I thought the same, it says "pay early to unlock it", so I assume the february 1st time subscriber will have another game.

They will get it! it's belongs to the February bundle!

Anyone who pays before 5th Feb will get it; new as well as re-subscribers

I get the error too.

well, depends how you look at it...

moneywise, you're getting your bang for your buck, it's really hard to argue with the numbers.

subjectively? as far as how good the games in the bundle are? yeah, I'm with you on it, apart from the talos principle and spelunky which can both be picked up for super cheap, it wasn't that great.

Same here. That is exactly why I won't go for a monthly bundle. I really don't like to gamble with that kind of money. If it was $ 5, I would have considered it. I'd rather spent that money on less games that I'll actually enjoy.

hahah, I also won Talos about a week ago, it was my first win
too bad I got it in my first bundle, too

Thats what Rachel have post on the post: "Subscribe now and receive.. Alien Isolation as a bonus (only for FIRST time subscribers)"

It seems its only for first time subs.

since it's written "pay early" and is visible on the page where you get the key of the jan bundle, that would be stupid.

Thanks for the info pete. It worked for me. I wonder if this will work every month?

it's fixed now, got it without unsubscribing.

No, Alien Isolation is also for resubscribers

It's not just for first time subs. Grim Fandango and Spelunky are legit too. Can't speak for the others yet. They seem alright but not "Wow" if you know what I mean.

Not me but to be fair reading the HB text it doesn't seem to indicate just new subscribers get the game.And it wasn't given away in January?

But there is, you can unlock shortcuts to the later stages so you can practice those if you feel like, rather than always start from the very beginning. I mean, that's not quite the way Rogue Legacy does it, but they're different games to begin with - the progression Spelunky has fits it very well. If say, you could eventually unlock different starting gear (like a jetpack), that would just make things too easy eventually and you'd start to rely on that gear instead of polishing your overall skills and intuition within the game.

Blaming you for this stunt that HB pulled would be like blaming the weather person for a blizzard.

Buck up, little camper. No one blames you. :)
and if they do, send them my way ;)

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Well the picture given never mentioned January in the first place so ...

that wasn't your fault but anyways stab stab

It's not your fault at all, and it was even saying on the image about Alien Isolation for February subscribers, so it was just a possibility for January bundle.

You are either a good trader or I just plain suck at this. Whenever I try to trade the ones from the monthly I already own all I get are stupidly bad offers

Similar situation here.

There's two games I already own in January (Spelunky being my favourite game ever, and A Fistful of Gun's local multiplayer looking to be a blast, I'm not even complaining), but everything else is fantastic for me personally (3 wishlist and one very interesting looking one)!
I didn't really like any of the games in December, and so immediately unsubscribed afterwards, but was able to trade for a bunch of wishlist games, as well as TF2 keys, getting me around 9€ of Steam Wallet credit after selling them on the market, so it ended up being a really fantastic value for me.
November was a mixed bag, except for Towerfall nothing had me super pumped or super disappointed, and still being new to it, I unsubscribed after that one at first, too. This time I'll stay subscribed, especially with Alien Isolation coming up.

Well you have to stay subscribed afaik. You have to pay for February bundle early in order to receive the key for Alien isolation

i guess only the game

I share your concern... they sell the season pass at discount a lot on the humble store, wouldn't be surprised if it was part of the bundle...