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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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[–] clothes@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Game: Elden Ring

This year I decided to start biking to work and it's been a complete joy. The commute is fairly long, but it's beautiful and gives me time to reflect and turn my worry-brain off. I'm more productive at work, I feel better about my lifestyle, and my body is really happy about it. I'm lucky to be in a career and geography that allows this, and I'm grateful for all the work that people in my community have done to improve cycling infrastructure.

Thanks so much for doing this!

[–] Gumus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

[–] Sandbag@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Hogwarts legacy would be rocking!

[–] Hellstormy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Sawy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Hey, thanks for being so generous. Happy holidays.

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

[–] leon1qotsa@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

Merry Christmas and kudos for this giveaway 🎊

[–] Temperche@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] Cere@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months 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) :)

[–] EdgeRunner@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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. 😘

[–] Rinn@literature.cafe 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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!

[–] WeebLife@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'd like tales of arise

[–] DelvianSeek@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (3 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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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!

[–] cso@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

Happy holidays!

Hogwarts Legacy

[–] molme@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Tales of Arise would be my choice!! I'm glad that you are doing things like this, making Lemmy and this community stronger!!!

[–] Mir@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hogwarts legacy is very cool

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] ecdis@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Hogwarts Legacy would be my choice.

Thank you CatZoomies and a merry Christmas!

[–] cole@lemdro.id 3 points 11 months 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!

[–] mycus@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

Insomniac's made some of the greatest games I've ever played

But heck, this game is about 30% of the minimum wage here lol

[–] amazingBarry@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

My wife doesn't game much buy she is a MASSIVE Harry Potter fan. I wonder if she would play Legacy if we had it.

Thanks for doing good for people.

[–] Kittenstix@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] Kaijobu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] fedev@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Hogwarts Legacy would be great!

[–] alomsimoy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months 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 :)

[–] hangyor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] kdm@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hogwarts legacy!

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

[–] sam2099@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I would like Returnal if you would be kind.

Happy holidays everyone.

[–] Pwnmode@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] jared@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Mr_Vortex@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months 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!

[–] Mazuu@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'd like to win hogwarts legacy, thanks for doing this awesome giveaway!

[–] Pr0v3n@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ooooh Returnal! I’ve been wanting to play it with a mate for quite some time but that price tag has been quite the hump to get over… Best of luck everyone in the giveaway! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone! Hope you all have a better year than this one~

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Pretty sweet man, been Wanting to play returnal for a while but haven't had the time lately

[–] DoctorWhat@kbin.social 2 points 11 months 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!

[–] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months 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.

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] joat_mon@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months 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

[–] Swagicus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for your generous spirit, brought a smile to my face.

Horizon Zero Dawn would be appreciated.

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Happy holidays :) put me in for elden ring, thanks!

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months 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!

[–] nomad504@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

I'd love to get Hogwarts Legacy

[–] Robin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] mayas@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months 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

[–] MR_GABARISE@lemmy.world 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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[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

A friend recently recommended the Persona series, so I think I'm gonna have to go with Persona 5 Royal.

Something that made me happy this year (and gaming related) is that we finally got a remote Dungeons and Dragons group going with that friend, our significant others, and our mutual friend group. After a little hemming and hawing over how to set it up, we went with Foundry Virtual Tabletop (which we find suits our needs). It's good to be DMing for these friends and new faces again!

For a game recommendation/story, our tabletop group had been bandying around throwing in some one shots to try out some different systems and Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader came up.

I'm pretty excited to test it out and recently found that Owlcat released a Rogue Trader crpg. I've been pretty busy near the end of the calendar year, so jumping into some science fantasy lore to share with my girlfriend has been great. I'll have to talk with the guy GMing that one shot about the similarities between the crpg and the tabletop system, but we're already brainstorming characters for the one shot and beyond (if we like it).

Hope this reply finds you all cozy and enjoying the season. This giveaway is a really cool idea and good luck everyone!

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