Humble Weekly Sale

Although the Humble Bundle 9 is aridiculously good value, its games are high-profile enough that some of us have once again run into the issue of “I own most of these titles already. Multiple times over, in some cases.” A good problem to have, I’ll admit. There’sanother Humble sale running this week, one that compiles a handful of “retro shooters.”

Pay-what-you-want pricing gets you the old-school shootersSerious Sam HD: The First Encounter,Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter,Shadow Warrior Classic Redux, andDuke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition. Slick. But you should consider putting forth six dollars or more to also receiveHard Reset: Extended Editionand the absolute classicSystem Shock 2.

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Even without mods,System Shock 2holds up fairly well. And, thankfully, there’s a whole mess of them to further improve the experience for new players.

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The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.