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Re: Latest GOG Giveaway
« Reply #50 on: October 04, 2018, 11:07 AM »
Woot!  That's the one I voted for :)

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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #51 on: October 25, 2018, 10:20 PM »
Metro 2033 is free on steam for the next 24 hours.

https://store.steamp...pp/43110/Metro_2033/



Recommended.


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Re: Latest GOG Giveaway
« Reply #52 on: November 10, 2018, 01:25 PM »
GOG is giving away a live concert (movie) featuring music from The Witcher 3. Claim it from the banner on their home page.

Video Game Show - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Concert

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Re: Free Game on Humble Store
« Reply #53 on: November 22, 2018, 01:23 PM »
Outcast - Second Contact is free for a little less than two days at this point.  I think you have to sign up for the newsletter to get it, though.

https://www.humblebu...tcast-second-contact

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Re: Free Game on Humble Store
« Reply #54 on: November 22, 2018, 10:31 PM »
Outcast - Second Contact is free for a little less than two days at this point

Also, Humble freebies are usually for Steam keys that you have to activate within some time period. Once it's been activated it stays in your Steam account forever.

For this game it looks like there's no Steam key, it's a DRM-free download that you have to download before November 29th. After that point the download link is inactivated and you're responsible for keeping/backing-up the game installer.  At least that's how I read the fine print.

So just keep in mind that this is a little different than other Humble free games and you'll be OK.

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Re: Latest GOG Giveaway
« Reply #55 on: December 13, 2018, 05:36 PM »
Full Throttle Remastered is free for the next day or two.

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Re: Free Game on Humble Store
« Reply #56 on: December 13, 2018, 07:04 PM »
Humble Store is giving away Steam keys for Lego - the Hobbit

The giveaway goes until Dec 15 at 10am Pacific Time.

The Key has to be redeemed by Dec 20.

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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #57 on: December 18, 2018, 04:56 PM »
I don't normally go for Early Access games these days, but Geneshift is free (to keep, permanently) if you claim it in the next couple of days:

https://store.steamp...pp/308600/Geneshift/

EDIT: Looks like it's essentially a demo. It's a limited, non-fully-featured version of the game.  :(
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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #58 on: December 18, 2018, 09:28 PM »
EDIT: Looks like it's essentially a demo. It's a limited, non-fully-featured version of the game.  :(

I believe its just the 'battle royale' component...

not sure how that works in a 2D shooter, but perhaps thats part of the fun...

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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #59 on: December 18, 2018, 09:31 PM »
EDIT: Looks like it's essentially a demo. It's a limited, non-fully-featured version of the game.  :(

I believe its just the 'battle royale' component...

Yes, but it seems even that is limited (emphasis added below):

The [complete edition] includes extra game modes, cosmetics, online co-op, and a full singleplayer campaign

So from the sounds of it, you can play online free-for-all PVP but you can't play online with any friends/team-mates. :(

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Re: Free Game on Humble Store
« Reply #60 on: December 20, 2018, 01:21 PM »
Humble store is now giving away Steam keys for LEGO Lord of the Rings for the next ~2 days (while supplies last).

The key must be redeemed on Steam before December 27 at 10 AM Pacific Time.

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Latest Epic Games Store Giveaway
« Reply #61 on: December 24, 2018, 01:30 AM »
Epic Games recently launched their own digital games store, bringing more competition to similar services such as Steam and GOG.

They're currently running a promotion where they are giving away one game every two weeks. From now until December 27th, 2018, they're giving away Subnautica, and from Dec 28 2018 until Jan 10 2019 they'll be giving away Super Meat Boy.

The games must be claimed using the Epic Games store/launcher: https://www.epicgames.com/






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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #62 on: December 24, 2018, 01:36 AM »
According to this thread, Starpoint Gemini 2 is free on Steam if you claim it soon. I already have it from a previous giveaway and it isn't showing as free for me, so I'm not sure if the giveaway already ended. But it may be worth looking into to claim if you are interested.

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Re: Latest GOG Giveaway
« Reply #63 on: December 28, 2018, 06:41 PM »
Soma is free for the next 35 hours or so: https://www.gog.com/game/soma

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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #64 on: January 12, 2019, 01:07 AM »
Blast Zone! Tournament is an Early Access game which is being given away between now and the 16th.

It looks kind of like Bomberman.

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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #65 on: January 13, 2019, 01:54 AM »
A Story About My Uncle is free to keep if you claim it by the 14th.

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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #66 on: January 13, 2019, 09:20 AM »
A Story About My Uncle is free to keep if you claim it by the 14th.
Thanks! Looks interesting.   :Thmbsup:

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Re: Latest GOG Giveaway
« Reply #67 on: January 24, 2019, 11:29 AM »
Distraint is free for the next day or so.


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Re: Free Game on Humble Store
« Reply #68 on: January 24, 2019, 05:11 PM »
A steam key for Deponia - the Complete Journey is a free giveaway on Humble store until Jan 26 at 10am Pacific time.

You have to subscribe to their newsletter.

The key has to be redeemed by Jan 31.

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Re: Latest Epic Games Store Giveaway
« Reply #69 on: January 25, 2019, 02:51 PM »
The current giveaway is the Jackbox Party Pack until February 7th.

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Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Reply #70 on: February 02, 2019, 09:29 PM »
For those that are interested in the Dyatlov Pass Incidentw, (a couple of mentions on DC here and here), the game Khalot is available free on Steam for a limited time.

Narrated by one of the most popular British actors, Sean Bean, Kholat is an exploration adventure game with elements of horror, inspired by a true event known as the Dyatlov Pass incident – a mysterious death of nine Russian hikers, which led to countless, unconfirmed hypotheses. The player will plunge directly into the boundless scenery of the inhospitable Ural Mountains with the task to find out what really happened. In the course of events, you may come across more speculations than expected...

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Re: Latest Epic Games Store Giveaway
« Reply #71 on: March 13, 2019, 10:38 AM »
I haven't been very good about keeping this thread up to date.

The current giveaway is Slime Rancher through March 21.



I've been playing it quite a bit. It's a whimsical, low-stress game. :Thmbsup:

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Re: Latest Epic Games Store Giveaway
« Reply #72 on: March 13, 2019, 01:53 PM »
I'd not been remembering.  Too many platforms to remember them all.  Despite the free games, I just don't feel the impetus to visit this one.

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Re: Latest Epic Games Store Giveaway
« Reply #73 on: March 13, 2019, 05:06 PM »
Too many platforms to remember them all.  Despite the free games, I just don't feel the impetus to visit this one.

I mostly agree with you. To this day I still have never installed the EA store, whatever that's called. And over the past couple of years I've even mostly stopped buying from Steam and preferring the DRM-free offerings at GOG. But I already had Epic Games Launcher (now Epic Games Store) installed because someone gifted me a copy of Fortnite (the co-op Save the World campaign) for Christmas in 2017. And I've had Slime Rancher on my wish list on GOG for a while so when it was free on the Epic Store I decided this was my chance to try it out, and I'm glad I did because I like it.

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Re: Latest Epic Games Store Giveaway
« Reply #74 on: March 13, 2019, 05:56 PM »
It's funny to see what platforms people use and don't.  I think I have all of them installed, but the only ones I keep running are Steam and Itch.  I get stuff off of GoG, but it just doesn't in general have everything that I use/want to play.  I use origin and uplay for that same reason- they have stuff that I want to play.  Epic, not so much.