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Forget Comixology: get your inexpensive comics from the Humble Bundle folks
Pretty soon Humble Bundle is going to run out of new things to sell. The company has already conquered video games, ebooks, comedy albums and briefly dabbled in film, now the pay-what-you-want kings are turning its sights on comic books. Starting at 11AM PT today you can get a fine collection of digital comics from Image, including Saga and East of West for as little as a penny. If you do care to cough up more (over $15, to be specific), you can get vol. 1 and vol. 20 of The Walking Dead. But this is just the beginning: Humble wants to be known for its book bundles as well as its game offerings. Once this Image Comic promotion is over on May 15th, Humble will be launching a new tab on its site dedicated to ebooks, audio books and comics. That means that there will always be two bundles running simultaneously: a game or other media bundle on the front page and an ebook bundle on a separate tab. And you can expect two different book bundles per-month.
Humble Weekly Sale: Dustforce, VVVVVV, Cave Story+, Limbo
The Humble Weekly Sale is bursting with a dozen of games this time around, and five of them are available for whatever price you want: Thomas Was Alone, Puzzle Bots, Dustforce, VVVVVV and Cave Story+. Add six games for $6: Reus, Limbo, Cthulhu Saves the World, Mutant Mudds Deluxe, Lone Survivor and Element4l. The final game, Teslagrad, is locked under the $10 barrier. This Humble Weekly also has a round of physical merchandise from nerd-merch site Fangamer. For $40, get a shirt and a keychain, and for $100, add on another shirt, a sticker pack and three posters. Plus all the games, of course. Part of the cash in this bundle goes toward the charity Direct Relief. [Image: Humble Bundle]
Humble Mobile Bundle 5 adds Enviro-Bear, R-Type, Paper Monsters
Humble Mobile Bundle 5 is now nine games strong with the addition of Enviro-Bear 2010, R-Type and Paper Monsters. These three games are locked under the "pay more than the average" tier, joining The Cave, The Room Two and Carcassonne. Available for any price you want are Bag It, R-Type 2 and Aralon: Sword and Shadow. There's one week left in this Humble Bundle. This time around, there are two charities you can send your cash to: Child's Play and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You can also split your money between the developers and Humble itself. [Image: Humble Bundle]
Humble Store Sale: Kalypso games at 80 percent off for 80 hours
The Humble Store has teamed up with Kalypso to discount a slew of the publisher's titles for the next 80 hours (or so) as part of this week's special promotion. While you can save a few dollars off Kalypso's most recent releases – such as $5 off Tropico 5 – it's the company's back catalog that has seen the most significant price cut for the sale; up to 80% off. Tropico 4 is down to $6 from $30; or you can snag its entire collection of DLC for $10. The sale also drops Jagged Alliance: Back in Action to $7.49, from $30. Ten percent of sales at The Humble Store are given to charity. Humble supports multiple charities from its store, including the American Red Cross, Child's Play, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Charity: Water and World Land Trust. The Kalypso sale ends early on Thursday, April 24. [Image: Humble Store]
Humble Mobile Bundle 5 explores The Room 2, The Cave, and more
Humble Bundle is back with another serving of high-profile Android games, featuring Double Fine's The Cave, Fireproof Games' The Room 2 and other standout apps in the newly launched Humble Mobile Bundle 5. Pay at least $1 and you'll get Crescent Moon Games' action-RPG Aralon: Sword and Shadow, Hidden Variable's grocery-bagging puzzler Bag It!, and an Android port of Irem's classic arcade shooter R-Type 2. The Room 2, The Cave, and Carcassonne are available for buyers who beat the bundle's average purchase price (currently under $4), and more games will be added at a later date. Humble Mobile Bundle 5 will be available through April 29. [Video: Humble Bundle]
Humble Weekly Sale: Guacamelee, Surgeon Simulator, State of Decay
