EA Indie Bundle for 17,98€ on Steam

It was an EA partners game so they only helped with distribution and not funding development. I'm sure they were capable of releasing it themselves but having EA behind them gave them advertising they wouldn't have been able to get otherwise.

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BarefootMonkey

Not really an oxymoron at all, because the games were developed independently of the publisher. "Indie" means independantly-developed and has nothing to do with publishing (aside form the fact that publishers are most often the ones who dependant developers happen to be dependant upon, but that's not the case here).

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vectoral

Not really. EA doesn't own the developers; they're independent entities who chose to go to EA for publishing/distribution/etc.

On the other hand, there are developers like Bioware and DICE who EA actually owns, so there's nothing indie about them at all.

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Korrd

Actually, I think you're pretty close to the mark, Gloubik. The posts above mine are arguing from a somewhat different perspective; technically, indie just means an independent developer, i.e., one able to make all their development decisions in-house without interference from outside influences. Some publishers may honor that autonomy, but once a publisher like EA gets involved, I too would have to question how independent that studio still is. And if funding is coming from a corporate entity like EA, then I'd say certainly not. "Indie" to me also includes some connotation of private funding.

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Voho

EA and indie in the same sentence? Indie games are no budget, I think EA is a pretty damn high budget.

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Drunkenshy

Looks very nice.

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Wormy

Pretty good selection of games but will no doubt be highly priced. Seems to be more like the kind of Indie Bundle that was around before HIB devalued them.

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Drunkenshy

Bundle of games for full retail price, you won't recieve gift if you already own a game. EA style, yeah!

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laharlgr

If its around 10$ its an instand buy fom me :)

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Wormy

I'm thinking it will be more like $35, 50% off regular price not including DLC.

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laharlgr

Well in that case its a no from me :)

Already have Shank and not interested in Gatling Gears and Warp

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vectoral

EA does pretty good deals to be honest -- that's one of the few things they get right a lot. IIRC, Battlefield 3 is $20 this week or something and Origin has quite a few ridiculous sales I see on forums (not that I really buy from Origin, but still).

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painman01

well it's normal. Let me explain... EA is also helping other developers to put on the market games. that's why in these games, even thou they are indie, they are mostly published by a major. I hope u understand what i'm saying :)

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Voho

True indie games are published with no financial backing, they self publish.

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Zomby

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EA could very well publish the game without giving any financial backing. It's an indie developer, not an indie publisher.

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kagatoASUKA89

I am 110% okay with this bundle as long as its actually steam redeemable.

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Cappa

which sauce? you mean sausages?

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tritian

the printout of the program used is to show whats incoming on steam

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Fatdude

I see 4 games there that i want.Max price for me is about $15 not a cent more.

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Bugio

i wonder how much it will cost

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Tuto

^ this

I want warp!!!!

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C0rn3j

100$ (CostInCents 9999)

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c00lizz

5$. However the day1 DLC that includes the actual gameplay will be 40$.

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KonataIwakura

You can also get a patch that fixes all the game breaking bugs for a additional $20!

But in order to activate the patch in your account, you must pay a fee of $30 per month. And EA hopes you are happy paying that fee, because once you start paying it you can't disable them from charging you anymore.

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DereckShiller

Don't give them ideas D:

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TheGreenFairy

Well, now I see how it's possible to do this, though I was wondering for a long time, why these bundles are indie only. I'd love to see some bundles of old games/games that have sequels coming out/what have you; just would be nice to see some. Surely not thinking about anything like Humble Call of Duty Bundle here though.

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Nayenezgani

Looks like, after indie music, indie gaming is now a completely meaningless buzzword as well.

Set sail for corporate marketing bullshit!

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GraphXHD

^ this

1 decade ago