Humble Bundle: Origin Sale (wtf?! Battlefield 3?) - NO money goes to EA!

[Phynaz]

Guys, just to clarify before I blew 5 bucks for nothing :

I already have BF3, can I gift it while keeping everything else to myself ?

Legally, no. Is there anything from preventing you from doing so? No.

 

[fastcuda]

I am having trouble with burnout multi player, it says my origin and steam id won't work, even though I installed both keys. Does it take a 3rd account to make the online work?
Is the online included? Runs fine on my windows 8 so far.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Grabbed Burnout Paradise and the Sims 3 Starter Pack.
(Plus 6 other games..)

Total was $10.

(The only 2 games I was interested in were Burnout Paradise & The Sims 3.)

 

[clok1966]

Wow, they must be really desperate in building the Origin user base.

you know it.. hook um cheap and then hit um hard when addicted (worked for steam) I want Deadspace.. but taking my stand on Origin..

great deal though..

 

[KaOTiK]

you know it.. hook um cheap and then hit um hard when addicted (worked for steam) I want Deadspace.. but taking my stand on Origin..

great deal though..

Deadspace comes with a Steam key as well

 

[clok1966]

Deadspace comes with a Steam key as well

Opps Deadspace 3 i meant.. that is origin only correct, as is Crysis 3 ? I want both ..

 

[surfsatwerk]

Deadspace 3 was a real let down. Both the sequels did a terrible job trying to recreate the atmosphere of the 1st.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Actually, if you read about them, they didn't even try to recreate the atmosphere of the first. They went action to "gain larger audience".

That being said, I just finished DS1 and LOVED it. I've actually had it for years and quit playing it about 1/4th the way through for some reason and just never got back to it.

Disappointing that 2 and 3 aren't similar...

 

[voodoo7817]

Populous and CC:RA3 Uprising (looks like just the standalone expansion) have been added to the BTA tier as of Tuesday the 22nd at 2pm eastern time.

 

[darkewaffle]

Populous is an interesting choice lol. Also it appears another charity has been added, I don't think GamesAid was there before.

 

[EDUSAN]

damn what happened to bulletstorm and ds2 and all those?

 

[Dankk]

damn what happened to bulletstorm and ds2 and all those?

There might be another round of bonuses. Who knows.

If not though, then I won't complain.

 

[sweenish]

damn what happened to bulletstorm and ds2 and all those?

The THQ bundle added bonus games twice, so there's a precedent for more bonus games happening nearer to the end. It helps that the THQ bundle was also a big publisher bundle.

Even so, I can't really complain if they don't add any more games.

 

[aigomorla]

lol did anyone put more then 5 dollars in?

i actually donated 25 dollars because i saw i could allocate more to the cancer society.

 

[cbrunny]

I didn't pay above average, but still got keys to C&C and Populous....

 

[Dankk]

I didn't pay above average, but still got keys to C&C and Populous....

That's how it works. If you bought the bundle early, you will receive the bonus games regardless of how much you payed.

 

[cbrunny]

That's how it works. If you bought the bundle early, you will receive the bonus games regardless of how much you payed.

That is good news! Learn something new every day....

 

[sweenish]

Legally, no. Is there anything from preventing you from doing so? No.

I don't see how it's illegal. Especially since the bundles can be bought as gifts. What you choose to do with your bundle URL is up to you after they have your money. I have five (six now, I think) origin keys that I'm holding onto specifically so I can share them with friends at some point.

That's how it works. If you bought the bundle early, you will receive the bonus games regardless of how much you payed.

That's how it used to work. The new games are tucked behind the BTA wall. If you don't pay more than average (at your time of purchase), you shouldn't have access to them.

 

[Dankk]

That's how it used to work. The new games are tucked behind the BTA wall. If you don't pay more than average (at your time of purchase), you shouldn't have access to them.

Wrong. It still works that way. People who buy the game early will receive any new games added to the bundle, regardless of how much they actually payed.

I bought the bundle on day 1 for less than the average. I still got the bonus games (C&C3 and Populous) added to my account.

 

[darkewaffle]

Interesting, I got an email from Humble advertising the new games and at the bottom it said "With your help, we've raised over $20 million for charity!"

That can't possibly be the Origin sale numbers alone, but depending on whether or not that $20M figure counts the Origin sale it would mean this one bundle is poised to represent nearly a 50-75% increase in HB's all time charitable contributions.

 

[Texashiker]

People who buy the game early will receive any new games added to the bundle, regardless of how much they actually payed.

Confirmed.

I bought the bundle several days ago for $5. The new games were added to my account.

 

[futurefields]

The hell am i gon do with mahfrakkin Populous smh...

Hope they add dead space 2

 

[futurefields]

Btw i paid 10 bucks

 

[CPA]

Interesting, I got an email from Humble advertising the new games and at the bottom it said "With your help, we've raised over $20 million for charity!"

That can't possibly be the Origin sale numbers alone, but depending on whether or not that $20M figure counts the Origin sale it would mean this one bundle is poised to represent nearly a 50-75% increase in HB's all time charitable contributions.

They've done $8.2M so far on this bundle.

 

[sweenish]

Wrong. It still works that way. People who buy the game early will receive any new games added to the bundle, regardless of how much they actually payed.

I bought the bundle on day 1 for less than the average. I still got the bonus games (C&C3 and Populous) added to my account.

And that's a gaffe on this particular bundle. What I said for how the bundles work is how they work now.

Either these games are misplaced on the web site, or they screwed up in giving everyone access to them. I've bought plenty of these bundles in the recent past, both above and below the average. Like the Deep Silver bundle, I did NOT gain access to Metro 2033 and Risen when they were added because I paid below the average, and those games were put behind the BTA wall when they were added.

That's how it's been ever since BTA was introduced.