Prime Day has heaps of great PS5 games for under AU$40 - here’s what I’d grab

Diablo 4 | AU$49 AU$39 at Amazon 

It's ironic that those who paid ~AU$100 for this dungeon crawler when it launched last year got less game than what you'll have access to if you buy it now for AU$39. There's a lesson here. If you love blazing through dank subterranean hellscapes while deleting demons, this is the best game for that.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) | AU$57 AU$35 at Amazon

We can hear you ask: is this one of the good Call of Dutys, or one of the bad ones? Josh West sang its praises in his review back in 2022. While it has an "unrevolutionary" campaign, at least it has one, and the multiplayer is a bit more brutally fast-paced than is the norm. For this price, it's worth it for the five hour campaign rollercoaster.

Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition | AU$49.90 AU$36.63 at Amazon

Set in a terrifying backwater, Resident Evil Village is the modern instalment that most resembles Resident Evil 4 (unless you're counting the latter's remake). It's a big, generous and surprisingly versatile game: it sometimes feels like a montage of all previous RE games combined. I loved it, though our reviewer was a little lukewarm on it.

Teardown | AU$28 AU$22.40 at Amazon 

The RRP on this one is actually AU$39.95, but Amazon—being what it is—opts to sell it for AU$28 on a normal day. Teardown is basically the inverse of Minecraft: instead of building things, you destroy them. Its voxel-based worlds can be destroyed in countless ways, and while there's a campaign offering a series of destruction-centric challenges, the real star is its sandbox mode.

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | AU$27 AU$22.40 at Amazon

This one is currently selling for AU$89.95 on the PlayStation Store, so physical is definitely the best option. And why not keep the majority of the RRP in your pocket? It's not like the people behind either Star Wars or Lego need more money. No, pay it to the struggling online retailer instead. This is reportedly one of the best Lego games, with "hundreds" of playable characters and lots of familiar locations recreated in colourful plastic blocks. 

New Tales From the Borderlands Deluxe Edition | AU$19 AU$14.99 at Amazon

Again, the RRP on this is actually AU$79.95 (that's what it's priced on the PlayStation Store) but Amazon isn't mucking around. This is a narrative-driven take on the Borderlands universe, which is much better than it sounds, apparently. Either way, it may be fun to catch up on this ahead of the forthcoming Borderlands film, for which Cate Blanchett will definitely win an Oscar.

NBA 2K24 | AU$19 AU$18 at Amazon

The PlayStation Store has a AU$119.95 RRP on this one, so you're saving more than meets the eye. BUT, a few caveats: by the standards of annualised sports games this is getting long in the tooth - NBA 2K25 will be out in a couple of months. The other caveat is that if you prefer to buy your games digitally from the PlayStation Store, it's currently AU$12 there. That might be wiser, since sports games tend not to hold their value as trade-ins, but if you're a physical-only gamer this is a fine bargain.