List of Twitters who give away free gaming stuff... via twitter (Free XBLA codes too)

[Geoff Mendicino]

I'll update this list as it keeps going on (feel free to add more to this list via reply!); it's good to keep these people on your list just in case you get lucky and catch them putting XBLA/PSN codes and stuff up:

Geoff Mendicino - http://twitter.com/mendicino (Me! 360, PSN giveaways; also sometimes alert others via twitter of other contests)
FreezeCracker - http://twitter.com/freezecracker (My website, gives away codes sometimes and alerts to our website's contests)
Major Nelson - http://twitter.com/majornelson (Official Pimp of Microsoft, gives away XBLA nearly daily, but has a lot of followers)
AceyBongos - http://twitter.com/aceybongos (Cool Microsoft guy, less followers but gives away a lot of XBLA)
Official Xbox Magazine - http://twitter.com/oxm (Doesn't give away as much as before, but they'll give away the occasional XBLA)
dennya - http://twitter.com/dennya (Another cool Microsoft guy giving away cool MS codes)
TellTaleGames - http://twitter.com/telltalegames (360, PC giftcode giveawayers-- Very often!)
Trixie360 - http://twitter.com/trixie360 (She's caring for what Major Nelson calls her "spawn" now, but she has had huge giveaways)
Sega - http://twitter.com/Sega (Sega games for 360 and PSN! Also free swag as well.)
RunningPixel - http://twitter.com/RunningPixel (Italian developers who give away free copies of their PC games)
nuka_cola - http://twitter.com/nuka_cola (Fallout 3 DLC giveaway codes!)

Let me know if there is anyone else who should be put on this list-- also let me know what they usually give away.

[Skoad]

I'd personally stay away from that Geoff Mendicino guy.

[Geoff Mendicino]

GameFocus.ca is about to give away a free Mythic Pack, follow them and good luck!

[Geoff Mendicino]

I'd personally stay away from that Geoff Mendicino guy.
you're a terrible man

[Geoff Mendicino]

AceyBongos (already listed) is going to give a Mythic Map Pack code as well very soon.

EDIT: Given away, the ? were 8.

[Oktoberfest]

so it's all just Xbox stuff?

[Geoff Mendicino]

so it's all just Xbox stuff?
I'm soon to give away Nexon Cards and some PC/PS3 crap

A couple guys give away PC/PS3/Wii crap but it's mostly Xbox

Let me know if you find anyone who gives away stuff regularly, I'll put them on the list.

[Khalid]

Can you redeem the XBLA codes or maps on xbox.com or is it only on the xbox 360?

[Geoff Mendicino]

You can redeem on http://marketplace.xbox.com

[Khalid]

Haha, ok thanks for the info, I was on my Xbox trying to redeem some maps codes and I was not really successful.

[Geoff Mendicino]

You gotta do it within like the minute they put the code up; it's really tough but if you keep trying you'll definitely get some free codes.

But there are more than just codes, there are a ton of contests and stuff given. So far today, there have been about 3 contests and 5 codes given out.

RT @mdk2002 (http://twitter.com/mdk2002) 10 followers to go till i release my Halo Wars Flame Decal Warthog Redeem Code

[Tamizander]

I'm starting a new Gaming Themed Twitter.
Because of this, I am going to award a 1600 pt card or Wii Card, or even a PSN card every 50 followers.
My Twitter name is : Tamizander.
Feel free to follow.
Once I reach 50, I'll select a follower for the card by using a random generator of the names on my computer. I also get promotional codes for arcade titles from work on XBL, so I will begin using those as well (I've lost my spark on arcade games).

[polo14player]

i dont understand how to enter for these things on twitter??

[Flak]

Add dennya to the list. I just missed a code for Death Tank by a few seconds.

[Geoff Mendicino]

Added the both of y'all up

[polo14player]

wtf?? how do you get the codes????

[MeltingPrism]

What do they just tweet it for everyone and whoever is first to type it in gets it?

[Skoad]

Yes.

[polo14player]

bunch a b.s.!!!! i'm done with twitter

[Geoff Mendicino]

sorry dad

[seeson]

add @w1gg1n

[Geoff Mendicino]

updated :)

[ObiBen]

Joystiq Xbox gives away codes from time to time http://twitter.com/JoystiqXbox

[Geoff Mendicino]

Doesn't JoystiqWii give away Wii codes sometimes as well? Can someone verify this?

