The second Humble Indie Bundle promotion has come to an end, and most would agree the event was another rousing success. The bundle brought in a whopping $1,822,922.02 from 232,846 contributors around half a million dollars more than the first promotion made back in May.
New Game Network writes: Frictional Games has announced the release of the source code for their first game Penumbra: Overture, together with the source code for the engine and tools used in its creation. This comes as a reply to the great success of the Humble Indie Bundle, in which over 1 million dollars has been donated to the participating developers and charities.
The pay-what-you-feel-like package of 6 classic award-winning indie games has received a 4 day extension, and now 4 of the games are even going open source. You still have until Saturday, May 15th at 1:00 PM PST to get Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, Penumbra: Overture, Samorost 2, and World of Goo for any price you want.
Want to support both indie gaming and a couple of gaming charities, at whatever price you can afford, in one shot? There is less than one day left to purchase the Humble Indie Bundle for the PC, Mac and Linux platforms. Purchasing the Humble Indie Bundle will give you six great indie games and allow you to donate whatever you want (or can afford) to independent game developers, Child's Play, and/or the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
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In a surprisingly short amount of time, the developers of five indie games have earned over $1,000,000 to be distributed amongst themselves, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Child's Play (after credit card fees). Each of the five developers has thus far earned about $144,641.
The Humble Indie Bundle can be purchased for whatever price you deem reasonable, and the distribution of your funds can be customized to favor the developers or non-profits, or to be split evenly between both.
Amanita Design, the small Czech team that released the award-winning Machinarium last October, has decided to make a donation to the Humble Indie Bundle of their own, but instead of donating money, they donated another game to the package to sweeten the deal for everybody else. Now you can get six classic award-winning indie games (World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, Penumbra: Overture, and Samorost 2), for PC/Mac/Linux, with no DRM, at any price you feel like paying.
As the pay-what-you-like deal approaches the $500,000 USD mark, Jeffrey Rosen tells IncGamers it has been an epic success. There were many possible outcomes for this promotion ... but this is the best possible scenario that we ever hoped for.
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The independent developers behind World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, and Penumbra: Overture have joined forces to cut out the middle man with the release of the Humble Indie Bundle. The unique package offers DRM-free versions of these underground hits for Windows, Mac, and Linux. But the interesting part is that they’re letting customers name the price…
Frictional Games has released a new update for its survival horror title Penumbra Overture, now available for download.
The Sound of Fiction record label today released a special edition of the Penumbra Soundtrack. The Penumbra series, developed by Frictional Games, has achieved cult status, and Mikko Tarmia's essential soundscape has been consistently lauded as one of the series' greatest achievements.
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