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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 @[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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

How about Elden Ring.

Fun thing for me this holiday was solving a puzzle for another Lemmy user. Figured out the movie they couldn't recall for years was New Friends, 1981, and they are able to share that and the online video of it I found with their sisters for the holidays. Bonus points, there's was a monetary reward that's now going to charity. Was very entertaining.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Very cool of you to do this! I would love to check out Uncharted, I've never played it.

My happy/hopeful story is that the company I work for is looking pretty good for next year and this year was already pretty good. So I'm looking forward to the new year!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’ve been making posts like crazy to fill the fediverse Critical Role group with content and have had an unexpected amount of fun with screenshots and labeling pop culture references over the holidays so far. The big group that has been doing it, CritRoleStats, is shuttering updates, and it’s kinda inspired me to do this. People whose grasp of American English and slang is limited, or those with disabilities are the main groups I have found to be helping and that’s pretty cool.

Thanks for doing this, btw. My top 5, in order: Tales of Arise, Persona 5, Elden Ring, Hogwarts, God of War.

Cheers,
Gramps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for doing this!

The game "spider man remastered" looks interesting, never tried anything like it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I've always wanted to try out Elden Ring but have been holding off on it to work through my backlog. Just finished Bully for the first time and I gotta say it was one of the best open world games Rockstar has made despite the PC jank. Everything about it was just so charming it's hard to believe conservatives lost their shit to this game just for the title of the game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

i'd like to play elden ring

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Marvel's spiderman remastered would be freakin awesome! Thanks for the chance

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Spider-Man Remastered, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Persona 5! Thanks for opportunity!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm really only interested in GoW so I can give it to my brother. He's a dad of 2 and needs some quality games in his backlog.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Persona 5 Royal.

Got a new job this year! Will start next year and I'll have some time off in between so I can visit my family.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I'd love to win God of War

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I would like Uncharted.

I learned to scuba dive this year and learned how many diverse are committed to trying to preserve whats left.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Not entering as I have most of these treasures but thank you for the Lemmy giveaway!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Elden Ring please (and thanks -even if I don't win).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Man, no one wants God of War.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hopefully, Kratos will get a home next time.

The trolls love Starfield.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wow thanks! Would love to get the UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves collection. My brother and I grew up playing Uncharted 1-3 on the PlayStation over the our summer breaks and those are some of my favorite memories. Coincidentally, this year I feel our bond has been growing again. Though it's been a tough year, moving back into the family home has meant I spend more time with him and we've been going back and playing the nostalgics, recently BO3 Zombies, and it's really felt great to have a friend and brother again. Would love to play more uncharted with him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Whoa this is cool, thanks for doing this. I'm interested in Hogwarts Legacy. I've played Elden Ring, God of War, and HZD. I really struggled with HZD, though. Couldn't get into it for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Spiderman Remastered would be cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I don't want anything out of this for myself, as I currently have enough on my plate as it is. I'm just commenting to boost engagement. I love that you're doing this, though! Happy holidays, everyone! *<|:-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I just wanna say you're so cool for doing this. Merry Crimmas 🎄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I've been waiting to try out Returnal!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I've been eyeing returnal but couldn't bring myself to buy it. I want returnal from the list thanks

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