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Holiday Giveaway - Steam Codes! - Giveaway Ended (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] c24w@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Spider-Man Remastered, thank you!

[–] Gamer153@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'd love to win God of War

[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I absloutely bloody love to try Elden ring/spoderman sign me up woooo

[–] Kylamon1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's very awesome of you kind sir/ma'am. I would be interested in #5 spiderman.

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

Either spiderman game would be pretty fun on deck so I pick the first one, it's not like I got a lack of games though lol. Just about to start playing most of the GTA games.

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

Entering for Elden Ring

this, my last year of college, I've made several new relationships because of dark souls. Recently, because of this group, got a girlfriend, and I would love to gift her with the game!

Congrats to the winners and Merry Christmas!

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

I'll enter for God of War, I watched a few YouTube videos of it with my son and it looked fun and a good story. Thanks for this idea, it's fun. Good luck to everyone.

Something that made me happy this year: my son tested into advanced math placement at school and I still can't get over how amazed I am with the poor genes I passed in to him. Couldn't be more proud as it was something he wanted and of his own choosing spent extra time practicing math. Don't know how I lucked out, but he's pretty impressive to me

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you kindly, CatZoomies!

I would like Elden Ring.

[–] 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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[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Missed out on the elden ring hype last year and still haven't been able to pick it up, fingers crossed and good luck everyone!

recently I played bullet witch and enjoyed it quite a bit despite it's notorious reputation for its jankyness. something about it has a charm that the late 2000s really mastered aesthetically.

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

Returnal

Something that made me happy or hopefully this year would be my cat recovering from a rather nasty infection. He's a very good boy.

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

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered

Thanks for the giveaways! I'm thankful for the new job. Same job. Better place. Got a Steam Deck a year ago to catch up on my back log of games I haven't had time to play. I'm up to like 2013 and playing Shadow Warrior, atm. Lol

[–] weebkent@ani.social 2 points 2 years ago

Hey, cool giveaway! Unfortunately I can't run any of these games yet, stuck with a potato laptop, but I'll enter for Tales of Arise just so I can finally know what that series is about. Some discord peeps I know love them so yeah. Here's to me getting a pc that can run these games in a few years.

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

Miles Morales seems pretty cool. I’ve played other similar games, but never gone after this one.

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

Horizon zero dawn has been on my mind for a bit, so that would be pretty dope.

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

Elden Ring is definitely my choice. I've played some but it wasn't my own copy so I haven't really been able to play it anymore, and for some reason I just never pulled the trigger myself.

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Persona 5 Royal!

I hear so many great things about this game and have been wanting to play it. My friend played it and let me play it a little, but I feel like this is a game that must be experienced from the very beginning to properly enjoy. The music is great, the art style is fantastic - it seems like an awesome game.

Regardless if I win or not, thank you for giving these away to people. I hope you and everyone in this thread have happy holidays, and if you're not celebrating any holidays, I hope your days are still blessed with cheers and wonder.

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Hello there, and happy holiday too! Thank you OP for hosting such nice event for everyone.

Persona 5 Royal maybe?

I am long time SMT fan from PS2 era (Nocturne, P3 and P4), Persona 5 is the only game that I have not yet played from the spin off Persona series.

To be honest while it's bit up and down this year, I managed to graduate from College and succesfully fund myself a small workshop, and at the moment I am in process of applying job for my dream career.

Once again thank you OP!

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

Spiderman remastered would be very nice, actually.

This year I had an unexpected GOTY (released last year but whatever) in Tinykin. It's a fun 3D platforming collectathon type game that I 100%'d because I liked it that much. The sound effects are perfect, the gameplay is rewarding and it all comes together so well.

[–] noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Elden Ring! I choose you!

(optional story) Few days ago I bought Saints Row 2022 and I LOVE IT! The world is so interesting and beautiful, characters are nice, few bugs here and there, but the newest update makes a huge difference from the release version. I don't get the hate so many folks throw at this game. It's just not for them I guess.

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

Thank you for setting this up @CatZoomies. I already have one or two of these games and the other ones are not really the kind that I play. However, would you be open to allowing other people to donate more games to your giveaway? I think we should have more than 10 games for the community.

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

Persona 5 Royal

First thank you, and happy holidays.

My favorite game recently was Mario Wonder. It just made me happy to play. It brought back joy from being a kid. I finally beat Elden Ring this year and even though it was an amazing game, there was a ton of frustration too. I don’t have many hours to play in a week because of work. When I played Mario Wonder, I knew I would enjoy it every time I sat down.

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

Hey there, I'd really like to play God of War! Never really got a chance to play it. Happy holidays everyone!

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

Happy holidays everyone! I'd like Persona 5 if I win.

Played some Voices of the Void recently, the game is really good at making you paranoid lol. I somehow managed to go out of bounds by jumping around in the base. At first I thought that the aliems got me, turns out I was >!just sent to the backrooms!<. Anyway, I reloaded the save the game made before that and proceeded to microwave >!the radioactive capsule!< I found in the middle of nowhere

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

Hi, I loved the new spider-man movies and also always loved the character. I would love to play Spiderman remastered these holidays!! Thank you for the giveaway OP!! Happy Holidays to everyone too!

[–] kae@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I've been eyeing Spider-Man Remastered for awhile, but never pulled the trigger due to price and the amount of time I have. I'd love to explore that world though!

Thanks so much for doing this.

[–] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Spider man for me please.

For my story, it is about tetris effect.

It was on game pass awhile ago, but I got to try it out for little while. It was much needed break from daily stresses of work and everything going on. It reminds me of when I was young, and would play with my late father.

I miss him, so this was a nice looking back moment. The game has moved off the service now, but I am saving up to get it for myself, hopefully by his birthday next year.

Happy holidays to you all, and spend time or talk to those people who you hold dear.

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

I would love to try Persona 5 royal, one of my friends loves the series so would be fun to try. If people wanna try a good and fun game then I would highly recommend the psychonauts series. The humour and gameplay are top notch, and number one is pretty cheap. Number 2 was without a doubt my favourite game of the year

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

The uncharted collection looks fun

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Elden Ring, please.

[–] 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 😭

[–] c0mput0r@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Elden Ring

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

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

[–] Googlyman64@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

spiderman remastered please

hopefully I'm not on Santa's naughty list this year

[–] pacoo2454@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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!

[–] cryostars@lemmyf.uk 2 points 2 years 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

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man, no one wants God of War.

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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.

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[–] Rinn@literature.cafe 1 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!

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Some things that made me happy this year:

  • My best friend has some issues that occasionally make interacting with them difficult. This year I got a lot better at handling those moments in a more graceful way, which has led to less stress for (hopefully) both of us.
  • I got a lot better at handling my time in a productive way this year.
  • I made a lot of big steps toward significantly changing my work situation in a way that I'm hopeful will turn out for the better.

And some games I enjoyed playing this year include Hogwarts Legacy, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pico Park with my niece, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, Crash Bandicoot 2 (From the trilogy game), Super Mario Wonder, Stray, and Manifold. I 100%'d all of those except Zelda and Manifold (Which I'm still playing).

Hard call for me between Horizon Zero Dawn and either Spider-Man game since I've had both on my radar for a while, but I'll go in for Spider-Man Remastered 🕷🕸 Happy Holidays ♡

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