Gaming in county Day. Reviews, Walkthroughs, News

Wherever you are in Australia right now, chances are it's gonna be a hot one. Your very best bet: retreat to the dank coolness of your Game Cave with something new to play. Alternatively, go for a swim and invest your money in the preordering of a AAA for some future day. Instant or slightly delayed gaming gratification—we deal in both approaches here.

Baldur's Gate 3 has a pretty great selection of companions to choose from, each one with their own distinct personality and strengths that add to your party in different ways. However, the game is so well-written that you're are constantly running into likeable and charismatic characters that you wish you could take along with you on your tadpole extracting adventure.

Even with Netflix’s recommendation algorithm serving you new movies, new TV shows, and original programming tailored to your viewing habits, the streaming service’s firehose of content makes what’s coming and going difficult to parse.

We’ve all got an eye for a bargain, but the Corsair MP600 Pro NH is available for an absolute steal right now on Amazon. Not only is it one of the fastest SSDs on the market, but for just $109.99, you’re getting 2TB of storage too, that’s like, three whole games!

You're going to need a new game, or possibly several. Why? Because the glorious Labour Day long weekend is almost upon us. Things I'd recommend right off the bat include the GOG 15th Anniversary Sale, a brick stack of LEGO bargains on Switch, and Amazon is still slinging cheap PS5 AAAs. Well, I'm off to play more Assassin's Creed Mirage (19% off here). See you all on Tuesday!

I'm back from holidays, and I'm all about the bargains again. Actually, to be fair I was still about the bargains when I was off in Tokyo, too. If you're ever out that way, be sure to check out Super Potato in Akihabara, not to mention the much wider spread chain of Book Off op shops. In particular, their Super Bazaar store variants (think: your local Cashies + a Myer degree of floorspace + insanely good prices on every gaming thing since the NES era onwards). Anyway, onto the deals...

It’s here. The complete Counter-Strike 2 launch has finally landed, heralding a new generation of multiplayer shooter. It began in 2000, with the first ever edition of Counter-Strike, and seriously hit stride in 2012 when we welcomed CSGO. Now, the biggest FPS the world has ever known begins a new chapter, as we exit the CS2 beta, and Valve says farewell to Counter-Strike Global Offensive.

is a massive game with countless decisions that influence its big events but also impact small details like the characters' dialogue. Because of the way decisions affect the resulting dialogue, there are a lot of lines that don't appear in a playthrough due to the circumstances that need to be met to access them. However, these rare lines are often humorous and can be worth hunting for.

Amazon is back for round two with Prime Big Deal Days, a second savings event for Prime members. Here's what you need to know ahead of the company's next big sales event.

I've had a fair few gadgets plugged into my Nintendo Switch, but none have been as handy as the Genki Covert Dock. This little charger doubles up as a completely safe, travel-friendly Switch dock with just an HDMI and USB-C cable required. The best part? Walmart's latest Nintendo Switch deals have dropped it to its lowest price yet - and that's rare considering we only started seeing any discounts on this gizmo a few months ago. 

While Chinese tech companies have long harbored ambitions to move into the electric car industry, EV upstart Nio Inc. has gone the other way — on Thursday releasing its first mobile phone.

Avast there me hearties, today be Pirates' Day in these here isles of Azeroth. Time t' head o'er t' Booty Bay 'n tap into yer inner pirate. Hook up wit' the good Dread Captain DeMeza, get yer Dread Corsair buff 'n ye be ready t' sail the seas fer plunder 'n booty. Pirates' Day Guide Pirate's Day is a one day holiday which offers an Achievement, The Captain's Booty, along with fun items including:

It's been a morning full of leaks for Xbox. Thanks to its lengthy legal battle with the FTC, we now know about a refreshed Xbox Series X design dubbed "Brooklin", as well as a new controller that might be on the way with precise haptics and modular thumbsticks. 

