-50%) - A$8.75
- Gris (-75%) - A$5.98
- Ori and the Blind Forest (-60%) - A$11.98
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (-60%) - A$18.00
Expiring Recent Deals
- BioShock: The Collection (-60%) - A$35.99
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (-75%) - A$14.75
- Rayman Legends Definitive (-68%) - A$19.00
- Katamari Damacy Reroll (-75%) - A$7.45
- Namco Museum (-81%) - A$7.45
Purchase Cheaply for PC
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
There is no shortage of good Metroidvanias these days, but Bloodstained does show that Koji Igarashi’s particular brand of “Igavania” still has teeth. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, one of the greatest games ever made, finally has a worthy successor.
84% off A$69.95
A$11.19
- Detroit: Become Human (-60%) - A$23.98
- The Invincible (-40%) - A$26.99
- Tales of Arise: BtD Ult. (-49%) - A$79.04
- Ni no Kuni II (-86%) - A$13.29
- Little Nightmares II (-71%) - A$13.91
- Tekken 7 Definitive (-89%) - A$19.89
- Rimworld (-27%) - A$32.81
- Hogwarts Legacy (-56%) - A$39.57
Expiring Recent Deals
- Monster Hunter Rise (-78%) - A$12.40
- Resident Evil 4 Remake (-36%) - A$38.36
- Street Fighter 6 (-44%) - A$55.96
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (-74%) - A$9.86
- Resident Evil 2 (-79%) - A$11.81
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
- Lacuna (-80%) - A$5.99
- Yoku's Island Express (-80%) - A$5.39
- The Escapists (-75%) - A$6.73
- Yooka-Laylee Impossible Lair (-80%) - A$8.99
- Tales of Arise + Scarlet Nexus (-75%) - A$37.48
- Metro Saga Bundle (-85%) - A$13.49
- Resi 2 Deluxe (-75%) - A$17.48
- Middle-earth: Shadow Bundle - A$14.99
Expiring Recent Deals
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 (-47%) - A$42.00
- TopSpin 2K25 (-17%) - A$99.00
- Wild Hearts (-62%) - A$15.00
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Ed. (-90%) - A$5.54
Pure Scores for PlayStation
- EA Sports FC 24 (-65%) - A$39.00
- DualSense controller (-10%) - A$99.00
- Star Wars Outlaws (-19%) - A$89.00
- Tales of Arise (-38%) - A$34.00
- Street Fighter 6 (-44%) - A$55.97
- Red Dead 2 Ultimate (-70%) - A$44.90
Expiring Recent Deals
- TopSpin 2K25 (-17%) - A$99.00
- Wild Hearts (-32%) - A$27.00
- Red Dead Redemption II (-44%) - A$28.00
- Crash Team Racing (-30%) - A$49.00
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink (-48%) - A$47.00
- Cyberpunk 2077 (-51%) - A$34.00
- God of War Ragnarök Del. (-34%) - A$92.36