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

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.

Since the coupon stacks 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 good deal once again, we’ve sorted through the entirety of Epic’s selection to pick out the discounts that 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-like Tunic, the satisfying roguelite Rogue Legacy 2, and other generally well-regarded 2022 games like the kung fu brawler Sifu and the aforementioned LEGO Star Wars. The PC ports of blockbusters like Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War, and Death Stranding are as cheap as we’ve seen, and several smaller-scale games we like are at lows or near-lows as well. Epic says it will also continue to dole out a free game each week as part of the sale; to start, that is Borderlands 3. If you don’t see a game you want in our roundup, we recommend using a price tracking site like IsThereAnyDeal to ensure you’re getting a genuine discount.

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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Featured deals of the day

• Epic Mega Sale: various PC game discounts + recurring 25% off coupon for $14.99+ purchases at Epic
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PC) for $37 ($50) at Epic (use 25% off coupon)
• Tunic (PC) for $22 ($30) at Epic (use 25% Epic Coupon)
• Hulu (ad-supported) 3-month membership for $3 ($21) at Hulu (new and returning users only)
• 1Password Standard 1-year membership for $18 ($36) at 1Password
• LG C1 (2021) 4K OLED TV + $75 Visa gift card for $1,097 ($1,275) at BuyDig
• Apple AirPods (3rd gen) true wireless earbuds for $150 ($165) at Amazon, Walmart
• Terraforming Mars board game for $38 ($55) at Amazon
• Samsung Evo Select (512GB, U3, V30, A2) microSD card for $60 ($68) at Amazon
• SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless (2022) gaming mouse for $60 ($92) at Amazon, Best Buy, SteelSeries
• Wacom Intuos (small) drawing tablet for $50 ($65) at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart

Electronics deals

Laptop and desktop PC deals

• 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) at Walmart
• Acer Swift 3 13.5-inch laptop (2256×1504, Core i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) for $499 ($700) at Walmart
• AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core/16-thread desktop processor for $310 ($345) at Amazon, B&H
• AMD Ryzen 7 5600X 6-core/12-thread desktop processor for $200 ($230) at Amazon, B&H
• AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6-core/12-thread desktop CPU for $169 ($215) at Amazon
• LG 32GN650-B 31.5-inch gaming monitor (1440p, 165 Hz, IPS, FreeSync) for $267 ($330) at Amazon, B&H
• Dell S2721DGF 27-inch gaming monitor (1440p, 165 Hz, IPS, FreeSync, G-Sync Compatible) for $300 ($365) at Best Buy
• SK Hynix Gold P31 (2TB NVMe) PCIe 3.0 internal SSD for $199 ($215) at Amazon

TV and home entertainment deals

Gaming deals

Video game deals

Accessories and miscellaneous deals