We all love a good historical game, don’t we? Games that are both educational and entertaining in equal measure. Of course, there’s a LOT of them out there and they can be incredibly difficult to sift through, so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to narrow them down to 30 games.

The military genre in video games is massive, and whether it’s on console or PC, they tend to play pretty well. Want to know some of the best on PC? We’ll show you the best available right now.

Well, it's a particularly notable day for Resi Evil fans. In 2002, the remake train started with a GameCube reimagining of 1996's Resident Evil. On the same day one year previous, PS2 folks got a taste of Code Veronica—a brilliant entry that was the first to include a real-time 3D environment. I humbly invite Capcom to remake it at their earliest possible convenience. You know what? Let's just keep the theme going with a bunch of Resi bargains..

I was equipped with a sniper rifle and positioned high above a courtyard. Enemies began bursting from behind cover and scattering across the area. I easily picked them off one by one but instinctively panicked when two of them burst into the room I was hiding in. If I've learned anything from video games, it's that sniper rifles don't work well from up close. But to my surprise, Long Gone Days isn't just a pixel-based sniper simulator. It's also a turn-based combat game with different weapons, abilities, and items. It's a lot more than what it appears on the surface. 

Welcome to a new day of mad deals, my hands-on look at Assassin's Creed Mirage, and me feeling old again. Why? Because 30 years ago was the first time Aussies could buy Mortal Kombat on Mega Drive, and then enter ABACABB for the blood code. Speaking of, I'm seeing plenty of great deals on the upcoming reboot, Mortal Kombat 1, right here. I genuinely like how it's breathing fresh new life into the franchise with death.

Allow me to groggily welcome you to another working week of cheap gaming deals. Chalk that up to me spending way too many hours space-jockeying through Starfield. Through this hyperspace hangover, I've still found you some notable bargains on some other future stars worth visiting. Namely, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Mortal Kombat 1, CoD MW3, and more.

The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Championship 2023 is well underway, and onto Day 3 today. Teams have stepped up their game as they move into the elimination rounds, as have attendees looking to score some elusive plushies that have become the star of the merch stands.

Day of the Devs has opened submissions for a new indie showcase in partnership with The Game Awards.

Thank your own personal deity — possibly Freya — it's Friday. The big score today has got to be Football Manager 2023 going for nada, if you sign up for a free (and rather cancellable) Prime Gaming subscription. I'm also still all about sinking the entire weekend into Starfield, a game you'll find cheaply below. In case I don't see you — within the massive universe of a completely single-player game — stay safe, save often, and see you Monday.

The ALGS Championship 2023 has been an incredibly exciting event so far. Teams worldwide have been competing all year at major LAN events to get to this tournament and, hopefully, be crowned as the best Apex Legends players of all time.

Day of the Devs has announced that they’ll be highlighting indie games in Day of the Devs: Game Awards Edition. This will put smaller developers in the spotlight on December 6th in a livestream as part of the weeklong Game Awards celebration.

Amazon Prime members currently get the benefit of free Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery, where packages are left inside garages with compatible openers to fend off potential porch pirates. But that's about to change depending on when your packages show up.

It's finally time for everybody — not just the early access folks — to get them some Starfield. You, uh, may have noticed the odd video on this site about this RPG. If that content avalanche has fired up your main thrusters and made you want to commence docking procedures, I have the current historical low for Xbox and PC below. Yep, Harvies has gone decidely more hardcore than even Amazon AU on this one. 88 bucks is a steal (if you're not rocking Game Pass).

Busy sort of morning for me, so let's get right into the good stuff. Things worth mentioning specifically: Activision is celebrating 25 years of Spyro today with some discounts, and I'm sitting here wondering how it's been a quarter of a century since I first dragon-horn-butted and/or immolated my first sheep. Lastly, I've also spotted a decent Rebellion sale for PC gamers, and Tears of the Kingdom is back to its lowest pricepoint, too. Throw some rupees at that, for sure.

