As said in the title :/

" Humble Games was reportedly closed down this morning, and its 36-person staff was laid off entirely. "

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/humble-bumble-shuts-down-game-publishing-label

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I almost thought humble bundle.

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it is related to Humble Bundle though, as an indie publisher owned by HB.

they've actually published quite a few gems and recognizable games https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/HumbleGames

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Yes, that gave me a shock there for a minute!

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"Humble has now provided a statement saying Humble Games hasn't been shut down, but just restructured."

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I hope this means there's still hope for the games to keep coming, there's a couple ones that i actually wanted to see released, like Never Alone 2

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Their statement says that no project is affected by that process.

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This is quite sad, but it's to be expected in the years to come. We've seen layoffs by now, so it's very possible we'll continue to see more in the future.

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This isn't just a layoff. It is ALL 36 employees.

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Yep, just found out eventually that the whole studio shut down.

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Humble Bumble in URL lol

I think most of the games they choose to publish are pretty good. I generally do not pick up their games on Steam outside of bundles, though, since they are among the most likely candidates for bundling.

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Humble Bumble Makes Massive Fumble All Fired Employees Grumble

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they publish amazing games and are almost always way over priced
20$ games you can beat in 1.2 hours
example https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198094803808/recommended/1135690/

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They were made to become choice filler one day, not to be buy on release from steam store.

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Gotta make those profits go UP UP UP!

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IGN been shit showing up grumble bundle since they purchased it and went from a charity website to a for profit

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"Not closed", just fired all the stuff, remaining games will be finished and released by a 3rd party publisher, and they won't be taking new projects... yeah ok, sounds like they aren't closed alright.

The only reason they aren't closing is to keep the income coming from the already released games, instead of transferring them to the original developers.

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