Dozens of game makers contribute games to fight Trump on immigration

Enlarge / The Humble Freedom Bundle page as it looked just before launch Monday. (credit: Humble Bundle)

Since its start in 2010, the Humble Bundle has raised north of $50 million for various charities as part of its pay-what-you-want downloadable sales. Today, the Humble Freedom Bundle puts a sharp point on that kind of giving, with a charity bundle launched in direct response to President Trump’s recent immigration order.

“Our employees, our business partners and our millions of customers come from all around the world,” Humble Bundle’s Jeffrey Rosen told Ars. “We stand together in dismay over Trump’s recent immigration ban. We find it to be un-American and damaging to global businesses like ours.”

Rosen tells Ars the charity bundle was a joint idea “from our employees and a number of game developers, including Double Fine and Wolfire Games.” As the Humble Bundle team started reaching out to other developers to ask about taking part, “it was clear that this bundle was very important to many people and something that needed to happen,” Rosen said.

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Source: Ars Technica – Dozens of game makers contribute games to fight Trump on immigration