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Update Sep 21:
All winners have claimed the games! Congrats again to all the winners, and thanks everyone for participating!

If you didn't win, look out for another giveaway I'll host in the future. Most likely in Winter 2024. I'll try to get us other games besides Action/RPGs lol. :D

Note:
The games donated by an anonymous Lemmy user are still available.
I will make a separate post in [[email protected]](/c/[email protected]).  I will do this next week so I can rest and recover from my cold.
Update Sep 20 - Part 2:
Only one last key remaining, pending a response from the winner:
- Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy - 1 key remaining - Winner: Pending

Note: The remaining keys from the anonymous person that donated to me will be given away as a separate post in [[email protected]](/c/[email protected])
Update Sep 20:
Sorry folks, I got back from a work trip and am also getting over a cold. This is the first day that I feel well enough to use my computer, so I'll continue with redraws. So far, most of the keys have been claimed but others have not gotten back to me within the 48 hours.
New winners have been selected for the final three games:
- Final Fantasy I-VI Bundle (Pixel Remasters) - 1 key remaining
- Hogwarts Legacy: Deluxe Edition - 1 key remaining
- Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy - 1 key remaining

Note that the remaining keys from the anonymous person that donated to me will be given away as a separate post in [[email protected]](/c/[email protected])
Update Sep 8:
I made a post here to announce I would start drawing today - https://lemmy.world/post/19534362
I'm a little delayed with giving these games away as my intention was to do it on Sep 1st. Unfortunately some personal things got in the way, but now we're good to go and I can starting handing them out!
- All winners have been notified. They have 48 hours to get back to me. See my comments below starting with: "Congratulations! You've been selected as the winner of..."
- I will update the list of games below when the game has been claimed by the winner.

These games have automatic winners since they were the only one who entered:
- Pony Island - [@[email protected]](https://mander.xyz/u/Aviandelight) 
- Sniper Elite 4 - [@[email protected]](https://lemmy.ca/u/EpicStuff) 
- Strange Horticulture - [@[email protected]](https://lemdro.id/u/midimalist) 
- Congrats to the lucky winners!!

No one entered for these games. I will make a new post in [[email protected]](https://lemmy.world/c/giftofgaming) and will give away the codes there:
- Agatha Knife
- Calico
- Cultures Bundle
- Stronghold Crusader HD
- Two Point Hospital (EU Region-Locked ONLY)
- Valhalla Hills Two-Horned Helmet Edition
Update Aug 18:
I added more games from a kind, anonymous Lemming. I extended the giveaway to August 31st. No more donations accepted - thank you!

Hey PC Master Race community! And hi anyone else that stumbles upon this post and is not a member of the PCMR community!

Summer is almost over, and it has been an interesting year for sure. I previously did a giveaway for last Winter Holiday 2023, and decided I should do another giveaway! Basically because we here in Lemmy are still alive and kicking, and I want to do something nice for a few lucky gamers.

Games I'm giving away:

Some of the games have multiple key codes, denoted by the quantity.

  1. ~~Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion | Quantity 1 | Steam Product Page~~ - Winner: @[email protected]
  2. ~~Final Fantasy I-VI Bundle (Pixel Remasters) | Qty 2 | Steam~~ - Winner 1: @[email protected], Winner 2: @[email protected]
  3. ~~Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade | Qty 2 | Steam~~ - Winner 1: @[email protected], Winner 2: @[email protected]
  4. ~~Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe Edition | Qty 2 | Steam~~ - Winner 1: @[email protected] , Winner 2: @[email protected]
  5. ~~NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition | Qty 1 | Steam~~ - Winner: @[email protected]
  6. ~~Octopath Traveler | Qty 1 | Steam~~ - Winner: @[email protected]
  7. ~~Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy | Qty 2 | Steam~~ - Winner 1: @[email protected] , Winner 2: @[email protected]
  8. ~~Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft | Qty 1 | Steam~~ - Winner: @[email protected]

Additional Game Keys donated by an anonymous Lemming

These games come from Humble Bundle, Games Planet, and Fanatical. There is only one key for each of the nine listed below:

