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This week's best deals: Pokéball Plus, PSVR bundles, 4K OLED TVs and more

Plus: Eurogamer's top picks for old games.

Well, folks, we've done it - we've reached yet another E3. While E3 2018 has been as leaky as we've come to expect, we can but hope that there are at least one or two surprises still in store for us over the coming week. That said, we've still got another batch of this week's best deals from all over - just before you have to start saving your pennies for whatever upcoming title you're really looking forward to.

As usual, we've got deals that'll work in the UK, deals that'll work in the US and some deals that will work in both the UK and US, as well as presumably many other places. Let's get started.

UK & US Deals

GOG has gone and launched its Summer Sale for this year and, as you might expect, it consists of literally thousands of games with varying discounts. There are some absolute bargains and some real classics (by which I mean super old games) in there.

Summer Sale from GOG

If you'd like a trustworthy batch of recommendations, you can head over to the link below. There you'll find our very own picks and favourites games from the GOG Summer Sale range, as chosen by us.

Eurogamer Collection in GOG Summer Sale

Just when you thought the NES Classic was over and done, Nintendo is back to make you want to buy another tiny console. This time around, the Shonen Jump special edition Nintendo Famicom Classic Edition is up for grabs, featuring distinct box art and a whole bunch of packed-in Shonen Jump-themed games.

Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom Shonen Jump Edition for £116.34 / $149.99 from Play-Asia

Gears of War 4 was one of the earliest examples of Microsoft's Play Anywhere campaign, letting users buy one digital copy of a first-party Xbox One game and gain access to the Windows 10 PC edition as well. As such, picking up this discounted digital copy of Gears 4 for £16.74 / $19.99 will get you the prettier PC version as well.

Gears of War 4 on Xbox One and PC (Win 10) for £16.74 / $19.99 from Microsoft Store

One of the most divisive Metal Gear Solid games around - Peace Walker - is now backward compatible with Xbox One. If you've ever been curious about this (in my opinion, harshly underrated) MGS , you can grab a copy for £3.74 / $4.99 right now.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker on Xbox One (BC) for £3.74 / $4.99 from Xbox Live

This month, signing up for a Humble Monthly account will get you instant access to three titles - Hearts of Iron 4, Blackwake and Portal Knights, alongside a stack of additional games at the end of the month.

Hearts of Iron 4, Blackwake and Portal Knights for £10 / $12 from Humble Monthly

UK Deals

Whether or not you need to re-up on your current Xbox Live Gold membership, it's hard to pass up a six-month gold membership for the price of a three-month one. Better still, ponying up £15 for the half-year membership will also get you a month of Xbox Game Pass.

Xbox Live Gold 6 month membership with one-month Game Pass for £14.99 from Amazon UK

The recently announced Pokéball Plus, which is being released to tie in with Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee later this year, is now up for pre-order costing £45. Knowing the stock issues we've seen on recent Nintendo hardware releases, if you know you're going to want one of these, you may just want to pre-order while you can.

Pokéball Plus for £44.99 from Amazon UK

After a few months of stock problems in the UK, you can now pick up a PS4 Pro in its Glacier White form, along with a copy of God of War, all for £349.99. Fingers crossed the stock sticks around this time.

PS4 Pro Glacier White with God of War for £349.99 from Amazon UK

There's a couple of very nice Xbox One S bundle deals on offer this week if you're not looking to pick up one of Microsoft's 4K beasts. Firstly, Currys PC World will sell you an Xbox One S with Steep and The Crew and your choice of Halo Wars 2, Modern Warfare Remastered or Quantum Break, all for £179.99.

Xbox One S with Steep & The Crew and your choice of Halo Wars 2, Modern Warfare Remastered or Quantum Break for £179.99 from Argos

Meanwhile, if you don't care about the games but need a little extra storage, 365Games will sell you an Xbox One S 1TB model for £185.

Xbox One S 1TB console for £184.99 from 365Games

One of the highest recommended 4K TV sets in recent history, LG's gorgeous 55-inch 4K OLED set, is down to its lowest price so far - £1329 using code JUNE5P, while stock lasts.

LG OLED55B7V 55-inch 4K TV for £1329 using code JUNE5P from PRC Direct

If Ultrawide monitors are more your speed, LG's 25-inch IPS ultrawide gaming monitor is discounted down to £150 for the time being, over at Overclockers UK.

LG 25UM58-P IPS ultrawide monitor for £149.99 from Overclockers

MusicMagpie has extended its offer of 20 per cent off games to now include its entire range of 'new' games as well. Discounts are applied at checkout for this one, but there are over 450 games on offer, so you might just want to dig in and see what's out there.

20 per cent off new games from MusicMagpie

Step into the bizarre, disorienting and sometimes terrifying world of VR this week by picking up a PSVR Starter Bundle, featuring a PSVR headset, PlayStation camera and a copy of PSVR Worlds, all for £199. Get in there soon, though, since Tesco Direct is set to close for good at the beginning of July.

PSVR Starter Bundle for £199 from Tesco Direct

The follow up to Logitech's previously successful range of surround sound speakers, the z906 5.1 speaker setup is currently discounted down to £160 as of this week, over at Ebuyer.

Logitech Z906 Surround Sound 5.1 Speaker System for £159.99 from Ebuyer

US Deals

Hey look, another Destiny 2 discount. Over at Best Buy, you can pick up a copy of the base Destiny 2 game for $10 on either Xbox One or PS4.

Music rhythm card-based board game might not be a series of words that make a whole lot of sense before you're seen Dropmix in action, but what is worth knowing is that Dropmix is a surprisingly addictive and fun... one of those. And it's discounted by 50 per cent right now over at Amazon.

Dropmix Music Gaming System for $49.97 from Amazon US

As the second season of Westworld continues to hurtle towards what will likely be an intriguing yet baffling finale, you can grab yourself a 4K Blu-ray copy of the show's first season for just shy of $25 this week.

Westworld Season One 4K UHD Blu-ray for $24.99 from Amazon US

The feature-packed Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 1 - a name that couldn't be more appropriately Square Enix-like if it tried - is releasing next month, featuring a deep dive through the first six games in the series. It's available to order for $28 right now.

Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 1 hardcover for $27.98 from Amazon US

Right now, B&H is offering one of the best bundles on a Blue Yeti microphone yet. For $150, you'll be getting a Blue Yeti Blackout microphone along with a digital copy of Assassin's Creed Oranges for PC and a set of Audio-Technica ATH-M30x headphones..

Blue Yeti Blackout Microphone with Assassin's Creed Oranges and Audio-Technica ATH-M30x headphones for $149.99 from B&H

If you wanted to see all those neon signs in extra luminous HDR 4K quality, you can pick up a 4K UHD Blu-ray of Blade Runner 2049 for under $20 this week.

Blade Runner 2049 4K UHD Blu-ray for $19.99 from Amazon US

With that, we're done for another week. Keep in mind that deals, prices and availability can change at the drop of a hat, so apologies if you miss out on something you wanted. I'll be over at Jelly Deals scouring the world wide web for more deals. Feel free to visit, or follow us on Twitter and give us a like on Facebook.

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