Humble Games Wasn't Killed, It Was Murdered

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Today, the story of how Humble rose, spawned a publishing division, struggled through acquisition by IGN Entertainment, and how it all came crashing down.

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01:08 Humble Games Gutted
04:45 What’s a Ziff Davis?
06:16 Humble's Rise
08:11 Why Ziff Davis Did It
09:50 The Shambling Corpse of Humble Games