The August bank holiday weekend will soon be upon us, and nothing says ‘I don’t have to go to work on Monday’ quite like sitting on the sofa and splurging with an online shopping spree.
We searched through this onslaught of offers to seek out the best geeky deals from the August bank holiday, and put together this list of bargains that you might want to check out. You can click any link to head over to a product page…
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GAME’s bank holiday sale is offering all sorts of savings, including a 25% discount on all pre-owned games. You can click this link if you fancy browsing the whole range, or read this next sentence for some of our highlights: through this discount, you can grab God Of War for £29.99, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 for £18.74, Call Of Duty WWII for £13.49 or DOOM for just £5.99.
GAME is also running bank holiday deals on larger items: the Xbox One X bundle with PUBG, Crash Bandicoot, Halo 5, Call Of Duty: WWII and 2-months of Now TV Entertainment is down from £525.96 to £469.99, for example. There is also a PS4 Fortnite bundle – with The Elder Scrolls: Online, a headset and 2 months of Now TV Entertainment included – reduced from £284.97 down to £265.99. And there is a whole page of Nintendo Switch deals, which includes numerous ways to save some dosh on the versatile console.
If you’ve been waiting for a price drop on PlayStation VR, GAME has a £97 discount running on a PSVR bundle: this offer gets you the VR kit, PlayStation VR Worlds, Resident Evil: Biohazard and The Persistence for £199.99 (down from £297.97).
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Gear galore up for grabs
Load up on LEGO and learning toys
The LEGO Technic Rally Car (pictured) is down from £89.99 to £54.99, the LEGO City Heavy Cargo Transport Set is down from £24.99 to £16.24, the LEGO Technic BMW Adventure Motorbike is down from £54.99 to £30.79, and the LEGO Friends Heartlake Friendship Box Set is down from £36.34 to £25.19.
Relish in random stuff
Of course, it wouldn’t be an online sale without some highly tempting discounts on random stuff that you would never normally buy. For instance, the giant Toblerone pictured above, which weighs in at a whopping 4.5kg, is down from £73.99 to £59.99.
The very high-tech-looking Nerf Modulus Tri-Strike Blaster Toy has also been discounted, with its price dropping from £64.99 to £30.76. And there is four quid off the Minions version of the Operation board game, which is now priced at £20.97.
Whatever random stuff you end up buying this bank holiday weekend, happy shopping!