[Geoff Mendicino]

Sorry, this list is designed for people who regularly give away free gaming stuff and you just created your account--

[Geoff Mendicino]

Updated List

[Geoff Mendicino]

giving away a 400 microsoft points code on http://twitter.com/mendicino

[sublime90]

i added a couple lets see what happens

[Geoff Mendicino]

Just got confirmation that we're going to have a lot of prizes shipped in soon for us to give away :)

I'll try to let you guys know when more quick free giveaways come out

[GenDV138]

Thanks for the list, OP. So far I've gotten Death Tank on XBLA from dennya.

[Geoff Mendicino]

You bastard, haha, I really want to get that game after playing it last night. Granted I didn't try for that contest so oh well. :)
How's the full version of it? Do you know what the Death's Head does?

Also for everyone else, I'm trying to get Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 from here for a contest so check my mendicino and freezecracker twitters for updates.

[GenDV138]

It's pretty fun, I didn't play the demo version but I'm enjoying the full version. Haven't tried Death's Head yet so not sure what it does. Feels like an updated version of Scorched Earth which I remember playing a long time ago. 1200 points seems a bit steep for the game though, I think 800 would have been a better price point for it if I were paying for it.

[Sacsquash]

I tried twitter a while back, got kinda bored with it. This may re-ignite the flame between me and twitter.

Thanks OP

[Vader582]

It's pretty fun, I didn't play the demo version but I'm enjoying the full version. Haven't tried Death's Head yet so not sure what it does. Feels like an updated version of Scorched Earth which I remember playing a long time ago. 1200 points seems a bit steep for the game though, I think 800 would have been a better price point for it if I were paying for it.
I was discussing the price point of this game with a friend this morning. He enlightened me on some of it's online features which may contribute to the higher price. Apparently you can have any mix of local and Live friends in a party and go online to play against other people, meaning that several people could be playing with you on your couch and join others in an XBL party and still play matchmaking games against others players. As he brought up though during the conversation, this feature should be a standard on more games this gen. Local co-op as really become the bastard child during this cycle.

As far as twitter goes, I never use it myself. I only follow people/sites/companies that interest me but rarely post to it. I did add all the tweets mentioned in the first post though, so thanks OP! :D

[Mirpkered]

So if I sign up, I get an email stating what the code is I guess? Or is tehre a link I need to follow?

[Geoff Mendicino]

It's pretty fun, I didn't play the demo version but I'm enjoying the full version. Haven't tried Death's Head yet so not sure what it does. Feels like an updated version of Scorched Earth which I remember playing a long time ago. 1200 points seems a bit steep for the game though, I think 800 would have been a better price point for it if I were paying for it.
I just got this game, and holy crap this game is fun as hell. I wrote a review about it on my website:
http://www.freezecracker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2413

[Geoff Mendicino]

Last day to win "A Kingdom for Keflings" on my mendicino twitter, folks

[Geoff Mendicino]

Giving away Band of Bugs in a crack the code contest.

[Flak]

What's the most reliable way of getting these giveaways as soon as they're tweeted? Digsby and TwitterFox are killing me, the updates are usually too slow.

[Pure Apathy]

What's the most reliable way of getting these giveaways as soon as they're tweeted? Digsby and TwitterFox are killing me, the updates are usually too slow.

I was entering codes in today within 10 seconds after they were posted and they were already used. So you have to be really fast.

[GenDV138]

I usually use the Reload Every add-on with Firefox to auto-reload every 5 seconds if I know a code is going to be posted soon. If it's an XBL code, I also have the xbox.com redeem code page open on IE since it auto-fills the code unlike Firefox.

I was able to get a Banjo-Kazooie XBLA code from GameFocusdotca and a Peggle XBLA code from seeson today, didn't think I'd get the Peggle code, I got pretty lucky!

Also, EA_APOC is giving away Red Alert 3: Uprising digital downloads for PC until Monday night:
http://twitter.com/EA_APOC

[Flak]

How does the code auto-filling work with IE?

[zakk]

fwiw I'm giving away some codes for free iPhone games on my twitter feed soon:
http://www.twitter.com/TimeDoctor

[GenDV138]

How does the code auto-filling work with IE?

Just copy the XBL code, then paste it into the first box where you enter the code. It should fill in the rest of the boxes for you so you don't have to manually copy/paste each section.

[Flak]

Ah deceptively simple.

[dimmujed]

add twitter.com/jed05 i've got a lot to give away

[Geoff Mendicino]

Sorry guys, I'm back; I'll update the list.

