It’s no secret that the launch of the (eagerly awaited – it’s a fine lineup of games) Groupees ‘Be Mine’ indie bundle didn’t go as planned, with the site immediately collapsing under a flood of traffic. Neither did the second launch. Or the third. Oh dear… Well, they’re back now and the site seems to be holding strong after a fourth launch attempt, and the sale is on for two weeks. Come and pay what you want ($1 minimum) for Steam copies of The Ball, Xotic, Beep, Wasteland Angel & Sideway: New York, plus some impressive bonuses, including a major expansion for Xotic and well-recieved point & click adventure Nikopol: Secrets of The Immortals.

Technical problems aside, this is one of the most impressive bundle lineups yet. These are very graphically impressive games for the most part, especially The Ball (now with a free and sizable Portal tie-in expansion), and while I wasn’t a huge fan of Xotic back when it was first launched, patches and DLC encourage me to take another look at how it’s holding up. The only real limitation here is that it’s almost exclusively a Windows bundle. There’s a couple of Mac versions, but for the most part you’ll just be wanting to drop those keys into Steam.

Personally, I’m quite looking forward to getting my teeth into Nikopol. I’ve heard good and weird things about it in equal measure.

['Be Mine' Bundle]