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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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[–] Gumus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

Persona 5 Royal

Thank you for the opportunity! I've been pleasantly surprised at the quality of games I've played this year. Finally finished Horizon Zero Dawn after it "clicked" for me, and Forbidden West is so far an improvement in almost every way. Spider-Man 2 was nearly perfect (besides using a version of a character that I guess was designed to give you more stuff to do). I bought Hogwarts Legacy for my significant other and was surprised to find how relatively complex the combat was (especially compared to the old PS2 Harry Potter games). And I finally got into Shin Megami Tensei with 4 and have had a blast.

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hogwarts Legacy.

Happy holidays, everyone.

[–] DelvianSeek@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Elden Ring. I've never really played a souls game, and it looks really great.

Not a lot of joy this year, got laid off last year and now find myself in a job where I'm making less and commuting more, but there were a couple of bright spots. I've been running a D&D game set in Mythic Greece, and it's been the best TTRPG I've run or played in years - my players have been absolutely loving it. Plus, I recently spoke to a retirement advisor and found that I'm in very good shape to retire in 10 years, and that makes me very happy.

Thanks for doing this. Happy Holidays!

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

[–] mycus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

Insomniac's made some of the greatest games I've ever played

But heck, this game is about 30% of the minimum wage here lol

[–] Shocker_Khan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Happy holidays.

Hogwarts Legacy please. Not my type of game, but I know my partner would love it.

Quick story. In my adult life I've always been into charity. A couple of years ago a friend created his own 501c non profit. He was getting stuff together but then got overwhelmed and depressed and just couldn't focus on it anymore. Fast forward to a couple of months ago. I hit him up to see how he was doing and he felt inspired but still overwhelmed. Didn't know where to pick things up.

I started giving pointers (from my background in project management) and he asked if I would help him get this charity off the ground. Of course I said yes. He voted me in officially and that has been my whole world since then. Yeah I still have my regular job, and yeah the charity thing is solely volunteer, but I'm playing to my strengths and I'm conducting this thing the best I can.

We finally did our first utility relief from donations just a few weeks ago and it felt good. Going to really kick it in high gear in 2024.

[–] Sawy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hey, thanks for being so generous. Happy holidays.

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

[–] Rinn@literature.cafe 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've finally decided to give Cyberpunk 2077 a shot, deciding that it has had enough time in the oven, and... yup. I'm happy to have waited all these years to play something that's a finished product, runs well, looks beautiful and is engaging and fun to play. Honestly I spend half of my time in this game just walking around the city - it's the first city in a game that feels realistic, with all the street markets, food stalls, drunk people wandering the streets at 4 am...

BG3 was overall the best game I've played this year though.

I would like Persona 5 Royal, never really had a chance to get into this series but I've heard good things!

[–] Tosti@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] leon1qotsa@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for Tales of Arise!

Merry Christmas and kudos for this giveaway 🎊

[–] TequilaMockingbird@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

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!

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'd love to be considered for Persons 5 Royal (or Returnal), please.

One thing that made me happy this year? I became a father. It's really difficult to say whether that makes me hopeful for the future. On the contrary, it makes me kind of afraid? Like ... I maybe have another 25-30 years left to live, but my child will be the in the peak of their life at that time. And I worry about what kind of world I'll be leaving them in. Everything feels more important now than it ever did...

But anyway, on a happy note, I bought 2 games at release this year and they were both quite good (Hogwarts Legacy and Elden Ring) :)

[–] sam2099@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I would like Returnal if you would be kind.

Happy holidays everyone.

[–] massivefan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Happy Holidays, Elden Ring.

A game that I recently played and loved was Bombrush Cyberfunk, I am a massive fan of Jet Set Radio Future and it just felt amazing to play a modern game based off of JSRF!

[–] Kittenstix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Returnal

There are 3 cockatiels living with me(I rescued them, not in Australia) and I had a pen with a string attached to it and was writing when two of them flew over and started fighting over the knot in the string, not an active fight just one would start chewing on the knot and then the other would pull it away and back and forth it went for a good 20 minutes.

I really enjoyed watching them passive aggressively fighting over a toy, it was cute.

