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EDIT January 6, 2024:

All games have been accepted by the winners! Thanks everyone for your participation! I loved reading the different messages and hearing some of the positives, the things that made you feel hopeful, and a bit about some of the games you've played. While I wish I could give you all more copies of games, we will do another giveaway like this in the future.

Stay safe, and happy 2024 ahead!

EDIT January 5, 2024:

Minor edit for posterity. All games have been claimed apart from God of War. Each winner of God of War never responded so I'm working down the list through a randomizer to select the eligible winner for this game. I'll update this post one final time as soon as we have an eligible winner that claims this final giveaway.

EDIT January 4, 2024:

There was no response received for the selected winners for Elden Ring and God of War.

I am re-drawing for both these games and will update this post once these final two game codes are accepted by the new winners.

EDIT January 3, 2024:

All games have been claimed apart from two: Elden Ring and God of War. Considering it is the holiday and there may be some obligations, I'm extending the 24 hour window by another 24 hours. If the winners do not reply by Jan 4, 2024 ~ 9 AM ET, they will be forfeit and I will re-draw new winners.

EDIT January 2, 2024:

Giveaway Ended! All winners have been notified, but they have 24 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond, I will re-draw for the new winner the next day until all codes have been exhausted.

I will also be editing this post periodically to acknowledge who won and if they accepted.

I loved reading all these comments, and thanks for everyone responding here and also sharing an optional story! There's a lot of positivity and hope out there, which makes me also feel the same.

P.S. - I really wish I could afford more games to giveaway to you all, but we can certainly do something like this in the future and perhaps make some kind of collaborative giveaway.

Stay safe, and happy new year ahead!

Original Post:

Happy Holidays everyone!

In spirit of the holiday and the upcoming new year, I want to do something nice for you all and give away 10 Steam codes for some of my favorite games that I've played recently!

Games I'm giving away:

  1. ~~Elden Ring~~ - Winner @chaogomu@kbin.social
  2. ~~God of War~~ - Winner @MR_GABARISE@lemmy.world
  3. ~~Hogwarts Legacy~~ - Winner @silentknyght@lemmy.world
  4. ~~Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition~~ - Winner @stefano@lemmy.world
  5. ~~Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered~~ - Winner @OriginalMP3@lemmy.world
  6. ~~Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales~~ - Winner @b_crussin@programming.dev
  7. ~~Persona 5 Royal~~ - Winner @Commiunism@lemmy.wtf
  8. ~~Returnal~~ - Winner @Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de
  9. ~~Tales of Arise~~ - Winner @kamenridermaddie@lemmy.world
  10. ~~UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection~~ - Winner @mwproductions@lemmy.world

How to Enter:

  • Comment on this post with the one game you are interested in.
  • Optional: Share a story about something that made you happy or hopeful this year. Or share a story about a game you recently played that you loved.

Restrictions:

  • You can only enter once, and pick only one game.
  • Your Lemmy account must be at least 30 days old and have participated recently in Lemmy/Fediverse.
  • If your account appears to be a bot, troll, or spam account, you will not be selected.
  • Moderators of the !PCMasterRace@lemmy.world community are not eligible.

Winner Selection:

  • I will randomly select eligible winners below.
  • You will be notified via two ways: I will @ mention you and reply on your comment to this post. I will also send you a private message.
  • If you are selected, you will have 24 hours to respond to me to claim your eligibility.
  • For transparency, please also reply to my public-facing comment so that others know you received and claimed the code successfully.
  • If I do not get a response from you within 24 hours, you are forfeited and a new winner will be redrawn the next day.

Deadlines:

  • You must enter by end of day December 31, 2023, local time.
  • I will start drawing 10 winners either on Jan 1 and Jan 2. (Hey, I have family obligations so I'll do my best to start on Jan 1.)

Disclaimers:

  • This not a sponsored post of any kind. I purchased these keys myself for the sole purpose of this giveaway.
  • They activate only on Steam as Retail OEM keys.
  • These keys come from Game Billet, a legitimate reseller. They do not come from sketchy places like G2A (NEVER, ever do business with G2A or companies like them).
  • Steam Support: How to activate a Product Key - https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/2A12-9D79-C3D7-F870

Proof:

Cheers (the holiday kind),

CatZoomies | PCMR Moderator, on behalf of the moderation team

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[–] cole@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

God of War. FYI, don't send keys over Lemmy private message. Anybody who runs an instance that federates with yours may be able to see your private messages. Just be careful is all!

