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Ars Staff - May 21, 2022 9:17 pm UTC
It's the weekend, which means the time has come for another Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web is headlined by a truckload of discounts on good PC games. Most of those are due to the return of the Epic Games Store's annual "Mega Sale," which began earlier this week and runs until June 16.
As with previous promotions from Epic's PC game storefront, the new sale is most notable for offering an unlimited-use coupon that applies to any purchase of $14.99 or more. In past sales, this coupon amounted to a flat $10 off, but Epic says it will now give a 25 percent discount. This means you won't save as much as before on less-expensive games—a $15 game that would've dropped to $5 after applying the coupon in previous sales will now cost $11.25—but you'll get slightly more back with games closer to full price. For instance, a newer game like LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which normally goes for $50 on PC, can be had for $37.49 after using the coupon here.
You'll have to sign into 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 to have at least $14.99's worth of games in your cart for the coupon to apply: Something like Disco Elysium, an Ars favorite that's on sale for $14, wouldn't be eligible for the extra 25 percent off on its own, but if you add another discounted game to your cart to get over the $15 threshold, the coupon will then apply to both titles individually at checkout. As with past Epic sales, the coupon doesn't apply to DLC or in-game purchases, nor will it work with preorders.
If you can't bear to add any more games to your backlog, our roundup has plenty more deals of note, including discounts on the 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 roundup below.
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