In the digital age, all the information in the world is just a click or a tap away. While this has bridged gaps and minimized the information divide, it now also poses serious questions about online safety and its impact on children. In an attempt to tackle this issue, Google on Safer Internet Day in February rolled out new online safety tools that could potentially help make the internet a safer place to explore, especially for children. Among these tools, expanded SafeSearch was one of the standout features aimed at ensuring online safety.

Today is a hump day of eclectic deals with no particular throughline. "Cheap stuff that's good and worth owning" — that's all I can say for it. If you put a gun to my head and told me to pick the best ones, I'd have to go with the ludicrous longevity represented in a 22% cheaper Diablo IV on PC or a 67% off Diablo III Collection on Xbox. Great games played solo. Phenomenal games in two-player or four-player co-op, respectively.

Diablo 4 will hand out 25% more gold and experience from September 1 through September 5 as part of its first "Blessings Aplenty" event. 

Welcome to a new week of blink 'n' you'll miss 'em bargains. Those of you who are subscribed to our IGN weekly deals email would have noticed a $679.15 PS5 console up for sale at about 9 o'clock. In the time it took for me to translate that email to this article format, and have a coffee — boom — sold out. Just another compelling reason to click that subscribe button. Or for me to drink less coffee...

In a momentous event that captured the historic landing of Chandrayaan-3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the names of two significant lunar landing sites where Chandrayaan-3 landed and also where Chandrayaan-2 had crash-landed. Prime Minister Modi recently visited the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru and unveiled the two names"Shivshakti Point" and "Tiranga Point."

The voice acting world is in mourning as Arleen Sorkin, the original Harley Quinn voice actress and inspiration for the character, has passed away at the age of 67.

Thank your own personal deity — possibly Liu Kang, Eternal God of Franchise Reboots — it's Friday! After a 10-year hiatus, Armored Core launches with a new entry today. Word is it's fire (of Rubicon). Not into 8/10 giant robot games? Slap a preorder down on Spidey 2, Starfield, or CoD Modern Warfare III. All of 'em are looking like pretty solid bets to me.

Welcome to a day of bargains and Armored Core VI embargo lifts. Mitch gave it an 8 here. Personally, I've played the hell out of it and have some thoughts as well. The TL;DR: without logging into the multi mode, you'll be hard pressed to milk the 50-60 hour estimate that's been getting around. That said, the combat feels great, and you can construct any svelte mech your heart desires. Be it an EVA unit knock-off. A Gundam. Or The Crushinator...

If Ahsoka Season 1 has given you the Star Wars itch, I have the bacta (read: bargains) to soothe it. The critically acclaimed sequel to Fallen Order, Jedi Survivor, has fallen in price. Considerably. It's also a really good time to secure a cheaper PlayStation VR2 and strap it on your melon. Personally, I'm still in love with my launch edition. More of you need to experience its VR-y amazing delights.

Great Boo's ghost. Is it that time of year again already? Somehow, we've ticked around to CoD Preorder o'clock again. Mind you, whether or not Modern Warfare III is worthy of the Price — as in Captain John — is still anybody's guess at this point. If you are keen, however, I do have the best bargains for it laid out below. It's the same deal on deals for Mortal Kombat 1, Starfield and many more.

The Making of Karateka is billed as an «interactive documentary' chronicling the creation of Karateka, a seminal game created by veteran designer Jordan Mechner. We have a release date, and you can get an essential education in video game history on PS5 and PS4 from 29th August.

This month PC Gamer blasts off into the cosmos for our Starfield launch special. For everything you need to know about Bethesda's biggest-ever RPG, this is the ultimate feature, covering everything from character creation and exploration to shipbuilding and combat.

Thank your own personal deity — possibly Doshin the Giant — it's Friday. There's not much of a theme going on here today. Just insanely cheap things to keep you well stocked in explosions and XP grinding this weekend. In case I don't see you, stay safe, save often, and catch you Monday.

