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IGN Acquires Humble Bundle

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

takyon writes:

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 jimshatt on Saturday October 14 2017, @10:00PM (2 children)

    by jimshatt (978) on Saturday October 14 2017, @10:00PM (#582417) Journal
    I don't usually give a lot of money to charities, so I see this as a chance to contribute a little. I always select EFF. With indie developers I leave about as much to the developers, but larger studios only get 5 percent or so (0 is such a nasty number). Same with the Humble Tip, +- 5%.

    Other than how I distribute the money, I completely agree with you about value for money and choosing the right tier (and not buying into the monthly BS).
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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 14 2017, @10:36PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday October 14 2017, @10:36PM (#582424) Journal

    The way I see it, even if you have to beat a high average to get all the titles (and I don't think the averages have been very high - like $10-15? - considering you get around 5 games usually), it's a chance to support a charity that you (hopefully) want to donate to. People give plenty of money to charities or even political candidates without much expectation of a tangible return (#BernieBTFO), but here you get a few games. Throwing $24 to EFF (and $1 to dev/Humble) is no problem. It would be nice if they added Internet Archive though.

    And if you don't want to participate, you can lowball the donation amount (where there have been minimum amounts, they have been very low) or just pirate it when possible.

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