Humble Bundle account redesign leaves two-factor controls missing

Humble Bundle’s redesigned storefront has raised questions about account security after controls for adding or updating two-factor verification methods disappeared from its settings page. The Verge reported on November 12 that the game and software retailer still presented an email verification step during one login, leaving a distinction between the missing settings and the checks users may encounter.

Missing controls, but an email check remains

The Verge credited Kotaku with reporting the missing account controls. It also cited PC Gamer’s observation that Humble Bundle support pages still discuss two-factor verification, and that its writer had previously configured the feature on the older website.

In his own account, The Verge reporter Jay Peters encountered a request for an access code sent by email before he could sign in. His password manager also held a rotating two-factor code previously configured for Humble Bundle, but the login process did not ask him to enter it.

Those observations do not establish that every form of additional verification has been removed. They show that an email code was required in the reported login, while the previously configured rotating code was not requested.

Questions about account management

Peters also reported that, once signed in, he could change his account password without entering the existing password. The supplied report does not explain whether these behaviors are intentional parts of the redesign or temporary issues.

Humble Bundle owner IGN Entertainment and its parent company, Ziff Davis, had not immediately responded to The Verge’s request for comment when the report was published.

For PC players using the storefront, the practical concern is visibility and control over account protection. The missing settings warrant clarification, but the reported email challenge means it would be premature to describe the redesign as eliminating all two-factor verification.