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Each newsletter is generally structured as Premium Loot > Free Sub Giveaways > Game Feature > Game discounts.
25 Free Entries into CheatHappens.com Triple Game-A-Day Giveaway: Premium Subscribers
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Key Giveaway For Premium Subscribers - Choose Your Game!
Defunct
Defunct is a fast-paced indie adventure game where momentum is everything. Playing as a broken delivery robot stranded on a post-human Earth, you’ll race through 11 varied levels using a unique gravity-based engine to build speed, perform tricks, and make your way back to your ship. With time trials, unlockable skins, and a world full of oddball robot inhabitants, Defunct turns movement into pure joy.
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Angelo Skate Away
Angelo – Skate Away is a lighthearted platformer based on the hit TV show Angelo Rules, featuring fast-paced skating action across schoolyards, skate parks, and city streets. Play as Angelo, Lola, Sherwood, and over 15 other characters as you master 30+ levels, unlock tricks, hats, and boards, and compete with friends on the leaderboards—all while collecting cupcakes to customize your ride and style.
Cat Quest 3: Key Giveaway For Free Subscribers
Cat Quest III is a charming open-world action RPG set in the swashbuckling Mewribean Sea, where you play as a feline pirate on a quest for the legendary North Star treasure. Sail your ship, battle whiskered foes, explore vibrant islands and dungeons, and uncover secrets across a colorful 2.5D world—solo or in local co-op. With ship combat, new magic, and an upgraded battle system, this is the fluffiest pirate adventure yet.
If you would like to be in the running for a key, hit reply and just put 'quest'. We will pick a winner and send over the key in 48 hours
Enshrouded: Key Giveaway For Free Subscribers
Enshrouded is a survival action RPG set in the cursed world of Embervale, where magic has twisted the land and unleashed a deadly mist known as the Shroud. Explore vast voxel-based biomes, craft legendary gear, master fast-paced combat, and uncover the secrets of a fallen kingdom—solo or in 16-player co-op. With deep building systems and an evolving narrative, Enshrouded blends freedom, danger, and discovery into one hauntingly beautiful experience.
If you would like to be in the running for a key, hit reply and just put 'enshroud'. We will pick a winner and send over the key in 48 hours
Historically Low Prices
This section of Loot Happens currently tracks historical discounts on games and throughout the industry. Our tireless web crawlers scour the web daily, sniffing out the best deals across the gaming landscape.
These aren't just any games – they're titles we adore and highly respect. And right now, you can grab them at prices we've never seen before!
Black Myth: Wukong [PS5]
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology.$59.99 $47.99
Farm Together 2 [Steam]
Farm Together 2 improves over the original game in every way.$̶̶29.83 $14.24
Dragon Age: The Veilguard [Xbox]
Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age, an immersive single-player RPG.$69.99 $34.99
ARK: Survival Ascended [PS5]
Respawn into a new dinosaur survival experience beyond your wildest dreams.$44.99 $22.49
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next [Nintendo Switch]
Get ready for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms’ finale.$29.99 $20.99
Broken Arrow [Steam]
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game.$̶̶56.23 $38.16
Monster Hunter Stories [Nintendo Switch]
The first RPG in the Monster Hunter series returns.$29.99 $19.99
Featured Game Review: Dune: Awakening
Dune: Awakening reimagines the survival MMO genre through the lens of one of sci-fi’s most iconic sandboxes—and for the most part, it works. After over 100 hours spent scavenging, sweating, and scheming across the dunes of Arrakis, it’s clear that Funcom didn’t just adapt Frank Herbert’s world—they inhaled it. From lore-deep story beats to design decisions that double down on the harshness of the desert, Awakening delivers an experience that’s both deeply authentic and sometimes maddeningly stubborn.
Set in an alternate timeline where Paul Atreides was never born, the game grants players freedom to explore the politics, factions, and landscapes of the Dune universe without being shackled to canon. This creative latitude pays off: familiar faces emerge in surprising ways, and the story takes twists that wouldn’t be possible within the traditional narrative arc. The result is a world that feels alive, if not always convenient or forgiving.
A legendary setting is here
What makes Dune: Awakening stand out is its unflinching dedication to the source material. Arrakis isn’t just the setting, it’s your first and most persistent enemy. Sunlight can cook you alive in seconds, sandworms punish prolonged exposure to open ground, and sandstorms sweep in to erase careless players. Survival means adapting to the planet’s hostility, turning environmental hazards into progression gates that feel meaningful rather than arbitrary.
That commitment pays off in gameplay that constantly keeps you on your toes. Crafting your first vehicle just to cross a sun-scorched wasteland, upgrading your gear to survive irradiated zones, or carefully navigating terrain to avoid detection—all of it turns the act of surviving into a strategic dance. The world doesn’t just look like Dune, it feels like it. Every success comes with the satisfying sense that you’ve earned your place here.
Still, the game’s loyalty to the lore occasionally gets in its way. You’re forced into a nomadic loop, uprooting your base as you unlock new zones—true to the fiction, but frustrating in practice. Combat, too, can be uneven: Holtzman shields render guns mostly useless, leaving you stuck in repetitive melee encounters that lack variety. Even so, Awakening’s harsh authenticity creates moments no other survival game can offer.
Bottom line
Dune: Awakening nails what so many adaptations miss; it doesn’t just use the Dune universe as set dressing, it lives and breathes it. From the blistering heat of Arrakis to the political tension simmering beneath every alliance, the game turns survival into a fully immersive experience. Climbing from nothing to carving out your place in this hostile world feels genuinely rewarding at every stage. For players who crave challenge, atmosphere, and a deep connection to the world they’re exploring, Dune: Awakening is a must-try. It's not perfect, but its strengths are powerful enough to carry the experience far across the sands.
Next Week
Every newsletter has a lot to look forward to, and we are in active communication with several developers and studios. More to come next week!
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