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

  • DrownedAxolotl@feddit.de
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    I tried FF16 for the first time about a month ago, and I absolutely loved it. I was visiting a friend who has a PS5, and as someone who doesn’t have one and has never had a playstation, I was eager to try. I’m not all that great at video games and was expecting to suck at this one as well, although I’d say I did quite well. I was even the first to try the game, which I felt really good about.

    As for the game, I’d like Persona 5 Royal.

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    Persona 5 Royal would be amazing - my girlfriend loves the Persona games and we like to play them together (one of us watching). Its a great way to spend time during the winter months 😄

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    9 months ago

    I would love to have Spider-Man Miles Molares. Haven’t really got a chance to try it and wanted to play it on my Steam Deck ^^

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    9 months ago

    I don’t want any of these games since I cannot play them. I’m just happy you’re doing this, happy holidays ^^

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      9 months ago

      Same, although I will buy some of these in the future. I’m just happy someone else gets the chance to play these as well.

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    I’ll throw my hat in the ring for God of War.

    I’m really happy that many Playstation games are coming to PC recently. I’ve played both Spider-Men games and Horizon Zero Dawn and these ports have been great. Judging based on reviews, God Of War seems to perform well too. I’m glad many older exclusives are coming to PC now (still waiting for bloodborne) and the ports are technologically a lot more than the bare minimum. It feels like Playstation Studios respects the PC platform and their own legacy by making sure the games work well.

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    I would love horizon zero dawn if I were to win this. Happy holidays everyone!

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    Elden Ring would be nice.

    Well, what made me happy this year was my new job. The company is even nicer than expected. Nice people and working is fun.

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    I would sign up for God of War

    I’m also very happy that geometry dash got update 2.2 after waiting for over 6 years and it is great.

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    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. 😘

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      9 months ago

      Do you have a guide on how to install/use stable diffusion on arch? I tried to get it working, but it didn’t work.