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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 @[email protected]
  2. ~~God of War~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  3. ~~Hogwarts Legacy~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  4. ~~Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  5. ~~Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  6. ~~Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  7. ~~Persona 5 Royal~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  8. ~~Returnal~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  9. ~~Tales of Arise~~ - Winner @[email protected]
  10. ~~UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection~~ - Winner @[email protected]

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 [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'd love to get Miles Morales! I started playing the first one this year and my son (who adores Spider-Man) would regularly sit and cuddle with me on my lap while I played it. Easily my favorite experience from the year.

[–] cybervseas 2 points 1 year 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!

[–] Doublythumbs 2 points 1 year ago

Elden Ring. I've been meaning to try it out. My friends have been hounding me to play it, but I've not had a chance to play any Souls Like games so I've been hesitant to purchase. Whether I'm a winner or not, thank you for the generous giveaway! Happy Holidays!

[–] marker2002 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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So, a friend of mine and I were playing Hunt: Showdown in duos. We find the target, but someone else already had. Multiple someone elses. For those who play, the target was at Sweetbell, and we approached from Arden Parish. I'm rocking a lebel marksman variant, so I take a look into one of the windows. Someone's there, so I pop him. Headshot. We move, rotating south and getting contacted but coming out victorious. I take a look in again at the bounties, but neither is giving me a window shot. I happen to see one move though, and headshot him through the wall. "I'm getting reported for that one" I comment. We continue to rotate clockwise around the building, and I ascend the tower between Sweetbell and Fort Carmic. I quickly get draw a bread and drop a player. This time his partner returns for and gets me. My own partner remains hidden for long enough that they look elsewhere to more immediate threats, and he picks me up. Eventually, as we're rotating north, they make a break for it, and get an area away by the time we finish looting their kills. I suggest going after them, and my partner expressed doubt. I mention that we have scopes, and hop onto some stairs to see if I can spot them. I do, and take my shot, downing one. The other scurried into the brush. I hold the view, waiting for the partner to make his move, and after a short pause my partner checks his map and says the other target made a break for it. We collect one of the bounties and leave via the same path. When we check the teams that round, we realize that I only killed one of the pair in that building... ever. The morale damage that must've done in order that the other just abandoned his buddy. My friend and I now use that player's username as a verb for when we down a player more than three times, and in particularly... efficient manner. For the game, I'm interested in Returnal.

[–] ExcessivelyNoisy 2 points 1 year ago

I'd love a chance at Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered! Thanks for doing this, and happy holidays :)

[–] Zugyuk 2 points 1 year ago

Horizon zero dawn please! Thank you so much for running this, is there a place we can offer a kickback to you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for being so generous with this! I've been meaning to try out Returnal for a while now so that would be awesome to get. Something that made me very happy this year was my dog. We got him just over a year ago as a puppy and I'll be honest it was pretty tough at the beginning, puppies are a lot of work and he's a stubborn little boy, but this year he's just got progressively better and better and it makes all the work we put in at the beginning so worth it.

Hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year!

[–] Papercrane 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Joyous Holidays and I hope y’all have a happy new year!

Thanks again for doing this giveaway it’s always a hoot.

I’d like to throw my hat in for Miles Morales if I could. I really like the Spider-Man series even if my graphics card hates me for playing it.

And for my Happy Thought: If you’re one of the people who still hasn’t seen the new Spider-Verse movie, oh you’re gonna have a great time watching it.

Thank everybody

[–] c24w 2 points 1 year ago

Spider-Man Remastered, thank you!

[–] NinjaTeensy 2 points 1 year ago

Persona 5! Thanks for opportunity!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for doing this!

I would personally be interested in Spider man remastered.

As for a game I played recently and loved, I've been playing Xenotilt and Demon's Tilt and they're both amazing pinball games. I loved Metroid Prime Pinball as a kid and these are the first pinball games that really capture that same appeal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is very nice of you. I'd love to have elden ring.

[–] hal_5700X 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, no one wants God of War.

[–] CatZoomies 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know, right? I swear if I don’t get a response tomorrow I’m gonna lose it.

But it’s good for all the others that entered for this game since their odds go slightly up in the randomizer. Elden Ring and God of War were the overwhelming number of selections from the ppl that entered. You’d figure this game would have had an immediate response… maybe because it didn’t win Steam’s most innovative game of 2023 lol. God of War can’t be Starfield I guess.

[–] hal_5700X 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hopefully, Kratos will get a home next time.

The trolls love Starfield.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Put me in for Elden Ring!

A game I've been playing recently is Bread & Fred. It has put the pure fun factor back in games for me. No competitiveness, no completionist motivation, just pure fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't want anything out of this for myself, as I currently have enough on my plate as it is. I'm just commenting to boost engagement. I love that you're doing this, though! Happy holidays, everyone! *<|:-)

[–] drakolord 1 points 1 year ago

I would love the uncharted collection, loved watching my dad play the games as a kid and its always been my favorite, used to even wear a copy nathans ring, havent gotten to play it in years since I sold my ps4 and havent had the money to buy a fullpriced playstation game!

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