Update: Breaking all records, the Humble Indie Bundle 4 has sold 100,000 units, and raised over $500,000 before the two week countdown even begins. I think I can hear the champagne corks popping already.

Guess the leak was accurate. What nobody could predict was that the bundle itself would be out just hours later. Five of the best indie games out there (Jamestown, Shank, Bit.Trip Runner, Super Meat Boy & NightSky HD) for whatever you want, although paying above the average will get you the updated classic Cave Story+ and Positech’s impressive asynchronous fleet-construction puzzle/strategy game Gratuitous Space Battles. It’s an amazing pack, and it’s here, now. The average price is around the $5 mark right now, and – as always – Linux, Mac & Windows versions of everything are available in both Steam and direct-download formats, and a sizeable portion of the takings goes to the American Red Cross and Child’s Play charities. Announcement video after the break. Go nuts.

This is almost unquestionably the strongest Humble Bundle lineup to date, and hit before anyone could have predicted. It’s hard not to feel sorry for the Indie Royale, which has a lineup of excellent games as well, and Eurogamer/Get Games’ planned bundle, due out tomorrow. This winter, we are completely drowning in indie goodness. It’s going to take a miracle just to find the time to play half these games. We live in strange times indeed – remember when industry talking heads were telling us that PC gaming was dead, just a year or two ago? Funny, ain’t it.

[The Humble Indie Bundle]

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