Embattled games publisher THQ has launched a surprisingly new promotion via Humble Bundle, offering up PC Steam downloads for an assortment of acclaimed games, included Darksiders, Metro 2033, Red Faction: Armageddon, Company of Heroes, and its expansions with the usual Humble Bundle pay what you want deal. Buyers paying over the average (currently sitting at US$5.36 will also get Saints Row: The Third.

Pay what you want for Darksiders, Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Metro 2033 and Red Faction: Armageddon for Steam for Windows. Beat the average and you'll also get Saints Row: The Third. Plus by default, a portion of your contributions will be going to support the Child's Play Charity and the American Red Cross. This won't last forever so check it out at: http://www.humblebundle.com/

Hop to it while it lasts.

Such an incredible deal. Shame I already own half the games - still bought it anyways.

Thats pretty awesome, but I already have all those games :(

I'll gift the rest to mates.

Havent checked but i think IIRC with previous bundles you couldnt gift extra copies.

I can't get to social networks from work, but apparently it's being criticized for DRM:

https://plus.google.com/+HumbleBundle/posts

From /.

"After all the indie, multi-platform (including 4 for android) and DRM free releases, the latest Humble Bundle release is a polemic one. It features non-indie games, it is Windows only, and the games are saddled with DRM. There is already a very vocal discussion on the Humble Bundle Google+ thread, but it seems it is selling well."

I don't see why they need to be indie games, its not being pushed as an indie bundle. 'Indie' is one of those words thats starting to become meaningless anyway, cos half the games people refer to as indie games are made by full on development studios of 20 - 30 people, they just get called 'indie' because they come out on steam for $20 or $25.

Regardless of your checkout choice, you'll still get a steam code after purchase that you could "gift" to anyone you like by telling them the digits, it's just not a "steam gift" in the sense of steam's formal trading service.

Weird, it says it's just the sound tracks for me?

Idiot move by me, installing games now ;)

Excited!

So buy as a gift and gift yourself the steam keys of the games you dont have and gift a mate the steam keys of games you do have?

Not really, because there's only two steam keys: one key for saints row 3, and the other key is a bundle of the other 6 games in one redemption code.

No I didn't pay under a dollar haha!

I paid up, over the avg ;)

I just didn't read the page properly and didn't realise my key was there in front of me to activate on steam.. i'm a steam noob

yeah just picked this up, I already have Metro but i have been wanting to try darksiders for a while. also been interested in saints row, time to give it a try finally.

Only reason THQ is doing this is for creds. Not money, but credit. "Look what we did! We aren't evil! We aren't incompetent!" As a publisher they HAVE to reboot from scratch rep-wise.

Just an update for anybody that hasnt purchased yet.

The Red Faction Armageddon - Path to War DLC and Titan Quest (without expansion) have been added to the bundle.

Just over 5 days left to purchase.