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Humble Indie Bundle 4 earns $2 million

David Hinkle — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST

It's true: Humble Indie Bundle 4 is the most appealing one yet. Bundle 4 added five earlier games (and their soundtracks) this week and has now earned more than $2 million.

It's becoming less and less surprising to report these bundles are earning millions of dollars. Back in October, the Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle earned $1 million, and Humble Indie Bundle 3 surpassed $2 million in the final hours of its existence. The quality of the games being offered is a big draw, but it's clear that the bundle creators haven't lost sight of their inclusive approach to customers.

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Humble Indie Bundle 4 abused by Scrooge-like Steam scamming

Alexander Sliwinski — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:10:00 EST

This is how nice things like Humble Indie Bundles stop happening: the Humble Indie Bundle 4, which also supports charities like the Red Cross and Child's Play, has people abusing the system for grinchy gain. Here's how the scam worked: oogie-boogies purchased the bundle for a penny, then used the Steam codes from the bundle "to 'legitimize' automated Steam accounts in order to increase their odds of winning prizes in Valve's current raffle promotion."

"This is unfair to legitimate entrants and is definitely not what we wanted to encourage with Humble Indie Bundle 4," wrote organizers on the Humble Bundle blog. "It's a lose-lose situation for the indie developers, charities, Valve, and Humble Bundle."

New orders now have a required purchase price of $1 to obtain Steam keys. For those who can't afford the dollar (*glares at your $5 mocha*), a Steam key can be provided by contacting the support team and promising "not to resell" or "otherwise abuse it."

It's a fair compromise to a sad situation that shouldn't have happened in the first place.

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Humble Indie Bundle adds five more games (and their soundtracks)

David Hinkle — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:15:00 EST

There's "value" and then there's "you're insane if you don't purchase this." The latest Humble Indie Bundle falls into the latter and is easily the best bundle yet. That's right, we said it.

Humble Indie Bundle 4 has added five new games to its lineup -- a selection of titles from Humble Indie Bundle 3, to be exact. If you pay more than the average now (or already purchased the bundle) you can snag Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVVVV, And Yet It Moves and Hammerfight on the house. And you know how the fine bundle folks sweetened the deal by adding free soundtracks last week? Yup, you'll also get the soundtracks to these five latest additions.

Agree with us now? Yeah, we thought so.

Humble Indie Bundle adds five more games (and their soundtracks) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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