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Really nice of you to do this, thank you. I would like to put my name in the hat for Miles morales. Best of wishes to you and yours.

[–] sam2099@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I would like Returnal if you would be kind.

Happy holidays everyone.

[–] Mir@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hogwarts legacy is very cool

[–] jared@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I'd like to get Hogwarts legacy for my wife.

[–] cottonmon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'd like to enter for God of War.

So what made me happy this year is that I finally moved out and have less interaction with my extremely toxic family. Also my GF came back from abroad and we're going to be working towards getting a place here so that we can start living together.

In any case, thanks for this OP and good luck everyone!

[–] Mr_Vortex@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I would love to try Returnal! I've had my eye on it since it came out but I never got around to it. Thanks for doing this giveaway! Happy holidays!

[–] reflex@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Merry Christmas to you OP!

Elden Ring please 😊

One thing that made me happy: been doing that Advent of Code and got a few answers right without relying on tuts or hints or anything. I only started studying Python again in my free time a few months ago.

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

I would like to have Persona 5. I have never played any persona game or any jrpg for that matter.

Also, thank you for the giveaway. I hope you have a wonderful 2024.

[–] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'll sign up for Returnal.

A few months ago I ran into the demo for an indie game called Laika: Aged through Blood. It came out around a month ago and it's an extremely solid indie game, I'd suggest anyone who likes metroidvanias a shot if you don't mind them being unforgiving as hell.

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[–] Mazuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'd like to win hogwarts legacy, thanks for doing this awesome giveaway!

[–] dualistic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I would love Horizon, thanks!

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I'll throw my name in for Elden Ring. Cheers to you for doing this OP.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

This year I got back into Destiny 2. I got to level 535 in Season of Defiance, and made a ton of new friends through it and the Discord servers connected to it.

[–] Temperche@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I would love to have God of war. This year was the first year with my first baby, and seeing her grow over the months has been a joy.

[–] mwproductions@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection would be great! I've been playing a ton of Dave the Diver, which is a fun game, but I'm definitely need a change of pace.

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[–] Tosti 3 points 1 year ago

Hogwarts legacy please, my kids would love it. Merry Christmas!

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

God of War is my choice.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game I played recently that blew me away. It’s a game that is hard to talk about without spoiling the absolute shit out of it. I don’t care for westerns and I always thought, “Ok, cowboy game. Cool. Whatever.”

It’s so much bigger than that. I could write a book about why I loved it so much, but it would spoil it. I’m begging anyone who sees this and hasn’t played it. Put it next on your list. You won’t regret it.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Will not participate, but props to you for organising this, it is really nice 🎄

Some of the games in the giveaway are in my wishlist, I hope in the next year I will get some and play them. Best of luck to the participants and wish a great time playing, best of luck to the moderation team, too. Happy holidays

[–] WeebLife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'd like tales of arise

[–] Sandbag@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hogwarts legacy would be rocking!

I would love to get Hogwarts Legacy for my son - he just finished all of the books! He's getting a new laptop for Christmas, so we haven't focused on games, etc. yet but I'm sure he'd be thrilled to play!

This is a really fun idea, thanks for doing this!

Merry Christmas! Spider-man remastered always looks fun but the price is killer.

[–] ecdis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hogwarts Legacy would be my choice.

Thank you CatZoomies and a merry Christmas!

[–] Zennyker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the giveaway! Looks like you went out of your way to get a good diversity of games. Awfully kind of you =)

I would like to try for Spiderman: Miles Morales, please

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

[–] betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Hogwarts looks like a fun game that I could play casually overtime. Happy Holidays!!

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Gotta be in it to win it!

Horizon Zero Dawn would be great, never got around to playing those games.

This year has been quite the ride, I started a new job and I've really loved it. It can be a lot of work sometimes, but it's work that I enjoy, so the days sometimes just flash by which is great. As far as gaming goes, I played a lot on my Switch this year. I sunk nearly 200 hours into Tears of the Kingdom. I'm a huge Zelda fan, so I tried to milk it as long as I could before getting the credits to roll.