The Humble Weekly Sale features a lineup of PewDiePie-approved games, with sales helping out the Save the Children charity. Available for anything you want is Surgeon Simulator 2013, Guacamelee Gold Edition and QWOP for Android. Up for $6 or more is SpeedRunners on Early Access and Garry's Mod, at $10 or more unlock Probably Archery, and for $15 or more you'll receive State of Decay. All games are on Steam, except for "QWOP for Android." That one's on – wait for it – Android. [Image: Humble]
Humble Bundle PC and Android 9 adds three games
Humble Bundle PC and Android 9 received three more games this week, bringing the total number of games (appropriately) to nine. Those that spend more than the average sale price for the bundle, which is currently $3.89, get The Shivah, Savant Ascent and Syder Arcade in addition to the six games originally announced for the bundle. Each game is available through Steam for PC, Mac and Linux, via DRM-free download and on Android. Created by adventure game developed Wadjet Eye Games, The Shivah follows Rabbi Russell Stone as he surprisingly receives a generous sum of money to keep his synagogue open. Savant Ascent comes from D-Pad Studios and blends enemy-thrashing with the music of electronic musician Savant. A PS4 version of the game was announced in March. Lastly, Studio Evil's Syder Arcade is described as a "free-scrolling, multi-directional shoot em' up." Humble Bundle PC and Android 9 will end on Tuesday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. [Image: Wadjet Eye Games]
Humble Weekly Sale: Hotline Miami, Super Hexagon, Little Inferno
The Humble Weekly Sale offers Little Inferno, Super Hexagon and Natural Selection 2 for any price you want, and Critter Crunch, PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate and Hotline Miami for $6 or more. It's the Hot, Darwinian, Geometrical, Vermin-Ridden Creature Feature in Florida. Pay more than $1 and grab the games on Steam, too. In this Humble Weekly Sale, customers can throw their money to the developers, Humble itself and two charities, Watsi and Child's Play Charity.
Humble Bundle for PC, Android: Knights of Pen & Paper, Type:Rider
Humble Bundle: PC and Android 9 has six games for PC, Mac, Linux and Android, all with Steam keys, and most for any price you wish. Grab Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror (not on Linux), Bridge Constructor, Type:Rider and Ravensword: Shadowlands for any price at all, and add on Kingdom Rush and Knights of Pen & Paper +1 Edition for more than the average. But that's not all – Humble Bundle: PC and Android 9 will get more games in the future, and paying more than the average now guarantees you'll add those games to your collection, too. As always, send part of your payment to the developers, part to charity and part to Humble Bundle itself, all at your own discretion.
Fast2Play hosting sales of Steam keys from Humble Bundles
Having a great Saturday where everything feels right in the world? Well uh, sorry, but we might derail that train of contentment. Game Informer reports that 7 Entertainment's online storefront Fast2Play and sister site Kinguin are hosting the sale of Steam keys purchased through Humble Bundles. Given that Humble Bundle patrons typically split their payment between the bundle's game developers, charities and the Humble Bundle staff, those groups would be cut from the profits made on resold keys. The Humble Bundle's terms also state that its licenses are not meant for commercial use, making the resale of keys obtained through Humble Bundles a violation of those terms. Ed Key, a developer of Proteus, told Game Informer that he was able to confirm Fast2Play's selling of Steam keys obtained from Humble Bundle purchases. Key discovered this by purchasing Proteus through Fast2Play, then comparing that Steam key to an inventory that had been sold through Humble Indie Bundle 8. Key has since succeeded in having Proteus removed from Fast2Play and some of its sister sites. Game Informer points out that Fast2Play is also hosting sales of Steam Gift versions of Awesomenauts and The Binding of Isaac. While that doesn't affect charitable proceeds, Steam Support states that "any accounts tied to a redeemed gift from a fraudulent source may be suspended." This possibility is noted in the "Activations Details" section of its Steam Gift sales, which asks customers to "please remember you are doing it at your own risk!" A 7 Entertainment representative has responded to the story, explaining that it was "never in our intention to expose any indie developer to any financial losses." The representative states that Fast2Play is an e-store with products from official suppliers, adding that it's awaiting an explanation from the distributor of the involved codes. The representative also described Kinguin as "an Ebay for gamers," explaining that Kinguin itself does not own those keys. [Image: Fast2Play]
