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Humble Indie Bundle 2 Concludes, Collects Over $1.8M

After launching on December 14, the second (hopefully now annual) Humble Indie Bundle has come to a close, raising just over $1.8 million.

The DRM-free, "pay what you want" bundle featured a number of high-profile independently developed games for PC, Mac, and Linux, in support of indie developers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Child's Play Charity. Users were able to divide their donations to share between developers and charities or to give the entire lump sum to any one specific group. Read more »

"Well considering the marketing outlay required would have been minuscule and people could just ..."
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Humble Indie Bundle #2 Now Offering Free Humble Indie Bundle #1

The brilliant 'pay what you want' Humble Indie Bundle #2 keeps getting better, as organiser Wolfire Games has now announced that you can receive the six games from the original Humble Indie Bundle for free.

All 180,00-odd customers who bought Bundle #2 before this announcement was made will have automatically received Bundle #1 for nowt. New purchasers, though, will need to spend more than whatever Bundle #2's average purchase price is at the time in order to receive Bundle #1. When this story was written, the average was $7.33 but surely you'd pay more than that for all those games and to help charity anyway, wouldn't you? Read more »

"Osmos is very fun, but the first rule of playing the game seems to be "DO NOT RUSH!!""
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Humble Indie Bundle #2 Gets Extension, Steam Activation as Sales Pass $1 Million

If you've already purchased the the brilliant 'pay what you want' indie game-o-rama The Humble Indie Bundle #2, or are planning to, you'll be able to activate its five fab games on your Steam account, organiser Wolfire Games has announced.

A code available from your HIB2 download page will add Machinarium, Osmos and Braid, to your Steam account immediately, while Cortex Command and Revenge of the Titans will be added when they become available on Valve's digital distribution platform. Read more »

"As opposed to giving them nothing for it? You did better than most, so be happy you're helping ..."
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Humble Indie Bundle 2 Makes Over Half a Million in Under 24 Hours

The second Humble Indie Bundle kicked off yesterday, allowing buyers to pay what they would like for a selection of five independent games and optional donations to two charities. Today, the group announced that it had generated over half a million dollars in just under 24 hours.

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'Pay What You Want' Humble Indie Bundle 2 Launches, Packing Braid, Machinarium and More

As deals go, you can't get much better than the 'pay what you want' model, especially when it's on a bundle of top indie games and you get to help charity too. Enter The Humble Indie Bundle #2, sequel to the original Bundle from May 2010.

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The Humble Indie Bundle 2 Teased as Original Bundle Scores Steam Activation

The fantastic 'pay what you want' Humble Indie Bundle which was ran in May is due a festive sequel, organiser and indie developer Wolfire Games has teased.

The Humble Indie Bundle offered DRM-free versions of indie games World of Goo, Gish, Aquaria, Lugaru HD, Samorost 2 and Penumbra Overture for whatever you fancied paying, be it a thousand dollars or ten cents. You didn't pay ten cents, did you? Read more »

"I bought the bundle (for higher than average price) and I still haven't had time to play any of ..."
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'Pay What You Want' Indie Bundle Offer Extended as Sales Hit $1 Million, Source Code Released

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Sales of the "pay what you want" Humble Indie Bundle have passed $1 million, leading the kind folks behind it all to extend the offer by four days and pledge to release the source code for bundle games Lugaru HD, Gish, Aquaria and Penumbra Overture.

The initial week-long Humble Indie Bundle sale raked in $1,112,815, with $344,450 going to Penny Arcade's charity Child's Play and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Read more »

"It makes me want to give them money and I dont know anything about the games."
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Machinarium Dev's Samorost 2 Added to 'Pay-What-You-Want' Humble Indie Bundle

The pay-what-you want Humble Indie Bundle has added the full version of Machinarium developer Amanita Design's charming adventure game Samorost 2 to its lineup, joining World of Goo, Gish, Aquaria, Lugaru HD and Penumbra Overture in the bargain offer.

With the offer set to end at 4pm EDT today, the grand total at the time of writing stands at a whopping $891,404--a portion of which is headed to Penny Arcade's children's charity Child's Play and digital rights advocate the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Lugaru developer Wolfire Games has teased that if sales reach $1 million, the source code for Gish, Lugaru and Penumbra Overture will be released. Read more »

"In this particular case it works but a) there's more to the world than USA and Europe, in the ..."
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'Pay-What-You-Want' Indie Bundle Offers World of Goo, Penumbra Overture and More To Help Charity

Celebrated indie games including World of Goo, Gish and Aquaria can now be bought for as little--or as much--as you please while helping charity with the Humble Indie Bundle.

The bundle packs DRM-free editions of Independent Games Festival award winners World of Goo, Gish and Aquaria plus Lugaru HD and Penumbra Overture for Windows, Linux or Mac, which cost $80 if bought individually. Read more »

"Sounds like you're more about being a freeloading ass than charity. I'm all for having a thick ..."
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