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

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 2 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) :)

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

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

Merry Christmas! I'd like Returnal.

[–] ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org 2 points 2 years ago

Merry Christmas and a happy new year! I wouldn't mind getting to try Marvel's Spider Man Remastered; I've a few friends that say it's good.

I've been a bit under the weather over the holidays, which has given me the opportunity to try some of the free games I've been accruing from Epic's giveaways. Art of Rally was pretty good. Nice art style, active development, and an interesting concept rooted in historical events.

[–] 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

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years 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

[–] massivefan@lemmy.world 2 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!

[–] EdgeRunner@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hey there,

Thats Nice of you 🥰🥰,

The best things for me, don't laugh, my life isn't cool lmao, was finishing twice cyberpunk in a month, and then my first use of stable diffusion on my arch station (BTW), I almost did an coming out too :D but this one doesn't count, because its in progress.... ✊

Im applying for Persona5, I really want to give him a go, but if someone is in need prefer this someone, I can buy it after all. That's really lovely from you. 😘

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

Merry Christmas! Have been eyeing up Elden Ring since release but haven't had the time since having a baby.

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

Merry Christmas! I've had God of War in my wishlist forever! I remember playin the OG in the PS2 and Chain of Olympus in PSP and I loved them. I would love to repeat the experience in this PC remake :)

[–] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years 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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[–] DankeyKang@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

You're an amazing person :)

I'll try for Returnal

[–] OriginalMP3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Having been a Xbox player before getting my PC, Spiderman Remastered had been on my list since it was announced. Thank you for the giveaway and good luck everyone!

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

@OriginalMP3@lemmy.world

Congrats! You've been selected for Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered! Please check your Private Messages and respond either here or to my PM to accept this giveaway. I will then send you the Steam code over PM. You have 24 hours to accept, so hurry up!! :)

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[–] stefano@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Wow you’re very kind! I’d like Horizon Zero Dawn to play with my Steamdeck when the children are asleep because the TV is theirs 😁

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

[–] tamiya_tt02@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the giveaway. I played Elden Ring on PS5, but now that I'm getting back into PC gaming I'd like to try it again on my Ally.

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

[–] Mr_Vortex@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years 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!

[–] cole@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years 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!

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

I would love Horizon, thanks!

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years 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.

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

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

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

@mwproductions@lemmy.world

Congrats! You've been selected for ~~Dave the Diver~~ UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection! Please check your Private Messages and respond either here or to my PM to accept this giveaway. I will then send you the Steam code over PM. You have 24 hours to accept, so hurry up!! :)

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years 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.

Elden Ring, please.

[–] 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.

[–] marker2002@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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!

[–] 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

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.

[–] 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.

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

Elden Ring, please.

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

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

[–] zanyllama52 2 points 2 years 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!

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 2 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 ♡

[–] 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

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

Elden Ring. For the story, I remember those days that you stay up with your friends doing a full run! Not much time to do that these days, but the nostalgia always kicks in this time of year. :

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

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.

[–] 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

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

Spiderman remastered

This year, my 6 yr old nephew got super big into Pokémon. Everytime he comes over, he shows me his Pokémon cards that he's collecting and all the new Pokémon he's caught in Let's Go Eevee. Eevee is his all time favorite Pokémon so when he leaned that was your starter in the game, he was jumping up and down with joy! Gotta love seeing the same excitement I had with Pokémon red back in the day.

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

Thanks for the giveaway. I am interested in Hogwarts Legacy. I am happy that the steam deck has help make gaming on Linux possible.

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

Thank you for the opportunity and for being so generous. I've been interested in God of War for quite some time. Funny enough I played Persona 5 Royale all the way through this year, and it was the first time in quite a while I got the opportunity to give the time necessary to complete a game.

Happy Holidays!

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

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

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