In a less-than-surprising turn of events, the Be Mine Bundle has gone down and is still down at the time of this writing. You may recall that this has happened with other bundles before, due to high demand.
Why the high demand for the Be Mine Bundle?
Bundles are huge news now, and nearly every major outlet covers them. To developers this is a warning that you need serious server power. If crashes become a common aspect of bundles it could cause them to wane in popularity.
The content
The games include some above-average indie games including:
The Be Mine Bundle is also featuring unreleased songs and even a video. The featured artists include:
There will also be another incentive with the clue being “Fish”.
Xotic
Somewhere between a puzzle game and first person shooter lies Xotic. Chaining is an essential part of the game, so you will either love it or hate it.
Wasteland Angel
Your standard top-down car combat game. If you enjoy games like this, it has some beefy content for you.
Sideways New York
A platform game with a different art style. This game is noteworthy because it switches gravity up and uses the art style as a level gimmick.
BEEP
Another amusing platformer/shooter where you follow a robot on adventures. It is interesting due to having an early Linux version.
The Ball
A very well-done FPS/Puzzle game. Most of you may have already played it, but it is well worth noticing.
Where do they go from here?
Hopefully their site will be back up sometime today. The promised time for it to be back up was Feb 15, 2012. However it will still be up until the 28th unless they decide to extend it due to downtime.
Update: The Be Mine Bundle is up.