[Exu]

Got Peggle off AceyBongos last night.

You can add @MyPointyHead and @SuperKaylo to the list, co-workers of Acey and the guys always on Inside Xbox UK.

[Geoff Mendicino]

man i suck at keeping up with this thread, sorry folks

i'm holding a new contest

http://www.freezecracker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2456

[Geoff Mendicino]

giving away halo wars le dlc soon
http://www.freezecracker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2466.0

[naes]

Being subscribed to a lot of YouTube video game reviewers, I heard a lot of negative stuff about FreezeCracker a while ago.

[Geoff Mendicino]

and that has to do with us giving away free stuff out of our own pockets and time how?

regardless, that's a goshdarn shame (it was from being related to the irate gamer oh NO)

seriously can you actually take pretty much any of the piss-quality sheep reviewers on youtube seriously?

[NoDAK]

Today, Telltale Games (http://twitter.com/telltalegames) is giving away three free copies of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures (for the PC) sometime between 9am & 9pm PDT.

edit: Congrats on snaggin that 1st copy, seeson.

[Geoff Mendicino]

updated

[Geoff Mendicino]

RT @mendicino: Giving away a COD WaW: Map Pack code if I hit 325 followers; please retweet!!

[Popnmusic]

I was out of town since thursday. How was the peggle tournament?

[Geoff Mendicino]

Freaking great; it was a lot of fun; we had a lot of assholes join up though, but eh, what can you do

Hope to see you at the next PopCap V1 contest which I should be announcing tomorrow.

[Immortal fWd]

Thanks for compiling this list, I snagged a Mythic Map Pack code from aceybongos today.

[Geoff Mendicino]

Sure thing; please tell others about this list so we can get more names down!

[seeson]

Today, Telltale Games (http://twitter.com/telltalegames) is giving away three free copies of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures (for the PC) sometime between 9am & 9pm PDT.

edit: Congrats on snaggin that 1st copy, seeson.

Thanks! It's for my 2 year old nephew! :)

[Geoff Mendicino]

http://twitter.com/bethblog

giving away the pitt dlc soon

[TehMuff1nM4n]

http://twitter.com/bethblog

giving away the pitt dlc soon

when is soon? :\

[Geoff Mendicino]

methinks when the dlc gets rereleased

[Geoff Mendicino]

http://www.freezecracker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2613

new comment contest

[seeson]

I'm giving away a copy of A Kingdom for Keflings on my twitter tomorrow. http://twitter.com/seeson

[LinkinPrime]

I'll have to add some of those later...thanks.

[seeson]

@ninjabeegames is giving away keflings code today!

[Geoff Mendicino]

I think @Weezul is giving away Family Game Nights stuff?? Don't quote me on that

[archangelreb]

This is great!!!

[Geoff Mendicino]

giving away a kings pack dlc i got from various places, depending on how many new followers i get, i will give more away!!

[Geoff Mendicino]

:)

[Geoff Mendicino]

new contest on my twitter http://twitter.com/mendicino

which street fighter would you like to be irl

[Geoff Mendicino]

bump

[kaddie0]

Thanks for all the contacts on twitter i am going to try this twitter stuff out now

[Geoff Mendicino]

RT @mendicino: If I get 370 followers, I'll give away a 400 M$ Point Code!

[darknight88]

So are any of these dudes giving PSN codes too or what?

[franz ferdinand]

Sega (@sega) give away codes via twitter.

[thehdroom]

@thehdroom :)

Currently giving away 4 copies of Wolverine for PS3

[LinkinPrime]

Has anyone here actually scored an XBLA code from Major Nelson? Are the question marks only numbers or could they be letters too?

[totoguy]

http://majornelson.com/pages/xbox-live-marketplace-codes.aspx

They can be either a letter or a number, and yes they're real codes eventually. I've found the missing character several times, never in time though (got an "already used" message, instead of "invalid code").

[LinkinPrime]

Weak...that's way too time consuming.

[1337sauce]

Has anyone here actually scored an XBLA code from Major Nelson? Are the question marks only numbers or could they be letters too?

It's always different with him and I hardly ever try for his codes anymore because of him having almost 33,000 followers... But the others on the list a very doable. I've won at least $75 of dlc/xbla games in like 3ish months.

[cat_tango]

I won a contest on dennya's twitter for Halo Wars LE, so I'm totally down with trying to win stuff on these. Really I follow them because they have a lot of worthwhile tweets, but codes never hurt. Some of them do trivia for the missing letters/numbers and that's entertaining.