  1. Agatha Knife | Steam Product Page
  2. Calico | Steam
  3. Cultures Bundle (Cultures: Northland & Cultures: The Wonder of the World) | Humble Bundle Product Page
  4. ~~Pony Island | Steam~~ - Winner: @[email protected]
  5. ~~Sniper Elite 4 - Deluxe | Steam~~ - Winner: @[email protected]
  6. ~~Strange Horticulture | Steam~~ - Winner: @[email protected]
  7. Stronghold Crusader HD | Steam
  8. Valhalla Hills: Two-Horned Helmet Edition | Steam

EU Countries Only (will not activate in any other region):

  1. Two Point Hospital | Steam Product Page
Update Sep 21:
All the games above that aren't striked through are still available.
Will post these either next week or the week after, so I can rest and recover from my cold.
Post will be in [[email protected]](/c/[email protected])
Update Sep 8:
The other games listed above did not have anyone enter for them. I will make a new post in [[email protected]](https://lemmy.world/c/giftofgaming)  to giveaway those keys.  The list starts with "Agatha Knife".

How to Enter:

  • Comment on this post with the one game you are interested in.
  • Optional: Post or create a meme that made you laugh and is Safe For Work. NSFW stuff will be deleted.
  • Optional: Share something interesting, fun, and/or cool that happened to you this year. Or share a hobby you picked up, a show you recently watched, the latest game that blew you away, whatever! Just share something fun to read rather than the usual: "Entering for X game, thanks."

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, spam account, or just a creepy/gross/hateful person, you will not be selected.
  • Moderators of the [email protected] community are not eligible.

Winner Selection:

  • I will randomly select eligibile winners in this original post.
  • 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 on Lemmy.
  • If you are selected, you will have 48 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 game successfully.
  • If I do not get a response from you after 48 hours, you are forfeited and a new winner will be redrawn the next day until all game codes are exhausted.

Deadlines:

  • You must enter by end of day Saturday, August 31, 2024, local time.
  • I will make a new post and start drawing winners the following week.

Disclaimers:

  • This is not a sponsored post of any kind. I purchased these keys myself, with my hard-earned money, exclusively for the sole purpose of this giveaway.
  • The keys activate only on Steam as Retail OEM keys.
  • The keys come only from Green Man Gaming, a legitimate key resller. They do not come from sketchy places like G2A (NEVER, ever do business with companies like G2A or Kinguin).
  • There are other games, donated by a kind, anonymous Lemming that were sourced from other trusted resellers: Fanatical, Games Planet, and Humble Bundle. These codes all activate on Steam, but do note that Two Point Hospital is region-locked to EU countries only.
  • Steam Support: How to activate a Product Key - https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/2A12-9D79-C3D7-F870

Proof:

  1. https://postimg.cc/HrM63Swk
  2. https://postimg.cc/gwPN7vsq
  3. https://postimg.cc/kVKXJdxP

Best of luck! Continue to be kind to each other, and most importantly, be kind to yourself.

Regards,

CatZoomies | PCMR Moderator, on behalf of the moderation team

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Best of luck everyone! Reply to this comment if you have questions.

Please continue to be kind to each other, and most importantly, be kind to yourself. It's easy to get so angry in today's divisive world. You can't change the world, but you can certainly help those closest to you.

Stay safe everyone!

CatZoomies | Moderator

EDIT Sep 21: All games were claimed!

There's still a list of leftover keys that an anonymous Lemmy user donated to me. I'll make a separate post on [email protected] either next week or the week after, just so I can take some rest and recover from my cold.

Thanks again everyone for participating! Look out for a future big giveaway I'll host, most likely in Winter 2024. Stay safe, and as always: remember to be kind to each other. Be kind to yourself - you'd be surprised what a difference you can make for yourself and others in your local community by being kind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Also here's the cute cat meme I made. I just like cats.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I already own the games that I'm interested in, so no entry here, just wanted to say thanks for putting on this giveaway two years in a row and making the fediverse feel a little more fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No prob! The fediverse is still a nascent platform, and even PCMR is a nascent community compared to the Reddit original. Plus I guess I'm not cool enough or creative enough to make frequent posts every day like The Picard Maneuver, but I try to comment at least once every other day.

