When I was a boy the sales came after Christmas. Not any more. We've got discounts and deals coming out of our ears this year, across multiple formats and consoles. It's good time to be a gaming bargain hunter.

Thankfully, the PlayStation Store is no exception. Tomorrow, a huge batch of discounts goes live across the British, Irish, Australian, Arab Emirates and New Zealand PSN Stores*, bringing savings of up to 73%. Not to be sniffed at.

Running until Jan 11th 2012, the PSN Festive Sale is offering deals on over 100 games, PSN titles, add-ons, PSOne classics and Minis. The full list is far too long to reproduce here, but the PS Blog has handily highlighted a few for us. You can catch them below.

PS3 Games

• Premier Manager 2012 – Save up to 66%
• Playstation Move Heroes – Save up to 60%
• Rayman Origins – Save up to 33%
• Midnight Club LA Complete – Save up to 28%
• Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken – Save up to 30%
• The Baconing – Save up to 54%
• Zombie Apocalypse – Never Die Alone – Save up to 50%
• Castlevania: Harmony of Despair – Save up to 47%
• L.A. Noire Complete Edition – Save up to 10%

PSP Games

• Metal Slug XX – save up to 73%
• Worms Battle Islands – save up to 65%
• Blazeblue Calamity Trigger Portable – save up to 57%

*The announcement for these deals came on the EU PlayStation Blog, so it's safe to assume that they are rolling out across Europe. However, the territories listed above were the only ones explicitly stated. These deals have not currently been announced for North America.