We're getting short-time for a number of big 2023 releases, folks. The moon-sized one on the horizon is obviously Starfield, Bethesda's first new IP in ages. There's also the giant-robot-sized Armored Core VI, From's first entry in said series since its Elden Ring GOTY showering. I, for one, am keen to see what all the success, learning (and presumably increased dev budget) will yield for this. I also want to just paint a huge bipedal machine in Eva Unit 01 colours and stomp fools into the dirt. That'd mech my day nicely.

What can I tell you? Today is going to be a day of grifting great bargains and girding one's butt-cheeks (during the Matilda's semi-final attempt this evening). Pick of the litter as of now has got to be the ludicrously low price of LEGO Skywalker Saga on Switch. I'm also all about cheap thrills with Resi 2 Deluxe, Sifu Vengeance Edition, and a pretty magical price on Hogwarts Legacy.

Xbox fans appear to have been sadly fooled by an advert showing Final Fantasy 7 Remake associated with Xbox Series X/S.

Welcome to another wonderful week of saving tons on games. If you've got football fever, I've got the lowest preorder on EA Sports FC 24 available. Similarly, if you want to break the surly bonds of gravity, and punch the face of God, I have the lowest preorder on Starfield, too. Lastly, I must throw a spotlight on the recent free update (and subsequent discounting of) Broforce. It's basically McBain the four-player, 2D platformer. So, yeah — up and at them.

Every kid growing up has prayed for a snow day or two in their time at school, and that wish is set to be granted to the kids of South Park in South Park: Snow Day!

Battle Stars: Battle Royale, the made-in-India mobile multiplayer shooter, has crossed five million players since its launch in June, becoming developer SuperGaming's fastest-growing game. To celebrate the milestone, and with Independence Day fast approaching, it's getting a new map inspired by the city of New Delhi, available as a free update. Just like the Mumbai-based map — which was well received in the first two seasons — this new arena will feature familiar locations such as the India Gate, Red Fort, and Connaught Place. The map is now live across Android and iOS, and on August 15, you'll be able to spot the Indian national flag hoisted atop key structures.

Thank your own personal deity — possibly The Dragon God — it's Friday. Along with the usual deals today, I'd like to draw your attention to something dear to the black void in my chest that ought to hold an organ. Quake II, id's seminal shooter, has just been remastered and released upon Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. (Steam users who own it get a free upgrade, too!)

If you've been holding off on purchasing Tears of the Kingdom, now's the time to strike. Because, o' patient one, the standard edition has dropped down to $69 (after being back up at 79-ish for a while). More importantly, the once rare and oft-sold-out Collector's Edition has been chopped by 40 bucks. Basically, you'd be deku nuts to miss out on this.

Marvel Comics has confirmed that the "notorious" Spider-Man sequel it previously teased will in fact be a sequel to writer/artist Kaare Andrews' 2006 limited series Spider-Man: Reign. 

While EVO 2023 may be done and dusted, your cheap fisticuffs opportunities are many. Case in point: Humble has a Brawl Til You Fall sale that has fist-violence (and fist-violence-adjacent) games discounted. Speaking of punching on, I should also like to steer you to the thwack-tastic Batman Arkahm Trilogy on Switch. Helluva series. And I love me a good typo.

Amazon's Prime "Day" is now officially a bi-annual event. The company today confirmed that it will host a second day of deals for Prime members this fall.

Welcome to another day of both savings and me anxiously looking for a Baldur's Gate III discount that simply doesn't exist. My apologies, friend. I report the bargains; I do not create the bargains. That being said, I honestly believe that some games forged by smaller outfits are so well done — hell, they deserve a full-price purchase. Purely as a "this is how you ought to be doing things" reminder to the bigger publishers.

Marvel Comics is teasing a sequel for the "most notorious Spider-Man story ever told." But which story is that?