Giveaways are always fun! At least I can do that periodically lol

Now I just need to find a game you might be interested in next time. :)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not entering, just seeing what's going on.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Entering for Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not entering, just wanna applaud you for doing this. I bought the TR I-III remaster in the summer sale and I will say I am pleased with it at the sale price. It plays pretty well on Steam Deck and scratches the nostalgia itch.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This is super cool of you!

I would absolutely love the Final Fantasy I-VI Bundle, both for my own nostalgia and to introduce my wife to them. She's only played X and XIV.

To accompany my entry, have a homemade FF4 meme:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] - Congratulations! You've been selected as the winner of Final Fantasy I-VI Bundle (Pixel Remasters)! You will have 48 hours to acknowledge me before I send you the code. Please respond to my Direct Message. If you do not respond back to me in 48 hours, your entry will be forfeited and I will redraw for the another winner.

If you do win and claim the game key, for transparency purposes please respond back to my comment letting everyone know you were successful - but only if you want to. Hope to hear back from you!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Nier Automata would be my pick. It's been on my wishlist for forever, but I never remember it during sales!

A drawn diagram of the McRib that lists the ingredients as being: sugar, sand, cardboard, paint, red stuff, chewy bits, fat, and part of a couch.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I would love if possible to get the code for Final Fantasy VII Intergrade.

It's verified to work with my Steam Deck.

Steam Deck

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@[email protected] - Congratulations! You've been selected as the winner of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade! You will have 48 hours to acknowledge me before I send you the code. Please respond to my Direct Message. If you do not respond back to me in 48 hours, your entry will be forfeited and I will redraw for the another winner.

If you do win and claim the game key, for transparency purposes please respond back to my comment letting everyone know you were successful - but only if you want to. Hope to hear back from you!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Awesome initiative! I wouldn't mind entering for a copy of Hogwarts Legacy myself.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

NieR: Automata looks cool, I've heard it's great

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m not entering just commenting

+1 on neir automata. Don’t look anything up about the story, Yoko Taro (I think that’s who directed the story) has one crazy mind for story telling the game is absolutely nuts

Buy the game for the big android butts and stay for… well you’ll see

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I like going into a story blind, it's part of the fun!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nice. It really is a great game and now me and everyone else who has played neir must replay it because it was simply mentioned

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

NieR:Automata

Just yestarday I started a book which is 9000 pages long. Ward by J.C. McCrae, it is sequel to Worm which has 7000 pages.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a nice giveaway selection. I have them already so I'll leave this post only for appreciation. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

My PC is really low end, but I think I can run FF1-6 remake. So I’ll bid for those. Good luck all! Cat tax (plus dog snuggles)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My girlfriend has been watching her friends dog while they are out of town and she sent me this recently. I can’t exactly remember the pups name right offhand which is sad because I went to his birthday party.. they had cake, a portrait on the wall and they actually made stickers of the dog for everyone.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade would be rad, the og was the first rpg I played and finished.

Thanks for putting this on!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hi, really love your positive vibes <3

Something cool that happened to me this year? I would say meeting my LDR partner after not seeing him for almost a full year!!! The best thing is, the LDR part was so painless because I just fully trust him and his commitment to the relationship.

I have some hydrohomies and/or dad jokes memes saved but this one just absolutely got me.

<you won't regret this "NSFW" meme, i guarantee>

I'm interested in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade just because I never had the opportunity to fully experience FFVII as a kid because I was not the rich cool kid with PS1. I want to judge by meself who is the best girl haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

LMAO now this is a stupid meme right here! I absolutely giggled at this one. Thank you so much for this meme! I'm work from home, but if I was in office I'd really want to try this on someone!

Congrats on meeting your LDR partner!! That's wonderful and I wish you the best of luck and success in that relationship!

I've intentionally avoided FF7 remake spoilers, having played that game as a kid. I was fortunate because while I had a struggling parent and certainly couldn't afford one, we were able to get our hands on one at a flea market I think when the PS2 launched. The seller wasn't sure what they had, so we got it at a really good price.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@[email protected] - Congratulations! Since you're the only one who entered for Strange Horticulture, you're the winner! I've sent you a Direct Message containing the key! If you would like for transparency purposes, please reply to my comment here and let everyone know you successfully claimed it. Thanks for entering and happy you won!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Tomb Raider remasters seem interesting, and as for a meme... Drawing by Grickle

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tomb Raider I-III Remasted will be fun to play. I had one of the originals on ps1 that I played years ago. I always got stuck right at the beginning in a cave section and never got past it. It would be interesting to give it another shot 😂.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I want to be a hairy wizard! One entry for Hogwarts please!