[–] Sawy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hey, thanks for being so generous. Happy holidays.

If I were to pick, I would like to play Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered.

[–] DankeyKang@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

You're an amazing person :)

I'll try for Returnal

[–] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Would be pretty happy with Persona 5 Royal. I played it on ps4 back before I had a good PC but I never got far because playing on console is very inconvenient for me!

As for something that made me very happy recently, they finally announced the next monster hunter game, my favourite game series of all time! AND it's finally a pc release on launch! I'm definitely upgrading my computer when that one comes around! Also I passed all my college courses that I was really worried about failing, but you know, priorities.

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Returnal.

What a cool thing, thanks for doing this.

As a fan of titles like Hades and Control, Returnal's unique mix of gameplay elements is right up my alley. My budget has been maxxed lately so I've just been replaying the stuff in my steam library.

Happy everything to everyone!

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'll try for Elden Ring.

Thank you and Merry Christmas.

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[–] marker2002@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Happy Holidays! So awesome you're doing this!

Been wanting to try out Elden Ring, so add me to that drawing please! And thank you!

[–] M0sesMan@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Elden Ring for me. Thanks for the chance to win.

[–] Fracturedfox@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Returnal looks like so much fun!

[–] pacoo2454@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Happy holidays! I’d like a chance to win Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. Still haven’t had a chance to play it and forgot it’s on PC now. Thanks!

[–] luxinnocte@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'll put my request in for Persona 5 Royal. Buddy of mine is obsessed with it and has been trying to get me to play. Thanks for giving people the opportunity to win one of these games!

[–] Papercrane@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Would love to have uncharted. Thanks for the giveaway it's awesome that someone is doing something for the Christmas spirit

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hi, thanks for doing this! I'd love God of War 😁

I've sunk almost 500 hours in to baldurs gate 3 since it's release. Despite that, my favorite game I've played this year is probably going to be Tony Hawks Underground. I recently got hit with the nostalgia wave and have been playing THUG 1 and 2 which were major foundations of my childhood; the soundtracks are unbeatable ("Deadly Sinners" on the same playlist as "Burning Ring of Fire"? Who makes games like this anymore?) and the story and characters are the perfect level of bad.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago

I'm in for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. Merry Christmas :-)

[–] Robin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd love a chance at winning Hogwarts Legacy. Thanks for doing this generous giveway.

[–] piratehat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago
[–] cryostars@lemmyf.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Elden Ring would be cool!

I had been having a hard time getting motivated to play anything new over the last few months then saw a post about Dave the diver here on lemmy. Decided to try it out and it was just such a nice experience. Now I'm feeling a lot more motivated to try new games, mostly smaller indie-ish stuff.

Cheers

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

A friend recently recommended the Persona series, so I think I'm gonna have to go with Persona 5 Royal.

Something that made me happy this year (and gaming related) is that we finally got a remote Dungeons and Dragons group going with that friend, our significant others, and our mutual friend group. After a little hemming and hawing over how to set it up, we went with Foundry Virtual Tabletop (which we find suits our needs). It's good to be DMing for these friends and new faces again!

For a game recommendation/story, our tabletop group had been bandying around throwing in some one shots to try out some different systems and Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader came up.

I'm pretty excited to test it out and recently found that Owlcat released a Rogue Trader crpg. I've been pretty busy near the end of the calendar year, so jumping into some science fantasy lore to share with my girlfriend has been great. I'll have to talk with the guy GMing that one shot about the similarities between the crpg and the tabletop system, but we're already brainstorming characters for the one shot and beyond (if we like it).

Hope this reply finds you all cozy and enjoying the season. This giveaway is a really cool idea and good luck everyone!

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered would be awesome. I keep waiting for it to be 50% or more off but I have to be a patient gamer.

Thanks for doing this. Good luck to all.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Marvel’s Spider-man: Miles Morales.

My son played the hell out of the first one and would probably like that one as well, so I’ll try for that. Thanks so much for doing this and Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas.

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Happy holidays :) put me in for elden ring, thanks!

Entering for horizon zero dawn :)

[–] ksp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Happy holidays!

I'm interested in Elden Ring.

Thank you for your generosity!

[–] whiskyjack@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Elden Ring, please.

Thanks for this, and Merry Christmas! Hope yours is wonderful!

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