The Humble Bundle company blog announces game bundles, charity split changes, app news, and the company's acquisition by IGN.
HN links it for official announcements, such as the IGN acquisition and the Humble app's removal from Google Play, with commenters mostly just citing facts.
I didn't see the links in here, and couldn't easily find it on the site, but did find the link in my email:
Newsletter:
https://blog.humblebundle.com/2022/01/11/humble-choice-is-leveling-up/?utm_source=Humble+Bundle+Newsletter
Link to their FAQ on the change:
https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/4411127626139
Which games do I get to keep forever?
https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/4411127626139#forever
"All Humble Choice members receive a selection of hand-picked games redeemable via a key for select platforms, when available (Steam, Epic, Origin, GOG, etc.). You can find these games at the Humble Choice Hub after unlocking the current month of Choice. Games in the Humble app for Windows PC, including the Humble Games Collection, are only available to active Humble Choice members. New Humble Choice games are available on the first Tuesday of every month."
Which is good, because I have, ~20 pages of keys to redeem since I've been a long time humblebundler and usually only grabbed things as I was playing. I was worried I'd have to redeem them all before Feb, which doesn't sound like the case. So, business as usual for me? though it might be good to get most things I want redeemed over to steam fwiw.
It does sound (from reading this thread) that Linux/Mac users who want their DRM free d/ls will need to grab them before the switchover.
edmund's statement is a bit curious. HIB didn't merely "give all the linux builds to Ubuntu during the promotion", they advertised that all the HIB5 games including Super Meat Boy would be available from the Ubuntu Software Center: http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/24981005928/humble-indie-bundle-v-games-in-the-ubuntu-software
So Ubuntu was meant to allow HIB users to "buy" the games for no money and download it, just not to allow non-HIB customers to pay money for them. Which leaves a much more understandable avenue for them to screw up. Also, he says he's really pissed off with Ubuntu prior to HIB7 but they're the ones who refused to allow The Binding Of Isaac. Does that really seem terribly plausible?
The official blog post from Humble Bundle is here: http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/166366386976/humble-bundle-is-joining-forces-with-ign
It was posted earlier today but didn't get much attention (possibly because the title didn't make it clear it was an acquisition): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15468583
I don't know about the source (would be interested to know if anyone has more information) but the app was releases as part of a humble bundle along with other games and a voxel tech demo: http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/13163342831/introducing-the-humble-introversion-bundle
I love the stuff Introversion does.
Huh, I think you're right. BIT.TRIP RUNNER was definitely in the HIB 6 [1], but I don't see it on the download page either.
There's an button to get the Steam key, though.
[1] http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/32252091984/humble-indie-bundle-6-is-now-ten-games-strong
At least this year you get the fonts in some form. Last year you didn't get anything from the Humble Indie Ballyhoo (http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/115193038361/step-on-up-for-modern-gaming-at-its-finest-its)