Meme folder is a little dry right now so here's a picture of my new puppy Ásgeirr. Thanks for doing a giveaway OP, just another of the good bits of reddit I'm happy to see here at our new home.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would like to have ff I to VI as this is a cultural gap I have to never have played the final fantasy games :(

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've heard good things about final fantasy VII so i definitely wouldn't mind that. Also look at pretty little greg

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I would like to take my chances to win the FF I-VI collection. Should keep me entertained for a couple of hundreds of hours 😅

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hogwarts for me. As for memes, this one never gets old

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I love that you're doing this! Super cool. I would like to throw my hat in for FFVII Remake. I started it on PS5 when it released, but I've since gotten rid of my console and am now an exclusive PC gamer. It's got a platinum rating on ProtonDB, so I am ready.

As for anecdotes, well, I've introduced my 65+ year old parents to anime! We've been meeting once a week for the past month or so to watch Attack on Titan. It's been great watching the show for a second time (so much foreshadowing!) and seeing my parents really get into it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hogwart Legacy has been on my list for a while now, but not high enough to buy while I have such a large backlog.

Hmm... I've got a few memes, but I'll also talk about one of my hobbies: butterfly knife flipping.

A few years ago I stumbled across a video of someone doing some sick trick with a balisong. I found the balisong subreddit and did some research, bought a cheapo trainer off Amazon, and practiced and watch YouTube videos until my fingers were bruised.

Eventually for to be pretty decent (enough to impress people IRL with a few tricks, not internet good) and got a few nice knives and trainers (a few Squid Industries, a Kershaw Lucha w/ Flytanium handles, and some random others). I already semi-collect pocketknives, so this is a step past that.

Downside is, balisongs tree expensive, and I tend to cycle my hobbies and not come back to them for a while. Right now I'm not in a flipping kick, but maybe someday soon I'll get back to it...

Also, meme!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Hogwarts Legacy has been on my list, but was waiting for everything to be fixed first.

My wife and I just had our second child, so not a lot of free time, but hoping to get some more gaming in once he starts going longer between feedings. Our 3 year old is a great big sister and everything is going about as well as you could hope.

Thanks for the giveaway and good luck everyone!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So nice of you to do this! I see other comments suggesting TRI-III remastered runs well on Deck, so I would love a chance to give that a go!

I just finished Horizon: Forbidden West last week (playing the DLC now), and it left me with mixed feelings. I loved the story of the first game so much, and was so excited when FW came to PC, but it just did not hit the same way. RIP Lance Reddick, anytime Sylens was in the story it was a treat.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hello :D

I would like to enter for the NieR automata copy.

Heres a meme I ~~stole~~ permanently borrowed from somewhere:

As for something I recently did: I played through Fallout: New Vegas for the first time, which was a great experience. While the gameplay is decent, the factions and their story within the game are really well thought out and implemented imo. So I highly recommend it for those who have been on the fence about it.

I wish everyone else the best of luck and thanks OP for generously hosting this!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Super cool of you to do! I've definitely been curious to try Hogwarts Legacy.

Random fact I learned recently; dragonflies are statistically the most successful predatora on the planet with a 96% success rate. For comparison, a lion is about 27-34% successful while hunting.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hey! Thank you very much for doing this, personally id nier automauta ~~or hogwarts legacy.~~

Also here is a relevant meme:

Oh, and also i just 100%ed another crab's treasure, its an excellent soulslike that shell leave you wanting more! (sorry)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

there's this documentary video on youttube, about papag, (the recycled meat)

and one of my friends become vegan after watched that video :) and.. the hogwarts legacy would be good hehe

thanks. that's the kind of you to make a giveaway like these, kudos

pardon my english

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Requesting Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sad I cannot enter. Created an account for the next one. Thanks for giving back

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