[thebattlebegins]

Trivia may be ur best bet with getting a code. Especially if you are a fast googler.

[Geoff Mendicino]

let me know if there's anyone else i can add on this list

[1337sauce]

let me know if there's anyone else i can add on this list

Mr. Geoff, you might wanna add trixie360. She's been giving out a lot of free stuff lately. I even noticed that you won Outrun the other day from her.

[Geoff Mendicino]

oh yeah whoops

[Wolfkin]

I don't know why I'm sharing this as it'll only hurt my chances but @Sega gives free stuff away every friday.

[Geoff Mendicino]

there you go, chances ruined

[Cleaner7]

I was on Twitter all day today trying to win some of the Hasbro Game Night XBLA codes from the various EA accounts. Didn't win anything, but it was a lot of fun trying.

[muzras]

yay thanks op :D

[NoDAK]

I was on Twitter all day today trying to win some of the Hasbro Game Night XBLA codes from the various EA accounts. Didn't win anything, but it was a lot of fun trying.
Meant to post a reminder here, but somehow forgot (or, maybe I was subconsciously increasing my odds :twisted:).

Anyways, the variety of contests was nice....a little something for everyone. And, I noticed that several of the winners were CAGs.
I got to compete in the anagrams contest ( I won Scrabble!!) and creative writing contest (i.e. the apologies). I missed out on the battleship session and the yahtzee trivia.

@Sega gives free stuff away every friday.
I was all set to participate in this Friday's giveaway, until I noticed that the prizes I wanted were actually from last Friday's Sega UK giveaway. Apparently I had read the wrong blog post.

[Wolfkin]

i know last friday they had Sonic Chronicles.. I thought I was all set and I got logged out of twitter just when they put it up. I was rather pissed at my browser.

[Mirpkered]

It's been pretty fun on the twitterverse. I don't know why but I gotten sucked in. Also I have done pretty good withthe giveaways and had links to other sites with giveaways.

And yes... I have scored a MajorNelson code before.

[spree4567]

I noticed bethblog has given away some codes for the DLC packs, for both 360 and PC

[Wolfkin]

i feel kind bad 'spamming' my twitter feed with contest entries but I've won two contest in the past week so that mitigates it a bit.

[sevendayrevolution]

I tried twitter a while back, got kinda bored with it. This may re-ignite the flame between me and twitter.

Thanks OP

That's why twitter's retention rate is under 40%, people realize once they are there that they don't care what anyone they know is doing haha... but if it is useful for you guys I'm happy, different strokes for different folks.

[Wolfkin]

i'm surprised it's that low. I figured most people would realize how inane twitter could be and not even sign up.

[knightbeauchamp]

nice op

[1337sauce]

i feel kind bad 'spamming' my twitter feed with contest entries but I've won two contest in the past week so that mitigates it a bit.

I do the same, and it truly does pay off. Just won 1600 MS points this week, R-Type Dimensions the week before, Puzzle Quest Galactrix 3 or 4 weeks ago.

Gotta love the free stuff :D

[LinkinPrime]

Who gave away 1600pts?

I'm still at 0 wins :-(

[Frank784]

I'm new to twitter and just added for the freebies....haha. I saw that trixie has some codes, but you have to message her. How do you do that? I've seen codes from the bethblog put out directly that I was seconds too late on. Sega also mentions DMs. I figured its a direct message with the exact phrase that they say. I saw the option to message sega above blocking it, but I don't have a message option for Trixie360, how do I do that?

Thanks

[1337sauce]

Who gave away 1600pts?

I'm still at 0 wins :-(

http://twitter.com/skiLLzzz did. He had his 1000th tweet recently and just decided to give one away. 5th @reply won it (and that was me 8-))

[NoDAK]

Sega also mentions DMs. I figured its a direct message with the exact phrase that they say. I saw the option to message sega above blocking it, but I don't have a message option for Trixie360, how do I do that?
You can't DM anyone unless they are following you. If they aren't following you, then you'll have to settle for sending an @reply.

@SEGA always follows their followers in return. That's why you had the DM option for them.

[usmasters]

quick question, on xbox live does it still say 'enter a valid code' if you put in the correct answer, after the code has already been redeemed.

