Humble Origin Bundle 2 Includes 'Dead Space 2,' Dragon Age Origins 2,' And 'Mass Effect 2'

The big video game publishers receive a lot of flak from the gaming community for being money-grubbing entities that don't look beyond appeasing investors and shoring up their bottom-line at the cost of quality. The concept of Humble Bundle is a perfect opportunity to counter that opinion. The publishers get a good rep because the charity sale gives a portion of the proceeds back to society, while gamers benefit from paying what they want for some of the best video game titles in EA's repertoire.

That's pretty much why, after the success of the original Humble Origin Bundle, Electronics Arts is coming back for a second run with Humble Origin Bundle 2. Like the previous bundles – which can be best described as digital collections of some of the best games selected according to a theme – this bundle brings some of the most popular EA titles from its own digital distribution platform Origin. Gamespot points out that this bundle includes nine games totalling to a worth of approximately $134, with more games to be added in the coming days.

As usual, there's no set price for the first tier of games, which includes terrific titles such as "Dragon Age: Origins," "Peggle," "Dead Space 2," "Command & Conquer Generals + Zero Hour," and "Medal of Honor Allied Assault War Chest." Technically, these four AAA and one puzzle game can be bought for just a cent, but access to the Steam and Origin keys require paying a dollar or more. Gamers who dig deeper into their purses and shell out the average price, which is pegged at $4.73 as of this writing, unlock the second tier. This includes all of the abovementioned games plus "Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare," "Dragon Age II," "Bejeweled 3" and "Mass Effect 2."

What sets this bundle apart from other Humble Bundles is that EA won't be taking any of the sales proceeds. The money raised by this endeavour will go to charity as well as the Humble Bundle organisers. The charities include The V Foundation, which does cancer research; Girls Who Code, which is a non-profit organisation that enables young women to take up computer science education; and buildOn, which is another organisation that helps women in the developing world.

The best part is that buyers can control the allocation of their money between Humble team and each of the charities. The Humble Origin Bundle 2 will go on for two more weeks and will conclude on April 28 at 7 p.m. UK time, according to Eurogamer. Follow this link for more information and to purchase the bundle.

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Humble Origin Bundle 2 (Credit: Humble Bundle YouTube channel)