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

  • Doublythumbs
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    21 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!

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

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

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    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.

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    11 year ago

    Heyyy, happy holidays! I’m interested in Elden Ring :)

    I don’t have many hopeful stories this time around, but I hope next year will be a good one in spite of it all.

    Good luck everyone!

  • N-E-N
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    11 year ago

    Sick idea! Elden Ring would be sick, have really wanted to try it on my Steam Deck

    This year I graduated from my undergrad. No good job yet or anything but, it’s feels like a new section of my life for now, hopefully my first full year out of school will be a good one :)

    Thanks for the new years treat!

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    11 year ago

    Entering for Marvel’s Spider-man: Miles Morales.

    I recently got back into Elite: Dangerous. It’s an mmorpg where you’re first person flying a spaceship, it’s pretty realistic too physics wise except for a top speed in space. But without it, there would be no dogfights. So instead of getting into risking my hard earned virtual money refreshing my skills I decided to risk someone else (significantly less) money by joining a strangers crew. We went bounty hunting for space pirates, the dude was very friendly and all went well. I would launch from a tiny ship stored on board of his larger ship and give him fire suppoty. It was great until some npc rammed me, and I started spinning, rapidly, along two axis at once. Oh did I mention I was playing in vr? Unpleasant was an understatement.

    So I’ve now bought a gigantic passenger ship, painted it chromatic blue and called it the vengabus. I listen to audio books while piloting it. It’s very relaxing. Definitely better than becoming increasingly dizzy from the faster ships in the game.

  • zkfcfbzr
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    21 year 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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    I already own/played most of these. A very kind action on your part!

    I will go for the uncharted games as I fear the Elden* ring is beyond my gaming capabilities :').

    I’ve recently been playing Jedi survivor. While I feel my pc isn’t entirely up to the task anymore, streaming it downstairs through the steam deck really makes it more enjoyable to play!

    Best of luck to everyone! May the odds ever be in your favor! Have a great Christmas/new years/2024.

    Shout-out to the person doing the giveaway! It’s a very generous year end gift to do for strangers.

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    21 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!

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    31 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.

  • Unaware7013
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    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.

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    31 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!

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    21 year 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.