Insane EA Humble Bundle

super_furry

https://www.humblebundle.com/

OK so you have to use Origin, but Dead Space, Burnou Paradise: The Crysis 2 Maximum Edition, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space 3, Medal of Honor, Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3 for less than a fiver make is well, well worth it.

Go buy now.

Nolars

super_furry wrote: »

https://www.humblebundle.com/

OK so you have to use Origin, but Dead Space, Burnou Paradise: The Crysis 2 Maximum Edition, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space 3, Medal of Honor, Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3 for less than a fiver make is well, well worth it.

Go buy now.

no you dont you can use steam for burnout, medalOH, crysis 2 and dead space n mirrors edge.

TheChrisD

It's a shame most of the good stuff is on Origin. Also baffled why they didn't offer Steam codes for The Sims 3 stuff, since it's all available there too...

DeSelby83

wonder will they ad another game or 2 like the last humble bundle

Not The Real Scarecrow

any word on what the next unlocked games will be?Some smart dude figured it out last bundle on the first day but haven't read anything yet. Reckon we'll probably see dead space 2 and some bf3 dlc or more sims ****e.

ShadowHearth

Cheers. 6$ for Dead space 3, thats all i needed. the rest of games are spare.

johnny_ultimate

TheChrisD wrote: »

It's a shame most of the good stuff is on Origin. Also baffled why they didn't offer Steam codes for The Sims 3 stuff, since it's all available there too...

It's several of the biggest games of recent times for basically nothing, a couple still worth a good ten or twenty euro each. And every cent earned is going to charity.

I think the lack of Steam codes is a fairly acceptable compromise...

Spear

TheChrisD wrote: »

It's a shame most of the good stuff is on Origin. Also baffled why they didn't offer Steam codes for The Sims 3 stuff, since it's all available there too...

It's an EA supported pack, they were never going to push Steam over Origin as a result.

Jonny7

Break down of the keys

Dead Space 3 (Origin Key)
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition (Origin Key and Steam Key)
Dead Space (Origin Key and Steam Key)
Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box (Origin Key and Steam Key)
Mirror's Edge (Origin Key and Steam Key)
Medal of Honor (2010) (Origin Key and Steam Key)
If you pay more than the average?

The Sims 3 + Starter Pack (Origin Key)
Battlefield 3 (Origin Key)

cherryghost

Also the Steam and Origin keys are seperate keys so you essentially get two copies of the Steam ones

Grumpypants

TheChrisD wrote: »

It's a shame most of the good stuff is on Origin. Also baffled why they didn't offer Steam codes for The Sims 3 stuff, since it's all available there too...

They did for games that are on Steam too.

dreamers75

Can you share the extras?

Dave_The_Sheep

The value on that is insane. Hoping to sucker people into after-purchase transactions, perhaps.

danthefan

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

The value on that is insane. Hoping to sucker people into after-purchase transactions, perhaps.

I think you're being a bit unfair. The money is going to charity, they absolutely did not need to do that.

Dravokivich

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

The value on that is insane. Hoping to sucker people into after-purchase transactions, perhaps.

With Dead Space 1, the complete Burnout Paradise pack and Mirrors Edge?

COYVB

origin being painfully slow for anyone else?

Dave_The_Sheep

Hah, perhaps I am - and it's great that the initial moneys go to charity.

There's a lot of stuff in there that doesn't have microtransactions, that's true.

I'm a cynical f*cker though. I'd never believe a company that big would do it for completely altruistic reasons, and I can only see microtransactions\other DLC as their "this is how it'll work for us" thinking.

I still went ahead and got it though, so I'll park my reservations and simply go with the "great value" reply.

Lamposts

Dead Space Origin Key
A6H9-PEKJ-26RV-FHGL-CHTK
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Origin Key
HJPX-H56H-KBVC-DMUX-85FR
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition Origin Key
AMP7-5RE6-5YUP-J5K8-78GM
Dead Space 3 Origin Key
BAYQ-PHBZ-38XJ-B79M-DE7P
Medal of Honor Origin Key
F8YQ-LBV3-XAXF-3R4U-RK7R
Mirror's Edge Origin Key
DQPX-T8VN-FJVS-SY8Q-QLV2
Sims 3 Starter Pack Origin Key
5VB3-NFSZ-BEYA-UBSX


Enjoy LADS! I have most of the games on steam. x Please thank me if you've used one of the codes.

Dravokivich

COYVB wrote: »

origin being painfully slow for anyone else?

They probably never expected to be this popular! :pac:

COYVB

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Hah, perhaps I am - and it's great that the initial moneys go to charity.

There's a lot of stuff in there that doesn't have microtransactions, that's true.

