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Pssst, can I interest you in some free video games? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Howdy pardners, this is a cheeky self-plug for [email protected], a community I've created to post limited-time full-game free giveaways. It's been going a month or two and I'm already claiming games faster than I can play them, so come and join me and make your what-game-to-play choice paralysis worse!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Technically true, though you can start a free trial of Prime and claim all the games, and then (supposedly) they're still yours to keep after the trial expires. A small hoop to jump through, but it should mean free games!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doesn't really work if I've had a subscription before, or used said free month some time in the past.

Only issue here is to flag it's on Twitch Prime so everyone has the right expectation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you not create a new account with a new (or alias) email? Or do they want phone number, card, or other less-easily-created details?

The Amazon ones are tagged as such, but there are plenty of other providers with less hoops to jump through!

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

I haven't tried. That's not for me. I'd rather just buy the game or pirate it. Both are much easier.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depends. Some of the games they give you are on gog. Those you certainly get to keep.

IRC Others are only available as long as you're a prime member.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What, no, absolutely not. In fact I recall the games you get via their launcher don't even have DRM on them. I'll check them again at some point.

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

Some definitely do have DRM. I explicitly ended up buying Devil May Cry on Steam despite getting it with Prime because it opened the Twitch launcher every time I tried to play, which messed up Steam Input or whatever I was trying to use at the time.

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

According to the game pages themselves:

Games with Prime are free to collect and can be kept forever.

I've not tried cancelling myself, but a quick web search for other people asking this question says yes you do keep them!