Meta Quest 3S Amazon Exclusive Bundle is $249 on bulk dates only

This Amazon-exclusive bundle features a $45 game of Gorilla Tag, a popular free online game starring gorillas without legs who enjoy playing variations of tag. The freebie is called the Cardboard Heroes Bundle, which includes 1,000 shiny rocks as well as handmade helmets and armor. If you've never subscribed to Meta Horizon+, you also get three free game passes. In addition to granting access to a rotating library of games, subscribers also get two free games each month, which you can keep even if you cancel your subscription.

The Mission 3S is a lightweight standalone VR headset that comes with two wireless touch and controllers. It's powerful enough to play an impressive variety of VR games directly on the headset's internal hardware, including showcase titles like Batman: Arkham Shadow, Wrath of Asgard 2, and Assassin's Creed nexus. Beyond its built-in capabilities for VR games like Half Life, Mission 3s can be synced to a gaming PC or a compatible link cable. You can also cloud stream games and watch movies and TV shows using the headset as a wearable projector.

Meta's entry-level VR headset is a more powerful and expensive modified version Task 3. Both models have 8GB of RAM and use Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipsets, which is a clear leap from the Mission 2. Storage differences aside – the Mission 3 has 512GB and the internals are the same. Both versions come bundled with wireless touch and controllers. The Mission 3 features a more advanced lens, resulting in larger, sharper images. That said, the Mission 3 still looks great and plays the same games, and even has slightly better battery life (2.5 hours).

With this deal, you get the Mission 3S 128GB model for half the price of the $499 Mission 3.