I'm a cynical f*cker though. I'd never believe a company that big would do it for completely altruistic reasons, and I can only see microtransactions\other DLC as their "this is how it'll work for us" thinking.

I still went ahead and got it though, so I'll park my reservations and simply go with the "great value" reply.

It's a tax write off for them

RealmOfFlames

Has anyone had any issues redeeming the Origin games? My lOrigin account hangs before i can enter the code

COYVB

RealmOfFlames wrote: »

Has anyone had any issues redeeming the Origin games? My lOrigin account hangs before i can enter the code

Same as me

Lamposts

Lamposts wrote: »

Enjoy LADS! I have most of the games on steam. x Please thank me if you've used one of the codes.

It seems like you've misunderstood the point of the Humble Bundle.

Yeah, it won't let me redeem my games at all on Origin. Steam works fine.

Lyrical

Great offer thanks OP just after getting it.Probably a newbie question I never heard of Origin before if I'm honest just wondering is there any issues with it before I download it?

cherryghost

Lyrical wrote: »

Great offer thanks OP just after getting it.Probably a newbie question I never heard of Origin before if I'm honest just wondering is there any issues with it before I download it?

Personally no but the Origin servers are under heavy load right now, some people cannot activate the games.

ionapaul

Sweet - just grabbed it. Insane value, was so close to getting Battlefield 3 on Amazon for $9.99 so many times!

gouche

Dravokivich wrote: »

They probably never expected to be this popular! :pac:

I'd bet this is exactly how popular they were hoping it would be.
Great way to drive traffic to Origin.

Hadn't used it in so long I'd forgotten I had an account!
I'll definitely have a look around the store while I wait for my games to download.
Won't necessarily buy anything today but I might consider more in the future now it's fresh in my mind - I'm sure many other people will feel the same.

Jonny7

EA gives AAA titles away for practically free

Everything goes to charity

5 of the 8 games can be activated on their competitors platform


"they must be up to something evil"

gouche

Geez, it is painfully slow alright though!

Dave_The_Sheep

Jonny7 wrote: »

EA gives AAA titles away for practically free
Everything goes to charity
5 of the 8 games can be activated on their competitors platform
"they must be up to something evil"

Ah here, I never said evil. Just that they wouldn't be doing it if they weren't expecting to make money somehow. I think the same of all large companies, not just EA and not just in games. I don't blame them for wanting to make money by the way, it's what they're in business for after all.

siochain

I'm going to get flamed for this.

Are these streamed games?
if yes could two people play Battlefield 3 from different PC's with the same license?

Dravokivich

siochain wrote: »

I'm going to get flamed for this.

Are these streamed games?
if yes could two people play Battlefield 3 from different PC's with the same license?

Not streamed.

You purchase a key per game, which needs to be registered to an account. An account cannot be logged onto multiple pcs at the same time.

And again..

OMG 1 Doller

WINNING

HibernianRunner

I paid 5 dollers. Worth it for battlefield3 alone. So had to try origin and well it stuck on a loading screen when I wanted to redeem a key.
After a few attempts its working and BF3 is downloading at last.

ionapaul

HibernianRunner wrote: »

I paid 5 dollers. Worth it for battlefield3 alone. So had to try origin and well it stuck on a loading screen when I wanted to redeem a key.
After a few attempts its working and BF3 is downloading at last.

I've given up trying to redeem any Origin keys tonight - will try again tomorrow. What. A. Deal!

Kiith

It's a pretty fantastic offer, and fair play to EA for giving all the proceeds to humble or charity. I wouldn't be their biggest fan, and this is probably to score them some points with their customers / press, but either way...fair play.

Overheal

really says something that this bundle is going the humble route just for being on Origin

I still can't redeem any games on Origin. Have redeemed Burnout on Steam.

Grumpypants

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Ah here, I never said evil. Just that they wouldn't be doing it if they weren't expecting to make money somehow. I think the same of all large companies, not just EA and not just in games. I don't blame them for wanting to make money by the way, it's what they're in business for after all.

There is a new way of thinking in the industry not just with these bundles but also with things like PS+. Some times building your audience for short term loss is good for long term gain especially if you deliver franchises.

Pay Day 2 being a good example, I don't think PD1 sold all that well even though it was kinda well received, loads of new players got it on PS+ this then led them to buy PD2 which was recently reported to be profitable before it was even released.