E-Sports Evolution will host the Evolution Championship Series 2024, or EVO 2024, from July 26 to 28, 2024, the company announced.

Thank your own personal deity — possibly Poseidon — it's Friday. If you like punching the snot out of other people (virtually) and/or AI opponents, today's your day to double-tap dash into some discounts. You can thank EVO for this surge of fighting game goodness, much like you can QuakeCon for the ongoing bargains on shooters from yesterday. In case I don't see you, stay safe, save often, and catch you Monday.

QuakeCon is in town, and so too are a whole bunch of discounted goods. That's right, FPS fans, it's time to save like a demon and slay AAAs like there's no tomorrow. Meanwhile, it looks like the VR wars of recent days are continuing in earnest. The standalone PS VR2 unit is being aggressively priced to counter the imminent appearance of the (considerably expensive) Meta Quest 3.

Well, just when you thought that PlayStation VR2 bundle couldn't get any cheaper, Amazon goes harder. $190 off is so yesterday — saving $218 is what all the cool kids are doing now. Also, speaking of VR savings, I've spotted a nice little bargain on the Meta Quest 2 unit as well.

Are you seeing faster deliveries on Amazon Prime orders? The company says it hit its "fastest Prime speeds ever" in Q2, resulting in more same- and next-day deliveries for US customers. 

Finally, the PS VR2 + Horizon: Call of the Mountain bundle has been substantially discounted. I know a bunch of you have been waiting for this to transpire. I also know, from a great deal of heads-on experience, that the PS VR2 is a phenomenal bit of kit worth owning. Grab this bundle for less than the price of the headset on its own. Maybe use the money saved to buy GT7 as well?

Thank your own personal deity, it's Friday. I'm going to keep this intro brief for a number of important reasons. Firstly, because I have to go preorder myself one of these Spider-Man 2 DualSenses (because they're apt to sell out). And secondly, because I need to go play more Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on PC, a game you should totally look into if high-end graphics are your bag.

Some game franchises are so good, you bag 'em all in one hit. Especially if they're going for at or near Happy Meal prices. Case in points: the Phoenix Wright, Borderlands, and BioShock trilogies on Switch. I'm also about cheap prices for the Batman Arkham, Mass Effect, and Tomb Raider survivor trilogies as well. They may not mean cutting edge visuals, but they're all approaching triple digit hours of otherwise timeless gaming.

If you're like me, getting up to swap a disc is far too big a pain. That's precious energy, which could be expended on actually playing a game or reaching for another Tiny Teddy or Iced VoVo. This being the case, I've scoured the digital stores for the best discounts on downloadable goods. Nothing but the finest, er...softest wares from the PlayStation Store "75% off Winter Sale" and the "50% off Ultimate Sale" on Microsoft's Store. Oh, and Steam's Stealth Fest is also worth sneaking into.

It is 10:54am on a Monday morning and I've had to do a ton of math that I am frankly not qualified for, all because of an unbelievably lucky Old School Runescape player who bagged three ultra-rare drops in a true feat of MMO RNG. 

Another week, another chance to save serious amounts on the games worth buying. Today the theme seems to be violence — fighting game prices everywhere are getting [upper]cut to size. I'd also like to flag the first decent discount on Aliens: Dark Descent. It's got my pick as the sleeper hit of 2023. Absolutely nails the intensity of James Cameron's Aliens.

Thank your own personal diety — possibly Jubileus The Creator — it's Friday. I've sourced you some decent bargains on future prospects, NBA 2K24, and Super Mario Wonder. There are also some litter picks of (presumably) overstocked products from that Amazon Prime Day just passed. Go full vulture mode and swoop in for some easy pickings.

By now you would have heard the good word: Pikmin 4 is quite the catch. If you're looking to scoop this 9/10 up cheap, I've found the lowest price in town. Meanwhile, PS folk can get a great deal on seriously reduced PS4 must-owns, including The Last of Us Part II.