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How To Get A Free XCOM: Enemy Unknown Key

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On Greenman Gaming, they are giving a free XCOM: Enemy Unknown Steam key for anyone who is voting in the Golden Joystick awards.

https://goldenjoysticks.greenmangaming.com/?p=email6_voting_open

XCOM: Enemy Unknown was ported to Linux a little while ago, so if you really are strapped for cash it's your chance!

However those who do have money and haven't picked it up can get it 75% off right now on Steam to support the developers at least a little.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - About the game

XCOM: Enemy Unknown will place you in control of a secret paramilitary organization called XCOM. As the XCOM commander, you will defend against a terrifying global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technologies, and overseeing combat strategies and individual unit tactics.

The original XCOM is widely regarded as one of the best games ever made and has now been re-imagined by the strategy experts at Firaxis Games. XCOM: Enemy Unknown will expand on that legacy with an entirely new invasion story, enemies and technologies to fight aliens and defend Earth.

You will control the fate of the human race through researching alien technologies, creating and managing a fully operational base, planning combat missions and controlling soldier movement in battle.
Key Features
Strategy Evolved: XCOM: Enemy Unknown couples tactical turn-based gameplay with incredible action sequences and on-the-ground combat.

Strategic Base: Recruit, customize and grow unique soldiers and manage your personnel. Detect and intercept the alien threat as you build and expand your XCOM headquarters.

Tactical Combat: Direct soldier squads in turn-based ground battles and deploy air units such as the Interceptor and Skyranger.

Worldwide Threat: Combat spans the globe as the XCOM team engages in over 70 unique missions, interacting and negotiating with governments around the world. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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afettouhi Oct 18, 2014
Uhh nice! Can anyone get the 80 % discount to unlock for Enemy Within?
edo Oct 19, 2014
I wonder how they get profit from giving away the game.
Misanthe Oct 19, 2014
Quoting: edoI wonder how they get profit from giving away the game.
They almost certainly use your email/info/games you select and sell it to whomever is interested :P Total speculation on my part, I don't mean to slander them. Just as a general rule on the internet is that if it's free, then you're buying it with your personal information :P
lucifertdark Oct 19, 2014
Some companies have gotten really sneaky with their privacy policies recently, they state clearly they won't SHARE your details, but unless they also include the word SELL you can be pretty sure that's what they're going to do with your details, sell them on I mean.
Baggypants Oct 19, 2014
What Misanthe said and also they also might be doing it as a loss leader, to attract your attention to the fact Enemy Within has been launched as well. looking at this site http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70978/xcom-enemy-unknown/ they sold just over half a million copies worldwide. That should cover the dev costs, everything else from there on is a tiny profit on late sales. Enemy Within is likely to only interest those who played Unknown, therefore widen the playerbase of the first game to boost the sales of the second.
Misanthe Oct 19, 2014
Despite my comment, I still think it's a pretty good deal :) You also don't need to use an identifying or work email or anything, so there's really not a whole lot of risk. If I didn't already have it, I totally would have jumped on that deal :)
Sn3ipen Oct 19, 2014
Quoting: edoI wonder how they get profit from giving away the game.

Greenman Gaming want you to register an account and loads of people are going to receive their newsletters. Of course you can click that away but I don't know how many will do that.

What is this Playfire thing i also got registered to? Never heard of it but it looks like some sort of client and social network for gamers. Is it some sort of Steam client for GMG?

Its seems like a promotion for GMG and Playfire. Just register, get your key and be happy with it. :)
adolson Oct 20, 2014
Too bad Feral won't see a dime from this promotion.
masteredu Oct 20, 2014
How they make money or profit out of this?

They create an account for you on a website of them, and spam you for 30 days. its called playfire. theres no option to not get onto this webpage, they setup an account for you.

Now on this page, you have to stay for 30 days, or they can remove your free game:

Oh wow... they have the right to spam me for 30 days >_> Please note, for those that have redeemed a game in our promotion, as part of our terms and conditions, we reserve the right to deactivate your free game upon deactivation/unlink of your Playfire/Steam account within 30 days of this promotion. https://playfire.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202035889-Golden-Joysticks-Account-Deactivation-Requests-

What a bunch of a*****les.
TheGZeus Oct 21, 2014
Quoting: mastereduHow they make money or profit out of this?

They create an account for you on a website of them, and spam you for 30 days. its called playfire. theres no option to not get onto this webpage, they setup an account for you.

Now on this page, you have to stay for 30 days, or they can remove your free game:

Oh wow... they have the right to spam me for 30 days >_> Please note, for those that have redeemed a game in our promotion, as part of our terms and conditions, we reserve the right to deactivate your free game upon deactivation/unlink of your Playfire/Steam account within 30 days of this promotion. https://playfire.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202035889-Golden-Joysticks-Account-Deactivation-Requests-

What a bunch of a*****les.
Doesn't sound that bad to me, really.

I ignore some emails telling me that I'm playing games (as though I didn't know) for a month, and I get a free game.

I get email I have to ignore all the time, and at least this time I know when I can make them end :\
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