Humble Weekly Sale pays tribute to open-source games, charities
The Humble Weekly Sale offers a slew of open-source games for PC, Mac, Linux and Android, plus their soundtracks. Games up for grabs for any price you want are Magical Diary, NEO Scavenger, Offspring Fling and Planet Stronghold. Pay $6 or more to get Anodyne, Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten, Evoland and Incredipede. If you throw down at least $1, you'll get the applicable games on Steam (every one except for Planet Stronghold). Customers can send their money to a lineup of open-source charities. The Humble Weekly open-source sale runs through Thursday, April 3 at 11AM PT. [Image: Humble Bundle]
Humble Store Square Enix sale: Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Hitman
Those Humble folks just can't keep their sales in one place. The Humble Store is offering up to 75 percent off a roundup of Square Enix games, including Tomb Raider Game of the Year Edition for $12, Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut for $10, Sleeping Dogs for $5, Hitman Absolution for $6.25, plus a series of DLC collections, and older Thief, Deus Ex and Tomb Raider games. The new Thief is also on the Humble Store page, but it's $50, without a charming green discount sticker. The Square Enix sale runs for 48 hours, until Friday, March 28 at 10AM PT. Remember, this is all on the Humble Store section, separate from the Humble Weekly and Humble Bundle discounts, but still charitable – 10 percent of every purchase goes to charity. Check the general Humble Store page for a list of other games, some discounted, including Ether One for $17, Escape Goat 2 for $9 and Luftrausers for $10. [Image: Humble Bundle]
Humble Weekly Sale gets rhythmic with Audiosurf, Bit.Trip Runner
Paging Dr. Beat: Humble Bundle's latest Humble Weekly Sale requires a solid sense of rhythm, offering a pay-what-you-want collection of games that test your ability to play along to a backing music track. The $1-minimum package includes Empty Clip Studios' rhythm-driven shoot-'em-up Symphony, Iridium Studios' music-themed RPG Sequence, and Gaijin Games' platformer Bit Trip Runner. Pay more than $6 for the compilation and you'll also get the custom track-driven puzzler Audiosurf, twin-stick arena shooter Beat Hazard Ultra, and reverse-shmup Retro/Grade. The "Rhythm Games" Humble Weekly Bundle will remain available through March 27. [Image: Cold Beam Games]
Devolver Digital on mixing indie movies and games for charity
If its recent Humble Bundle proves anything, it's that Devolver isn't settling for a footprint in one entertainment medium. With its games and a series of indie films on offer in the latest bundle, Devolver mixed its two passions in the pay-what-you-want, charity-driven Humble Bundle series. Devolver's Nigel Lowrie says the company is attempting to do for film what it has done in the indie game publishing space. "We're mostly known for games but Mike Wilson, one of the partners here, is also very much into independent film and trying to replicate a lot of what we do for games on the film side, and so we have Devolver Films now," Lowrie tells Joystiq. "The Humble people have been really cool and they let us experiment. So the idea was, 'Lets try out games and films together and see if that works,' and it lined up with some charities we wanted to help." The Devolver Double Debut Bundle supports The Film Collaborative, a non-profit "committed to distribution education and facilitation of independent film" and the GoFundMe campaign for the cancer treatment of Independent Games Festival chairman Brandon Boyer.
