Hace ya siete años que salió el primer Humble Indie Bundle y, desde entonces, Humble Bundle ha recaudado más de 100 millones de dólares, lanzado decenas de bundles de todo tipo, montado su propia tienda y distribuido juegos por su cuenta, como el reciente A Hat in Time.
Tras un intento de expansión demasiado ambicioso, que los obligó a reducir puestos de trabajo, Humble acaba de anunciar que han sido adquiridos por el gigante IGN, aunque Humble seguirá con su propio equipo y operando independientemente en sus propias oficinas.
Announcing our biggest bundle ever: Humble Bundle is proudly joining the IGN family! We will continue to bring you all of our humble products, but with more resources and help from IGN.
We chose IGN because they really understand our vision, share our passion for games, and believe in our mission to promote awesome digital content while helping charity. I can’t think of a better partner than IGN to help Humble Bundle continue our quest.
We will be working harder than ever to bring you the best gaming bundles, book bundles, and store sales, while nurturing the Humble Monthly and our new publishing initiative. We will keep our own office, culture, and amazing team with IGN helping us further our plans. We will raise even more money for charity.
John and I started Humble Bundle from our childhood homes. When our parents found out that our “big idea” was basically the honor system of pay-what-you-want plus charity, they braced themselves for the possibility that we might never move out. Seven years later, thanks to the generosity of over 10 million customers, we’ve now raised $106 million for charity. We are incredibly proud of this figure, of our team, and the Humble community which got us here.
But as far as we’ve come, we know we are just getting started. Even bigger things lie ahead, and we think IGN is the perfect partner to help us get there.
If you like Humble Bundle now, stay tuned, because we’ll have more exciting things to share in the near future.
