EA Jump On Indie Bundle Bandwagon

[News Portal]

So, uh, EA have released an indie bundle. That's sort of weird. I guess when you shorten a word like "indie" so often, some people are bound to forget what it meant originally. Admittedly, all the games come from smaller developers, but unlike other indie bundles, none of the proceeds are going to charity, nor can you choose how much you will pay. The bundle will put you out about $21, on the pricey side for an indie bundle, and for your efforts you will recieve Warp, Shank, Shank 2, Gatling Gears, Death Spank and Death Spank 2: Thongs of Virtue.

Source: PC Gamer

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[Mythor]

The games are all from indie developers and "bundle" is hardly exclusive to the "Humble Indie Bundle" idea, so the not-for-charity criticism is stupid and irrelevent.

Why leap aboard the EA-Hate bandwagon? Why not take a positive outlook on this, with EA promoting the work of some smaller developers? People are always complaining all the big companies do is sequels and "AAA" and now you're going to bag them when they look outside that box?

I know hating EA is fashionable but it wouldn't kill people to think for themselves now and again.

[DoHo_]

When an independent developer has a publisher they are no longer an independent developer, at least in the context of the titles in this bundle (and just because they are in a bundke doesn't mean they aren't being published).

[Mythor]

When an independent developer has a publisher they are no longer an independent developer

That is not the definition of an independent developer. Independent developers are not owned by an external company. Valve is an independent developer, albeit one of the largest, they are also their own publisher via Steam and are published to retail by EA.
Plenty of other indie developers are published via Steam and some make it to retail via a variety of smaller publishers.

Having a publisher means squat in regards to their status as an indie developer.

[InAUGral]

Shank is the only good game in that and I already own it. The others look only average and apparently Warp is a bad port to PC.

[TRB]

When an independent developer has a publisher they are no longer an independent developer

That is not the definition of an independent developer. Independent developers are not owned by an external company.

are we sure that EA doesn't own in part or full any of these dev teams?

Just wondering.

[wyver]

not even worth the money **** you EA your ****

[PinothyJ]

When an independent developer has a publisher they are no longer an independent developer

That is not the definition of an independent developer. Independent developers are not owned by an external company. Valve is an independent developer, albeit one of the largest, they are also their own publisher via Steam and are published to retail by EA.
Plenty of other indie developers are published via Steam and some make it to retail via a variety of smaller publishers.

Having a publisher means squat in regards to their status as an indie developer.

You are both incorrect: An independant game is one created aby a developer that does not received funding from a game publisher. So whilst Klei Entertainment have their work published by EA, if they were funding by that same company than their Shank games would cease to be Indie by the definition defined by the interwebs.

Shank is the only good game in that and I already own it. The others look only average and apparently Warp is a bad port to PC.

OI! Warp is AWESOME fun if you like warping a human inside of another human and watching the resulting gory explosion. Although, with that being said, it is only awesome fun if you have a controller.


Man I enjoyed that game…

[lord-ezekiel]

Best game in that bundle is easily Gatling Gears.
It's great fun, has very nice graphics/style, and you can play it couch co-op with 2 controllers like me and my bro did!

[PinothyJ]

Best game in that bundle is easily Gatling Gears.
It's great fun, has very nice graphics/style, and you can play it couch co-op with 2 controllers like me and my bro did!

*my bro and I…