Humble Weekly Sega sale offers 19 new and classic games
The Humble Weekly Sale has gone Sega crazy, offering 19 games from the company's classic and modern eras, this time broken into three pay walls. Pay $1 or more for Alpha Protocol, Company of Heroes, Rome: Total War and Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Rabbit. Throw down $6 or more for Typing of the Dead: Overkill, Binary Domain, Renegade Ops, Medieval 2: Total War and a pack of 10 classic Sega Genesis games. Pay $15 and add Total War: Shogun 2. All games come with Steam keys for PC. Customers in Germany will swap out Typing of the Dead for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Purchases go toward developers, Humble and a round-up of charities: Make-A-Wish Foundation, Special Effect, GamesAid, Whale & Dolphin Conservation, Willow Foundation and GamesAid. The sale ends on Thursday, March 20 at 11AM PT. [Image: Humble Bundle]
Humble Mobile Bundle 4 adds Gunslugs, OLO, Color Sheep
If you threw some cash toward Humble Bundle's latest Android collection, you're entitled to three additional games unlocked today as part of Humble Mobile Bundle 4. Buyers who beat the bundle's average purchase price (currently just under $4) will receive downloadable copies of Sennep's strategy game OLO, Trinket Studios' arcade-style action game Color Sheep, and OrangePixel's run-and-gun shooter Gunslugs, in addition to previously featured games Catan, Vector, Riptide GP2, Zombie Gunship, Badland Premium, and Breach & Clear. Humble Mobile Bundle 4 will remain available through Tuesday, March 18. [Image: Humble Bundle]
Humble Weekly Sale spotlights PopCap with Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies
This week's Humble Weekly Sale focuses on casual games developer extraordinaire PopCap Games, serving up downloadable copies of Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies, and other favorites plucked from the studio's back catalog. Buyers who pay at least $1 for the bundle will receive Steam and Origin copies of PopCap's pachinko-puzzler hybrid Peggle, match-three gem-buster Bejeweled 3, word-stringing puzzle game Bookworm, hidden-object adventure Escape Rosecliff Island, and sealife evolution sim Feeding Frenzy Deluxe. Chip in more than $6 and you'll also get the Game of the Year Edition of PopCap's tower defense strategy game Plants vs. Zombies, DLC expansion Peggle Nights, and color-matching puzzler Zuma's Revenge. PopCap owner Electronic Arts is donating all bundle proceeds to The V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Melanoma Research Alliance. [Image: Humble Bundle / PopCap]
Devolver Humble Bundle has games, films; supports Brandon Boyer
The Devolver Digital Double Debut bundle offers a mix of screen-based activities – five games and five movies – now through March 16. It's hosted by Humble Bundle, so some items are available for whatever price you want, and others unlock if you pay more than a certain amount, this time $10. Available for any price are the games Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition and Shadow Warrior Classic Redux, plus the movies Austin High, The Poisoning and One Couch at a Time. Pay more than $10 to also snag the games Defense Technica, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure and Cosmic DJ, and the films MARS and Good Game. This bundle marks the debuts of Cosmic DJ and Good Game. Cosmic DJ is a music-creation game designed for everyone to pick up and play, regardless of musical competence, and it's available now DRM-free on PC and Mac. Purchase will include a Steam key once the game launches there. Good Game is an independent documentary from Nine Hour Films that chronicles a year on the premiere pro gaming team, Evil Geniuses. Payments are distributed among Humble, the developers and charity, and this time the charity hits close to home for many developers. Proceeds from the bundle can go to the Brandon Boyer Cancer Treatment Relief gofundme campaign – Boyer is chairman of the Independent Games Festival and founder of game culture site Venus Patrol. Great games and a great cause, at whatever price you wish. [Image: Brandon Boyer]
Humble Mobile Bundle 4: Catan, Badland Premium, Breach & Clear
Humble Mobile Bundle 4 includes six Android games – for now – with four priced at "whatever you want," and two for "more than the average." The four games up for grabs are Catan, Vector, Riptide GP2 and Zombie Gunship. The two behind the average wall are Badland Premium and Breach & Clear. Badland Premium includes all in-app DLC, including the Day 2 Pack with 40 new levels and 120 missions, and Multiplayer with 17 new levels and three new characters. All in-app purchases for Breach & Clear are unlocked as well. All Humble Bundle purchases are split between charity, the developers and Humble itself.
Fez, Starseed Pilgrim, Beatbuddy arrive late to the Humble Bundle 11 party
The already-tempting smorgasbord of Humble Indie Bundle 11 has been bolstered by the addition of three new games today: Fez, Starseed Pilgrim and Beatbuddy. Fez is Polytron Corporation's puzzle-platformer about Gomez, a cute sprite stuck in a seemingly 2D world. After receiving a magical hat, Gomez discovers the ability to rotate 2D planes, unlocking a third dimension within the game world. Starseed Pilgrim, an IGF design nominee, is all about tending a symphonic garden. As a galactic gardener, you must populate the vast white void of space with color and music. Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians is an underwater exploration game driven by music. As the titular Beatbuddy, players navigate beautiful hand-drawn environments in search of a way to save the residents of Symphonia. As with previous Humble Bundles, all three of these games are immediately unlocked for those who have already purchased the bundle. Would-be spenders need to contribute more than the going average, which is just shy of $5 right now, in order to snag these three. [Image: Polytron Corporation]
