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posted by martyb on Saturday October 14 2017, @05:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the making-a-bundle dept.

IGN, a game and entertainment media company, has acquired Humble Bundle, a distributor of video games that raises money for charities:

Media giant IGN announced today that it has acquired Humble Bundle, the company best known for selling packs of indie games at pay-what-you-want prices. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

This is potentially a big deal for game developers, since Humble has expanded beyond its bundling business to publish games, pay devs to make games for its subscription-based monthly game club, maintain a subscription-based online game trove, and operate an online game storefront.

However, a press release confirming the deal also noted that Humble will continue to operate independently in the wake of the acquisition, with no significant business or staffing changes. It will have some degree of support from IGN (which is itself owned by digital media giant J2 Global), specifically in terms of accelerating growth and raising more money for charity.

I think I stopped using Humble Bundle when they started removing the Electronic Frontier Foundation as a charity option for some bundles.

Also at VentureBeat and Humble Mumble (official blog).


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 14 2017, @08:45PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday October 14 2017, @08:45PM (#582402) Journal

    A lot of the bundles listed here [wikipedia.org] only seem to have raised money for 2-3 charities, not "which charity you want to give too" which implies that you could pick from thousands of recognized charities. Several bundles from its earlier history only raised money for one charity, and only one charity is listed for each of the "Humble Monthly Bundles" from 2015-2017.

    Even if there is a choice of 5 charities, the advice to research each one before giving it money still applies.

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