AU Deals: Criminally Good Prices for The Precinct, Mafia Old Country, Doom Dark Ages, and More!

VUBot · May 13, 2025

Get your gaming gear primed and wallets at the ready, because today’s lineup of stellar discounts is too good to miss. From adrenaline‑pumping races on Switch to monstrous PC conquests, there’s sweet, economical escapism for all. Nothing but games worth owning. Let's get to it.

This Day in Gaming

In retro news, I've baked a cake with a big 16 on it for Pokémon Platinum. Part of the DS Gen IV series, this sprawling Sinnoh shenanigan served as a third version to Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. My memories of it include a gleeful hunt for the 59 extra Pokémon added and dipping into the new M.C. Escher-esque Distortion World to bag a Giratina. It also had some of the best post-game content in the series, and, oh crap—I've just talked myself into a replay...

Aussie bdays for notable games

- Castlevania (N64) 1999. eBay

- R-Type Delta (PS) 1999. Sequel

- Ninja Gaiden (XB) 2004. Redux

- The Suffering (XB) 2004. Get

- Pokémon Platinum (DS) 2009. Sequel

- 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3) 2010. eBay

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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

On Switch, Crash Team Racing Nitro‑Fueled has been turbo‑charged down to A$48 (31% off)—did you know the devs fine‑tuned the boost physics post‑launch to nail those drift combos? Pair that with Life Is Strange: True Colors at just A$25 (70% off), where over 350 hours of voice work bring Alex’s empathy powers to life.

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (-31%) - A$48
NBA 2K25 (-74%) - A$23
Life Is Strange: True Colors (-70%) - A$25
Flashback (-90%) - A$2

Expiring Recent Deals

Sonic Frontiers (-27%) - A$72
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Col. (-39%) - A$48
Dragon Ball FighterZ (-44%) - A$50
Little Nightmares Comp. Ed. (-75%) - A$13
Panzer Dragoon: Remake (-90%) - A$3
Life Is Strange: Arcadia Bay Col. (-60%) - A$23

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

Switch Console Prices

How much to Switch it up?

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

Over on Xbox Series X, dive into Mafia: The Old Country for A$79 (12% off), born from the team’s real‑world reconnaissance trips to capture 1960s Italian ambience, and slay beasts in The Witcher 3 for a mere A$5 (90% off), its dynamic weather system originally coded to simulate thousands of unique fog patterns.

Mafia: The Old Country (-12%) - A$79
Seagate 1TB Expansion Card (-33%) - A$208
UFC 5 (-65%) - A$39
The Witcher 3 (-90%) - A$5
EA Sports FC 25 (-55%) - A$49

Xbox One

Expiring Recent Deals

CoD: Black Ops 6 (-19%) - A$89
Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed (-63%) - A$20
Star Wars: Dark Forces Rem. (-45%) - A$24
Anno 1800 Del. (-85%) - A$11
Dark Souls III (-50%) - A$52
Destiny 2: The Final Shape (-70%) - A$22
Prototype Biohazard Bndl (-70%) - A$20

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

Xbox Console Prices

How many bucks for a 'Box?

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

PS5 owners can secure Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at A$95 (16% off), showcasing a cutscene engine that renders over 100,000 particles per frame, and lock ‘n’ load in Sniper Elite 5 for A$80 (19% off), which boasts more than 500 painstakingly motion‑captured kill‑cam animations.

PS4

Expiring Recent Deals

Assassin’s Creed Shadows (-19%) - A$89
The Last of Us Part 2 (-14%) - A$69
MindsEye (-21%) - A$79
Split Fiction (-16%) - A$59
Astro Bot (-19%) - A$89
NBA 2K25 (-68%) - A$38
CoD: Black Ops 6 (-19%) - A$89
Dragon Quest XI S Def. Ed. (-29%) - A$38
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (-80%) - A$13

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

ARK: Survival Ascended | PS5
Balatro | PS5, PS4
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun | PS5, PS4

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

What you'll pay to 'Station.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

Finally, PC strategists will relish Sid Meier’s Civilization VI at just A$8 (90% off), featuring an AI “council” modelled on ancient war strategies. Alternatively, go lead a cult in Cult of the Lamb for A$17 (50% off), where every cheeky sermon spoofs those 16th‑century pamphlets.