Holiday Giveaway - Steam Codes! - Giveaway Ended

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
  2. God of War - Winner @MR_GABARISE
  3. Hogwarts Legacy - Winner @silentknyght
  4. Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition - Winner @stefano
  5. Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered - Winner @OriginalMP3
  6. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Winner @b_crussin
  7. Persona 5 Royal - Winner @Commiunism
  8. Returnal - Winner @Renacles
  9. Tales of Arise - Winner @kamenridermaddie
  10. UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection - Winner @mwproductions

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 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 - help.steampowered.com/en/…/2A12-9D79-C3D7-F870

Proof:

Cheers (the holiday kind),

CatZoomies | PCMR Moderator, on behalf of the moderation team

guyrocket,
guyrocket avatar

Thank you kindly, CatZoomies!

I would like Elden Ring.

ReadingCat,

Wanted to play God of War for forever but never got myself to buy it. This would be a great opportunity. Thank you for doing this and merry Christmas.

CatZoomies,
@CatZoomies@lemmy.world avatar

@ReadingCat

Congrats! You’ve been selected for God of War! Please check your Private Messages and respond either here or to my PM to accept this giveaway. I will then send you the Steam code over PM. You have 24 hours to accept, so hurry up!! :)

CatZoomies,
@CatZoomies@lemmy.world avatar

@ReadingCat - Last call to claim this game! Since it’s the holiday and I’m a merciful god of war, I’m extending the claim time for another 24 hours. If I don’t hear back from you by tomorrow same time, your entry will be forfeit and I’ll re-draw for God of War. Hit me up!

CatZoomies,
@CatZoomies@lemmy.world avatar

Unfortunately no response received from user. Will re-draw for God of War.

ReadingCat,

Was off for a few days - ah well, bad luck. Congrats to whoever won after me!

hurricane155,

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!

hal_5700X,
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

Man, no one wants God of War.

CatZoomies,
@CatZoomies@lemmy.world avatar

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.

hal_5700X,
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

Hopefully, Kratos will get a home next time.

The trolls love Starfield.

clothes, (edited )

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!

kyleoi,

If I win I will introduce you to deodorant and self hygiene trust me it is life changing I want Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

kyleoi,

If I win I will introduce you to deodorant and self hygiene trust me it is life changing I want Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

kyleoi,

If I win I will introduce you to deodorant and self hygiene trust me it is life changing I want Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

ArmokGoB,

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

This year I got back into Destiny 2. I got to level 535 in Season of Defiance, and made a ton of new friends through it and the Discord servers connected to it.

cottonmon,
@cottonmon@lemmy.world avatar

I’d like to enter for God of War.

So what made me happy this year is that I finally moved out and have less interaction with my extremely toxic family. Also my GF came back from abroad and we’re going to be working towards getting a place here so that we can start living together.

In any case, thanks for this OP and good luck everyone!

mwproductions,

UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection would be great! I’ve been playing a ton of Dave the Diver, which is a fun game, but I’m definitely need a change of pace.

CatZoomies,
@CatZoomies@lemmy.world avatar

@mwproductions

Congrats! You’ve been selected for Dave the Diver UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection! Please check your Private Messages and respond either here or to my PM to accept this giveaway. I will then send you the Steam code over PM. You have 24 hours to accept, so hurry up!! :)

gunpachi,

I would like to have Persona 5. I have never played any persona game or any jrpg for that matter.

Also, thank you for the giveaway. I hope you have a wonderful 2024.

cole,
@cole@lemdro.id avatar

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!

Mr_Vortex,

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!

malijaffri,

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! *<|:-)

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