AU Deals: The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Gamers in 2024

The best deals for Down Under recommended retail.

Can you believe it? The 2024 holiday season is now upon us, and that means it’s time to start your annual gift shopping for your friends and family members. If you’re looking for the best gift ideas for any breed of gamer in your life, look no further. I’ve scoured those stores for the most popular gifts this season.

Better yet, we’ve not just focused on the veterans. Collected below are some entry point purchases for anybody looking to get into this amazing hobby for the first time. Or, alternatively, anybody looking to make a platform switch to broaden their gaming horizons.

Table of ContentsCurrent Game Deals

NintendoXboxPlayStationGreat Console Deals

Multi-platformGaming Inspired LEGO

Game DioramasHardware ReplicationsActual PlaysetsCurrent Gaming DealsNeed a cheap game or the best price on the hottest new title? We’ve got you covered for all of the major gaming platforms.

Switch Game Gifts

FC 25

EA Sports FC 25 delivers a few bright spots, like the fun and refreshing Rush mode, but stagnating gameplay and incremental improvements leave it feeling like EA continues to play it too safe. Worth it at this price, though.

What’s hot🔥

Super Mario Party Jamboree (-15%) – A$68Super Mario RPG (-14%) – A$69Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (-15%) – A$68Super Mario Bros. Wonder (-20%) – A$64Switch Pro Controller (-21%) – A$79Old gold stocking fillers

Mario Kart 8 Del. (-20%) – A$64Super Smash Bros Ult. (-12%) – A$79Shin Megami Tensei V (-50%) – A$49.98Animal Crossing New Horizons (-20%) – A$64Batman: Arkham Trilogy (-50%) – $44.97Scribblenauts Showdown (-91%) – $4.94LEGO Skywalker Saga Del. (-80%) – $19.99Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

Xbox Game Gifts

Stalker 2

Two hours wasn’t enough time for me to see all the branching stories, admire all the beautiful graphics, and discover all the secrets within the world of STALKER 2. But it is enough to be left impressed.

What’s hot🔥

Starfield (-67%) – A$39.70Starfield Constellation Ed. (-60%) – A$198Dragon Age: The Veilguard (-32%) – A$75Assassin’s Creed Mirage (-65%) – A$28.89CoD: BLOPS 6 (-20%) – A$88Old gold stocking fillers

GTA Trilogy [Updated](-70%) – A$29.95Mass Effect Legendary (-65%) – A$35.40Marvel’s GotG Cosmic Del. (-46%) – A$54CoD: MW2 (-57%) – A$47Avatar: Frontiers (-60%) – A$47The Crew Motorfest (-72%) – A$28Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

PlayStation Game Gifts

Space Marine 2

Space Marine 2 is a terrific third-person shooter with a compelling story, loads of weapons that are a blast to use, and a healthy variety of enemies to use them on. 8/10, great.

What’s hot🔥

Silent Hill 2 (-17%) – A$99Dragon Age: The Veilguard (-32%) – A$75FF VII: Rebirth (-33%) – A$79Metaphor: ReFantazio (-14%) – A$99Star Wars Outlaws (-30%) – A$77FC 25 (-23%) – A$85CoD: BLOPS 6 (-20%) – A$89Horizon ZD Remastered (-14%) – A$69LEGO Horizon Adventures (-10%) – A$99Astro Bot (-19%) – A$89NBA 2K25 (-31%) – A$75Older gold stocking fillers

GTA Trilogy [Updated](-59%) – A$40.95GTA V (-53%) – A$28FF XVI (-25%) – A$64Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (-21%) – A$99Avatar: Frontiers (-60%) – A$47Hogwarts Legacy (-55%) – A$49Prince Of Persia: TLC (-53%) – A$28Sonic Origins Plus (-40%) – A$36GT7 [PS4](-27%) – A$79.95Or purchase a PS Store Card.

Great Console DealsNewcomers to gaming ought to know about its constant platform vs. platform war. Obviously, you should be such tribalism. Pick a few different consoles. Enjoy ’em all.

Switch litter pick: Personally, I’d go with the Switch OLED Neon. Unlike the cheapest option (the Switch Lite) the OLED connects to your TV and the gaming experience looks so much better than the original Switch console.

Steam Deck litter pick: Honestly, it depends on your preferences. Get an older LCD Deck with more storage (an imperative when some AAAs weigh in over 150GB+) or a sexier-looking OLED Deck with smaller space.

Xbox litter pick: Once again, it’s a question of what you value. The Xbox Series X is a beast with generous storage. It’s less beefy and cheaper variant, the Series S, can still be paired with a Game Pass subscription for a ton of (less than cutting edge) entertainment.

PS5 litter pick: Yes, the PS5 Pro is the big, high end of 4K-to-8K-delivering beast right now. That said, I find better value in the PS5 Slim. Even more so if you get the disc version that keeps your options open to cheaper “bargain bin” physical games.

Gaming Inspired LEGOOutfit your gaming cave (or somebody else’s) with these plastic fantastic conversation pieces…built from several hundred pieces.

Game Dioramas

Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 #77092

2025 pieces. Two configurations. 4 minifigs (BotW link, BotW Zelda, OOT adult Link, and OOT child Link). Oh, plus Navi, a Skulltula, and a bunch of Koroks to hide around.

Super Mario World

Turn the handle to make the pixelated Yoshi figure run with Mario on his back!

Hardware Replications

LEGO Super Mario NES System

Old! Atari 2600 #10306

Come September 1st, create all the details of this replica console, game cartridges and joystick. Gaming fans will love the 3 mini builds depicting themes from 3 popular games. There’s even a hidden 1980s scene to build for total nostalgia trip.

Actual Playsets

LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone LEGO Set

Minecraft: Ender Dragon

Build an IRL monument to your victory over one big old pain in the butt end boss.

Sonic: Amy’s Island

40 bucks off a 6-character set? That’s worth every ring.

Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays at ludicrous difficulties on

YouTube.

Originally posted:

Nov 17, 2024 10:02 pm