Looking at the number of bundles sold it is building the audience for Battlefield, The Sims and Mirrors Edge who have sequels coming soon. Burnout, Crysis and Dead Space are still options to get further games just nothing planned right now, and maybe Medal of Honor will peek interest and get people to pick up Warfighter which despite the reviews is a quality game on PC.

cherryghost

About to hit $2m

COYVB

dead space 2 bound to be added later anyway, seems very odd to have 1 and 3, unless they're hoping people will buy 2 to complete the series

Moon54

Fantastic deal, gotta love being a PC gamer

I'm not a fan of Origin but I still opted for the full set of games because all the money was going to charity.
EA do deserve kudos for doing that, they could easily have pocketed a nice few million out of it.

Anyway, I'm testing out Windows 8.1 for a while so I may just try out BF3 on Origin and see what it's like now.
Mission accomplished EA, damn you, lol.

nesf

Hmm, big Origin promotion I assume? EA hardly need more exposure on most of those franchises. Good deal, pity there's not a single game there I'd play that I don't already own.

johnny_ultimate

Of course it's an Origin promotion, getting the software installed on more machines and all that with a few games that have made their money. But it's a promotion that massively benefits the player / consumer, and also channels money (currently a lot of money) into worthy causes.

Gamers are a naturally cynical bunch, often illustrating a remarkable ability to completely misinterpret, vilify or overreact (I think we can all point to countless examples of that). Sometimes, though, a good deal is simply a good deal, and the minor conditions are overwhelmed by the positives. If EA were directly profiting from this, Id be a tad more skeptical. As is, it's a remarkably generous promotion - a promotion, yes, but one of the most intelligent and beneficial I've seen a major publisher engage in.

Hands up - I was initially wary and, yup, cynical when big publishers started using Humble, thought it was an indie advocate selling out a bit (and sadly no Mac / Linux support, which had been a particularly worthy Humble feature). But really, deals like this are pretty much a win for everyone involved. Except, y'know, anyone without a beefy PC.

nesf

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Of course it's an Origin promotion, getting the software installed on more machines and all that with a few games that have made their money. But it's a promotion that massively benefits the player / consumer, and also channels money (currently a lot of money) into worthy causes.

Gamers are a naturally cynical bunch, often illustrating a remarkable ability to completely misinterpret or vilify. Sometimes, though, a good deal is simply a good deal, and the minor conditions are overwhelmed by the positives. If EA were directly profiting from this, Id be a tad more skeptical. As is, it's a remarkably generous promotion - a promotion, yes, but one of the most intelligent and beneficial I've seen a major publisher engage in.

Vilify? That cynical comment seems to be a self-fulfilling prophesy before the sentence ended.

Personally I don't like Origin much mainly because I dislike being forced to use multiple launchers for games rather than having a choice of which to use (I remember the early days of DD which were a mess, I swear there are games which I own 3 or 4 licences for due to different storefronts/launchers/etc). I don't think it's evil or anything though, nor do I particularly expect EA to give away games for no return at all, so the promoting comment wasn't meant negatively.

Overheal

Grumpypants wrote: »

Some times building your audience for short term loss is good for long term gain especially if you deliver franchises.

I've only been preaching that for the last Ten Years. But now they listen :rolleyes:

Jericho.

Jonny7 wrote: »

EA gives AAA titles away for practically free

Everything goes to charity

5 of the 8 games can be activated on their competitors platform


"they must be up to something evil"

Getting people to sign up to origin. :rolleyes:

bizmark

Hey if Nazism gave me dead space 3 for 5 euro so i could complete the trilogy then id consider the evil for a while

COYVB

Jericho. wrote: »

Getting people to sign up to origin. :rolleyes:

or they're writing off the origin face value of each game sold ($199.92) as a very cleaver tax move. At the time of posting this, that'll mean they'll be getting $12m in tax credits

Kiith

COYVB wrote: »

or they're writing off the origin face value of each game sold ($199.92) as a very cleaver tax move. At the time of posting this, that'll mean they'll be getting $119,297,062.82 in tax credits - that's 2 major games funded with the money they now DON'T have to pay the government out of their revenue for the year

It's also a **** load of much needed money to some very worthy charities.

Zapp Brannigan

Lamposts wrote: »

Dead Space Origin Key
A6H9-PEKJ-26RV-FHGL-CHTK
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Origin Key
HJPX-H56H-KBVC-DMUX-85FR
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition Origin Key
AMP7-5RE6-5YUP-J5K8-78GM
Dead Space 3 Origin Key
BAYQ-PHBZ-38XJ-B79M-DE7P
Medal of Honor Origin Key
F8YQ-LBV3-XAXF-3R4U-RK7R
Mirror's Edge Origin Key
DQPX-T8VN-FJVS-SY8Q-QLV2
Sims 3 Starter Pack Origin Key
5VB3-NFSZ-BEYA-UBSX


Enjoy LADS! I have most of the games on steam. x Please thank me if you've used one of the codes.

Aww someone already used The Sims code