THQ: We Are Evaluating Future Support for Linux

December 17, 2012

On the heels of generating over $5 million from the Humble THQ Bundle, THQ says that it is evaluating various options for making more of its PC games Linux friendly. One of the biggest complaints against this particular bundle was that it was Windows-only. THQ now says that it is evaluating the costs and benefits of Linux, following consumer feedback on the Humble THQ Bundle.

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Humble THQ Bundles Sails Past $5 Million Mark

December 12, 2012

With just one hour remaining before close, the Humble THQ Bundle has managed to break the $5 million mark off the sale of almost 870,000 bundles. The average price paid for this Windows-only pay-what-you-want bundle currently sits at $5.67. In case you missed previous stories on this particular bundle, the Humble THQ Bundle contains Red Faction: Armageddon, Darksiders, Metro 2033, Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Saints Row The Third, and several game soundtracks.

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Humble THQ Bundle Rakes in over $4.3 Million

December 10, 2012

UPDATE:  Humble Bundle has added Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Game of the Year Edition to the games you'll pick up if you pay over the average price.

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Humble THQ Bundle Adds Titan Quest and Red Faction: Armageddon DLC

December 6, 2012

The Humble THQ Bundle has added a little bonus content to further encourage gamers to pick up the Windows-only pay-what-you want collection of THQ games. The new additions are the Diablo-like action RPG Titan Quest from bankrupted Iron Lore Studios and the Red Faction: Armageddon DLC pack, Path of War.

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Super Podcast Action Committee - Episode 31

December 3, 2012

In Episode 31 of the Super Podcast Action Committee hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss if the gender and race of a main character matters, the Humble THQ Bundle, the importance of play-testing, more Uplay woes, DRM, and other forms of tomfoolery. Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 31 (1 hour, 14 minutes) 68 MB.

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Humble THQ Bundle Rakes in Over $2.3 Million

November 30, 2012

Only a day after being offered, the Humble THQ Bundle has managed to garner $2.38 million in sales (and climbing even as we write this). The pay-what-you-want THQ bundle managed to do this despite the fact that it doesn't offer Mac and Linux versions of the game (which many are not happy about). Nevertheless, the sale shows that big publishers can get in on the action and make some cash.

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Humble THQ Bundle Offers Seven AAA Titles

November 29, 2012

The latest Humble Bundle might not have the indie spirit you usually expect from the pay-what-you-want bundler, but it sure does offer a lot of great games. The Humble THQ Bundle is offering Darksiders, Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Metro 2033, Red Faction: Armageddon, and Saints Row: The Third (if you pay over the average price).

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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space Coming to Indie Game Stand

November 27, 2012

Digital Eel's Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space will be up for sale on Indie Game Stand for four days - from December 3 - 6, with ten percent of the proceeds going to its charity of choice - RIF (Reading is Fundamental).

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Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight Winners Revealed

November 26, 2012

The top four games have been voted on by the community in Double Fine's annual game development jam, Amnesia Fortnight.

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Humble Bundle for Android 4 is Live

November 8, 2012

It's that time again!

Yes, a new Humble Bundle is here, making indie games available in the pay-what-you-want way we all know and love.

The Humble Bundle for Android 4 features six games: Splice, Eufloria, Waking Mars, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, and Machinarium.  The first five are yours for whatever price you feel like paying but if you want Machinarium, you're going to have to pony up more than the average price which as of this writing, is $5.90.

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The Bundle of the Damned Goes Live

October 29, 2012

The Bundle of the Damned, a Halloween-themed bundle that gives anyone willing to pay at least $1 a collection of five spooky games is now live at Groupees. The bundle offers Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, Rijn the Specpyre in... Manor of the Damned!, and a collection of music from Halloween specialists Midnight Syndicate. Twenty percent of the purchase automatically goes to the UNICEF charity. Those willing to pay at least $4 will also receive Epicycle's BlindSide, an audio-only horror game called Anna, and Post Mortem (the prequel to Still Life).

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Indie Royale Announces Halloween Bundle

October 26, 2012

A brand new Halloween themed bundle has been announced by Indie Royale, offering five "spooky" pay-what-you-want games for the holiday. This bundle includes the full five-episode season of Telltale Games' Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse; the horror adventure, Home; the horror-themed first-person adventure game from Ice Pick Lodge, Pathologic; and more. The top purchaser for this bundle will also get the sold out physical Old-School Collector's Edition for Home which includes a map, game manual and game-universe artifacts.

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Buy Digital Eel's Brainpipe at Indie Game Stand, Help Reading is Fundamental

October 17, 2012

The experiment continues over at the Indie Game Stand, where every 96 hours a new indie game is highlighted and put up for sale at the cool price of "pay-whatever-you-want." This time out it's Digital Eel's excellently trippy first person real-time spatial navigation game Brainpipe.

