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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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[–] kdm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hogwarts legacy!

Just picked up a new steam deck and would love to check it out on there

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] Rinn@literature.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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!

[–] whiskybourbon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Game: Persona 5 Royal

The biggest thing that made me happy this year was being home for the holidays. I have a job that often sends me to remote sites for work. I was sent away in the end of 2019 for work, right before all the pandemic stuff started. Soon after that lock downs began and many travel restrictions were put in place, including ones within my own company. Basically I have been stuck very far away from my family for a very long time. The off-shore work contract finally came to an end and even though I am now technically unemployed for the time being, this was the first Christmas holiday period I have been able to spend with my family since 2018. That meant the world to me and one of the things that has made me the happiest in many years, let alone just this year. As far as hopeful, I am hopeful that this will definitely not be the last holiday season I can spend with my family and currently have no plans to leave again like that anytime soon (not that I planned it like that in the first place though anyway lol).

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

[–] ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I'll throw my name in for Elden Ring. Cheers to you for doing this OP.

[–] Temperche@lemmy.world 3 points 1 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.

That's super kind of you to be giving away that many great games! Shame I wouldn't have time to play any of them but best of luck to all!

Happy Christmas!

[–] alomsimoy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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 :)

[–] Gumus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

[–] leon1qotsa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

Merry Christmas and kudos for this giveaway 🎊

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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) :)

[–] Zennyker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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!

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.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Put me in for Hogwarts. Thanks for bringing these to Lemmy and happy holidays

[–] sam2099@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I would like Returnal if you would be kind.

Happy holidays everyone.

[–] ecdis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hogwarts Legacy would be my choice.

Thank you CatZoomies and a merry Christmas!

[–] Kittenstix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] Pwnmode@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Mir@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hogwarts legacy is very cool

[–] brumberg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered!

Baldur's Gate 3 is probably my game of the year, but lately I've actually been playing Fortnite with some friends and having a blast in zero build mode. The new update is great, plus you can't go wrong with some LEGO survival mode.

Thanks for doing this, you're a kind soul! Have a wonderful holiday, as well as everyone in this thread. Good luck to you all!

[–] Crazychicken563@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's so cool that you're doing this, tysm! I'd love to play God of War if I end up getting rolled, it's been on my list for ages

My happy story is that 2023 was the first full calendar year I spent with my current partner and love of my life ❤️

Happy holidays!

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[–] hangyor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Horizon zero dawn please and thank you!

I finally had that moment in life where I could sit back watching TV with my family and just breathe and be grateful for everyone and everything I had. Where most of the stress of day to day was lifted and I could just.... be.

[–] Kaijobu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] DelvianSeek@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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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[–] cso@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Happy holidays!

Hogwarts Legacy

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] Sandbag@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hogwarts legacy would be rocking!

[–] fedev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hogwarts Legacy would be great!

[–] fellstone@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I've always wanted to try God of War.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I'd like to get Hogwarts legacy for my wife.

[–] molme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] Sawy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hey, thanks for being so generous. Happy holidays.

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

[–] OriginalMP3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 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!

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[–] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Would be pretty happy with Persona 5 Royal. I played it on ps4 back before I had a good PC but I never got far because playing on console is very inconvenient for me!

As for something that made me very happy recently, they finally announced the next monster hunter game, my favourite game series of all time! AND it's finally a pc release on launch! I'm definitely upgrading my computer when that one comes around! Also I passed all my college courses that I was really worried about failing, but you know, priorities.

[–] WaywardFlock@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Haven't had a chance to play God of War yet so that would be sweet, happy holidays and thanks for the giveaway

[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

I don't need any games but wanted to say this is an awesome idea. Good on ya.

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] maniajack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Entering for persona 5 royal 😁

Hmm this year I played a lot of slay the spire never played a card game before but this one is so accessible but rewardingly difficult too

[–] luxinnocte@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'll put my request in for Persona 5 Royal. Buddy of mine is obsessed with it and has been trying to get me to play. Thanks for giving people the opportunity to win one of these games!

[–] nomad504@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I'd love to get Hogwarts Legacy

[–] DoctorWhat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve kind of had my eye on Returnal for a while! I’m afraid it might kick my butt, though. Thanks for the giveaway!

[–] piratehat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 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.

[–] Robin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd love a chance at winning Hogwarts Legacy. Thanks for doing this generous giveway.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'll try for Elden Ring.

Thank you and Merry Christmas.

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