[–] ecdis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hogwarts Legacy would be my choice.

Thank you CatZoomies and a merry Christmas!

[–] Mir@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hogwarts legacy is very cool

[–] Kaijobu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

Hogwarts Legacy would be my choice.

This year for the first time I tried to cook a seitan roast with crackling. Also vegan potato dumplings as well as bread dumplings and gravy. It turned out quite okay. I would just like to experiment with better spices to make the taste of the seitan roast more intense.

[–] amazingBarry@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My wife doesn't game much buy she is a MASSIVE Harry Potter fan. I wonder if she would play Legacy if we had it.

Thanks for doing good for people.

[–] reflex@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] Drakime@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Merry Christmas!

Interested in UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection~

The highlight of my year would be graduating from university. It was tough, but being able to graduate was a significant achievement for myself. Made me somewhat hopeful for my future.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] molme@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Tales of Arise would be my choice!! I'm glad that you are doing things like this, making Lemmy and this community stronger!!!

[–] Hellstormy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hey, I'd be really interested in Elden Ring :)

[–] eluvatar@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Merry Christmas! I'd like Returnal.

[–] Pwnmode@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I have a new GPU coming and Returnal would be awesome to play on it.

[–] fellstone@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

I've always wanted to try God of War.

[–] Temperche@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] Pr0v3n@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ooooh Returnal! I’ve been wanting to play it with a mate for quite some time but that price tag has been quite the hump to get over… Best of luck everyone in the giveaway! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone! Hope you all have a better year than this one~

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Returnal

Considering BG3 is not on this list, you should absolutely consider giving it a playthrough. I've never played a crpg I liked, and my wife had never played one at all, and now we're on our 4th playthrough. It is a legitimate masterpiece and the hype is well-deserved

[–] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Entering for Persona 5, always wanted to try the game out but it was a console exclusive for the longest time

It's actually pretty cool to see giveaways happening on Lemmy of all places, thank you for this.

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I'll throw my hat in the ring for Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered.

Things that made me happy this year? I started a new job in Jan that has been great. Company treats it's employees like people the work is enjoyable.

Thanks for doing this and happy holidays.

[–] valveman@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 2 years ago

Merry Christmas OP! I'll pick Persona 5 Royal

Here's what made me happy this year:

  • I got married!
  • I landed my first job as a programmer (and got promoted a month after)

Happy holidays everyone

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition

That is quite a list of games, thank you! This year I met someone in the most random way and we really like having each other in our lives. It's awesome to have a new friend who might turn into much more!

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Always fancied elden ring but my inability to git gud has held me back.

[–] timidgoat@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Happy holidays to you, this is awesome! I think Spiderman Remastered gets me the most from this list. Never had the opportunity to play it.

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

I'll try for Elden Ring.

Thank you and Merry Christmas.

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[–] SuperThr33s@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

God of war, please

Elden Ring, please.

[–] Undef@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring for Elden Ring! My favorite game I've played this year is gonna have to be God of War. Getting a chance to revisit a matured and wise version of Kratos, after having experienced how he used to be when I played the original games on PS2 was great.

[–] joat_mon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not wanting to enter the giveaway but just wanted to say what a lovely thing to do for the community.

Happy Holidays everyone

[–] mayas@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

God of War would be a great one to have! I've only played the one version on PSP like 10/12 years ago and loved it! Thanks

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 2 years ago

How about Elden Ring.

Fun thing for me this holiday was solving a puzzle for another Lemmy user. Figured out the movie they couldn't recall for years was New Friends, 1981, and they are able to share that and the online video of it I found with their sisters for the holidays. Bonus points, there's was a monetary reward that's now going to charity. Was very entertaining.

[–] b_crussin@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Spiderman: Miles Morales has been on my wish list for a long time. Been excited to play it ever since beating the first one!

It’s good to see giveaways like this coming to Lemmy. Always commented on the ones on Reddit but have yet to get lucky. Nice to see them around though!

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[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

hey thanks for doing this! I'm interested in god of war. I've been meaning to play it for a while but I haven't had the cash to buy it 😭

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