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Indie Royale Fall Bundle Launches

October 16, 2012

The newest Indie Royale Bundle is alive and kicking - offering five new games that consumers can pay-what-they-want for until October 21. The Indie Royale bundle is a little different than the Humble Bundle in that it has a starting price - in this case $5.

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Five Books Added to Humble eBook Bundle

October 16, 2012

The Humble eBook Bundle has added five new books to its pay-what-you-want DRM-free eBook bundle today. The new additions include Penny Arcade books Attack of the Bacon Robots and Epic Legends of the Magic Sword Kings; two volumes from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal including Save Yourself, Mammal! and The Most Dangerous Game; and xkcd: volume 0.

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Introducing the Humble eBook Bundle

October 9, 2012

You may recall that in one of our polls about the Humble Bundle we asked you what kinds of bundles you'd like to see. One of those suggestions was an eBook bundle. Well, someone somewhere at Humble Bundle headquarters must be reading our polls and listening to the Super PAC, because today they announced the Humble eBook Bundle.

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Time is Running Out on Humble Indie Bundle 6

October 2, 2012

The organizers of the Humble Bundle sent along a note reminding everyone that the latest bundle, Humble Indie Bundle 6, will be done in less than 7 hours. If you haven't gotten in on the latest pay-what-you-want DRM-free bundle, the window to do so is getting very narrow at this point.

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Indie Royale Launches Oktoberfest Bundle

September 28, 2012

The Indie Royale has launched its latest bundle of indie games - the Oktoberfest Bundle. The Oktoberfest Bundle offers a handful of indie games, including three episodes of the adult-themed point-and-click adventure Hector: Badge of Carnage, puzzle platformer Adventures of Shuggy, musical puzzle game Chime, the popular and slightly controversial RPG adventure Dangerous High School Girls In Trouble, and The Network.

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The Humble Indie Bundle 6 Reddit AMA Thread

September 27, 2012

Nine of the developers who have games in Humble Indie Bundle 6 have gotten together to answer questions via an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) thread on Reddit.

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IndieGameStand Opens with Escape Goat

September 27, 2012

The IndieGameStand is offering MagicalTimeBean's puzzle-platformer Escape Goat in its latest pay-what-you-want DRM-free game promotion. Unlike other Indie game offerings that provide a bundle of games, IndieGameStand offers one indie game for three days. If you pay more than $1 you can unlock a code for the game via Desura.

Ten percent of all proceeds go to a charity of the developer's choosing: this time it's the American Red Cross.

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Humble Indie Bundle 6 Adds Four More Games

September 25, 2012

As the pay-what-you-want DRM-free Humble Indie Bundle 6 gains momentum organizers have decided to add four games into the already impressive mix of titles you can get this time out. New games added include Wizorb, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Gratuitous Space Battles, and Jamestown.

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Humble Indie Bundle 6 off to a Rousing Start

September 18, 2012

The Humble Bundle organizers have taken a break from offering mobile bundles to put together Humble Indie Bundle 6. The pay-what-you-want DRM-free bundle this time out is pretty impressive. It includes Rochard, Shatter, S.P.A.Z., Torchlight, Vessel and five game soundtracks. If you are willing to pay above the average price - currently at $5.51 - you can get Dustforce too. As always you can decide to give all the money to the developers, or to Child's Play or the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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Indie Royale 'Getaway' Bundle Launched

August 28, 2012

The new Indie Royale Bundle (The Getaway Bundle) has been announced offering six new indie games that you can "pay what you want" for and can be downloaded through Steam or Desura (as usual). Titles in the latest bundle include Shattered Horizon, Analogue: A Hate Story, Da New Guys, Super Amazing Wagon Adventure, Waves from developer SquidInABox and MiniFlake.

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Green Light Bundle Launches

August 27, 2012

Stolen Couch Games has launched the Green Light Bundle a budget-minded collection of indie games for a minimum $1 purchase, or up to eight games for $5 or more. Those willing to pay more than $1 can get Stolen Couch's Ichi, AngryMob Games' Muffin Knight, PixelJam's Dino Run SE, and Studio Evil's Syder Arcade.

For $5 or more, you'll get Gunman Clive, Madfinger's Samurai II Vengeance, AngryMob's Guerrilla Bob, and Crescent Moon Games' Paper Monsters, along with five bonus soundtracks.

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Humble Bundle for Android 3 Adds Four Games

August 23, 2012

We forgot to mention this yesterday: The latest Humble Bundle - Humble Bundle for Android 3 - has added four new games into the mix: Anomaly: Warzone Earth, EDGE, Osmos, and World of Goo. All four of these games were in the very first Humble Android Bundle so if you didn't get in on the ground floor of that one, consider this an official do-over. As always games in the bundle are DRM-free and you can pay what you want for them. The bonus games require a bit more of a commitment.