[gammerwihz]

I'll update this list as it keeps going on (feel free to add more to this list via reply!); it's good to keep these people on your list just in case you get lucky and catch them putting XBLA codes and stuff up:

Geoff Mendicino - http://twitter.com/mendicino
FreezeCracker - http://twitter.com/freezecracker
The Xbox Domain - http://twitter.com/thexboxdomain
SourNotHardcore - http://twitter.com/sournothardcore
Major Nelson - http://twitter.com/majornelson
AceyBongos - http://twitter.com/aceybongos
Official Xbox Magazine - http://twitter.com/oxm
Esko - http://twitter.com/Esko
GameFocus.ca - http://twitter.com/GameFocusdotca
dennya - http://twitter.com/dennya
tamizander - http://twitter.com/tamizander
w1gg1n - http://twitter.com/w1gg1n
JoystiqXbox - http://twitter.com/JoystiqXbox
EA-APOC - http://twitter.com/EA_APOC
TimeDoctor - http://www.twitter.com/TimeDoctor
Jed05 - http://twitter.com/jed05
TellTaleGames - http://twitter.com/telltalegames
Trixie360 - http://twitter.com/trixie360
Sega - http://twitter.com/Sega

When we get enough on the list, I'll organize it into who usually gives out what thing.


Add Vigster to the list as well. Occasional freebies e.g. video games etc

Vigster - http://www.twitter.com/vigster

[BustaUppa]

quick question, on xbox live does it still say 'enter a valid code' if you put in the correct answer, after the code has already been redeemed.Nope, you will get a different message specifying that the code has already been used. I've seen that one quite a few times recently. :-(

[Gamer SDP]

quick question, on xbox live does it still say 'enter a valid code' if you put in the correct answer, after the code has already been redeemed.

There's a message basically saying that the code has been redeemed or has expired. I've entered codes that were posted just in case they were skipped so I know :cry:

[NoDAK]

Add Vigster to the list as well. Occasional freebies e.g. video games etc
:-? I'm not seeing any.

[D0RC]

Whew, these things disappear quick.

[gammerwihz]

I'm new to twitter and just added for the freebies....haha. I saw that trixie has some codes, but you have to message her. How do you do that? I've seen codes from the bethblog put out directly that I was seconds too late on. Sega also mentions DMs. I figured its a direct message with the exact phrase that they say. I saw the option to message sega above blocking it, but I don't have a message option for Trixie360, how do I do that?

Thanks

You dont really need to DM trixie, you can just reply to her questions by @trixie360 and she'll get your replies.
In order for you to be able to send her a DM she'll need to be following you.

[gammerwihz]

:-? I'm not seeing any.

Here is a current one for you http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=223889

[Geoff Mendicino]

bump, trixie is really good at giving away stuff

[LinkinPrime]

She hasn't given away anything in a while.

[Grecco]

She hasn't given away anything in a while.


Probably because shes in maternal leave for her baby.

[Frank784]

She hasn't given away anything in a while.

Probably because shes in maternal leave for her baby.

I just removed her from my text alerts. I never won anything, and I'm tired of hearing her random rants, her news about her ob was my last alert.

[berzirk]

I just removed her from my text alerts. I never won anything, and I'm tired of hearing her random rants, her news about her ob was my last alert.

I did the exact same thing. It became abundantly clear to me that our personal politics were very different, and I didn't give a crap who's ex-boyfriends girlfriend was stalking who. It wasn't worth it to have to sort through her pointless twats to have the small chance to maybe win a DLC expansion!

[velvet396]

any updates to this?

[Geoff Mendicino]

okay finally back and ready to update the list, going to do so now and remove people who don't give away free stuff any more

[Geoff Mendicino]

double post

updated list, and i'll be giving away a bunch of 48 hour codes like almost now (a new one every 5 followers i get hoo hoo)

http://twitter.com/mendicino

[Geoff Mendicino]

There's a huge request for Trials HD giveaways-- if you know any, let people know in this thread!!

[Geoff Mendicino]

If anyone's still interested we'll be giving away Blur codes soon! :)

[Teujip]

just found your thread - not a big twitter fan - but for freebies, I guess I can make an effort :)
not a lot of Wii/PSN love, though :(

[bdavid81]

I haven't paid for an XBLA game since Splosion Man, thanks to Twitter. :)

[Geoff Mendicino]

If you could find stuff for PSN/Wii to add to the Twitter list, that would be awesome. We need some of that.

[Nordom]

"westmansion" on Twitter (can't post links)

It's for the new Splatterhouse game that's coming out soon. Promised goodies at 666 followers (only 52 right now).

[EnronLackey]

Im assuming that this forum will update soon or is there another one I can look at?

[Wolfkin]

hard to say...