The best weekend deals: Epic PC games sale, 1Password subscriptions, and more

It’s the weekend, which means it’s time for another Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals on the web is illustrated by a host of discounts on great PC games. Most of them are due to the return of the Epic Games Store “annual”Mega sale“, which began earlier this week and will continue until June 16.

As with previous promotions from Epic’s PC games storefront, the new sale is the most notable for offering an unlimited use coupon which applies to any purchase of $14.99 or more. In past sales, this coupon was equivalent to a flat $10 discount, but Epic says it will now give a 25% discount. This means you won’t save as much as before on cheaper games – a $15 game that would have dropped to $5 after the coupon was applied in previous sales will now cost $11.25 – but you’ll get a bit more with games closer to full price. For example, a newer game like LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagawhich normally costs $50 on PC, can be had for $37.49 after using the coupon here.

You will need to sign in to an Epic account and manually claim the coupon first, but once you do, it will automatically renew after each use until the sale ends next month. Note that you only need at least $14.99 worth of games in your basket for the coupon to apply: Something like Disco Elysee, an Ars favorite that’s on sale for $14, wouldn’t be eligible for the extra 25% off on its own, but if you add another discounted game to your cart to cross the $15 threshold, the coupon will then apply to both titles. individually at checkout. As with previous Epic sales, the coupon does not apply to DLC or in-game purchases, nor will it work with pre-orders.

Since the coupon is on top of the sale’s ongoing discounts, many of the prices here are lower than what we’ve seen in sales from competing storefronts like Steam or Humble. So to help you find a great deal yet again, we’ve sorted through Epic’s entire selection to select the discounts we think are most worth your attention. You can find our full list of picks below, but some highlights include new lows on the Ars Approved Zelda-to like Tunicthe satisfying roguelite Rogue Legacy 2and other 2022 games generally well regarded as the kung fu brawler Sifu and the above Lego Star Wars. PC ports of blockbusters like Red Dead Redemption 2, God of the warand Death Stranding are as cheap as we’ve seen, and several smaller-scale games we like are also at or near rock bottom. Epic says it will also continue to give away a free game each week as part of the sale; start, that is Borderlands 3. If you don’t see any game you want in our roundup, we recommend using a price tracking site like Is there a deal to ensure you get a real discount.

If you can’t bear to add more games to your backlog, our roundup has plenty of other great deals, including discounts on handy password manager 1Password, Hulu subscriptions, AirPods , an excellent LG OLED TV, recommended board games and microSD cards. , and more. You can find our full summary below.

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Featured offers of the day

• Epic Mega Sale: various discounts on PC games + recurrent 25% off coupon for $14.99+ purchases at Epic
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PC) for $37 ($50) to Epic (utilize 25% off)
• Tunic (PC) for $22 ($30) to Epic (utilize 25% Epic Coupon)
• Hulu (supported by advertising) 3 month subscription for $3 ($21) to Hulu (new and old users only)
• Standard 1Password One year membership for $18 ($36) to 1Password
• LG C1 (2021) 4K OLED TV + $75 Visa Gift Card for $1,097 ($1,275) to BuyDig
• Apple AirPods (3rd generation) true wireless headphones for $150 ($165) to Amazon, walmart
• Terraform Mars board game for $38 ($55) to Amazon
• Samsung Evo Select (512 GB, U3, V30, A2) microSD card for $60 ($68) to Amazon
• SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless (2022) gaming mouse for $60 ($92) to Amazon, best buy, SteelSeries
• Wacom Intuo (small) graphics tablet for $50 ($65) to Amazon, best buy, walmart

Electronic offers

Deals on laptops and desktops

• Lenovo Legion 7 16 inch Gaming Laptop (Ryzen 9 5900HX, 2560×1600, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, GeForce RTX 3080 16GB) for $1,799 ($2,300) to walmart
• Acer Swift 3 13.5 inch Laptop (2256×1504, Core i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) for $499 ($700) to walmart
• AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core/16-thread desktop processor for $310 ($345) to Amazon, B&H
• AMD Ryzen 7 5600X 6-core/12-thread desktop processor for $200 ($230) to Amazon, B&H
• AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6-core/12-thread desktop processor for $169 ($215) to Amazon
• LG 32GN650-B 31.5 inch gaming monitor (1440p, 165Hz, IPS, FreeSync) for $267 ($330) to Amazon, B&H
• Dell S2721DGF 27 inch gaming monitor (1440p, 165Hz, IPS, FreeSync, G-Sync compatible) for $300 ($365) to best buy
• SK Hynix Gold P31 (2 TB NVMe) internal PCIe 3.0 SSD for $199 ($215) to Amazon

TV and Home Entertainment Deals

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