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Humble Bundle for Android #3 Launched

August 15, 2012

Organizers of the Humble Bundle have launched a brand new bundle today - Humble Bundle for Android #3. While it might be specifically named for Android-based devices, organizers emphasize that all of the five games in the bundle are also playable on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

As always, those who want to buy this bundle pay what they want for it, giving their cash to the developers or one of two charities: the Electronic Frontier Foundation or Child's Play.

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Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 15

August 13, 2012

In episode 15 of the Super Podcast Action Committee, Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about Harry Potter games, OUYA's Kickstarter success and pre-order, a dehydrated teen, piracy, free-to-play spending, and Nintendo and Sony's trouble getting third-party developers to love their hand-helds. Download Episode 15 here: SuperPAC Episode 15 (1 Hour, 5 Minutes).

Super Podcast Action Committee - Lucky Episode 13

July 30, 2012

We ignore the taboo of the number 13 to present you with Episode 13 of the Super Podcast Action Committee. We have no fear in us. This week Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about Gamers Against Bigotry, GameStop's plans for selling used digital games in Europe, the Humble Music Bundle, and Gamasutra's article about developers working in war-torn countries.

Indie Gala 7 Bundle Launches

July 27, 2012

The Indie Gala 7 has launched today, offering seven games and with 2 unlocks to be revealed in the second week. The pay-what-you-want game bundle offers Steam-compatible versions of such games as Rig'n'Roll, Space Rangers, Reign, and one unlocked game. Those consumers willing to cough up more than $5.00 will also get Death to Spies, Death to Spies: Moment of Truth, King's Bounty, UFO, and another (currently secret) unlocked game.

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Andrew EisenI replied to her comment. Maybe in a few weeks I'll get a reply.05/23/2013 - 3:24pm
Thomas Riordan@Andrew Eisen To what bowling alley does she go that puts sexual images in the faces of 6 year olds?05/23/2013 - 3:17pm
Andrew EisenWell, it took a month but Linda Stender finally replied to me... and didn't address a single one of my questions. http://aswlindastender.com/2013/04/23/follow-up-video-games-and-their-effect-on-children/05/23/2013 - 3:13pm
ImautobotAlso, from a tech perspective the PS4 is apparently already winning. http://bgr.com/2013/05/22/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-specs/05/23/2013 - 3:12pm
ImautobotSony's PS4 motto should be "We play games." Microsoft's should be "We play games, when we're not rewinding your tapes."05/23/2013 - 3:11pm
Andrew EisenOh look, Dying Light was just announced For Everything But Wii U. That's 73.05/23/2013 - 2:06pm
james_fudgeZippy: they said the same thing about Cell. How did that turn out.05/23/2013 - 1:28pm
Andrew EisenNeed for Speed Rivals is coming out For Everything But Wii U - PS3, 360, PC, PS4 and Xbox One. That brings the grand total up to 72.05/23/2013 - 12:55pm
PHX Corphttp://wiiudaily.com/2013/05/microsoft-is-selling-the-wii-u-better-than-nintendo/ Wii U daily Opinion: Microsoft is selling the Wii U better than Nintendo05/23/2013 - 12:23pm
E. Zachary KnightZippy, they very well may be. But that will only last until they are released. At that time, they will be two generations behind.05/23/2013 - 11:14am
ZippyDSMleefor a good luagh, http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/124288-EA-Exec-Xbox-One-and-PS4-Are-A-Generation-Ahead-Of-PC05/23/2013 - 10:55am
james_fudgeIt's about time! I need W805/23/2013 - 10:49am
MaskedPixelanteLooks like Gamepot is more willing to play ball than Square Enix. Wizardry 6+7 and 8 are available on GOG.05/23/2013 - 10:36am
DorthLousAnybody tried Hiversaire? Thoughts?05/22/2013 - 5:48pm
E. Zachary KnightNew Humble Bundle Weekly Sale. Alan Wake: https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly No Linux or Mac support. :(05/22/2013 - 1:46pm
E. Zachary KnightMicrosoft talks about the lack of backward compatability. You're backwards. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192801/If_youre_backwards_compatible_youre_really_backwards.php05/22/2013 - 1:39pm
E. Zachary KnightThat is absolutely nuts there. As bad an experience XBox Indie Games was, the problems weren't with the self published side of things. Forcing a publisher onto independent studios is not going to help.05/22/2013 - 10:43am
MaskedPixelantehttp://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-22-microsoft-wont-let-indies-self-publish-on-xbox-one And the hits just keep on coming.05/22/2013 - 9:20am
E. Zachary KnightAE: You beat me to it. That's what I get for taking the night off.05/22/2013 - 7:40am
E. Zachary KnightTo continue the confused and convoluted messaging system present in EA, They are making Wii U games: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192753/EA_is_working_on_Wii_U_games_after_all.php05/22/2013 - 7:33am
 

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