Half Life 2 Black/Orange box this holiday
Posted by Kerry on February 7th, 2007
IF you missed out the perhaps the greatest PC game this side of the new millennium Half Life 2, I truly recommend you pick up this package. Not only do you get one of the most atmospheric, immersing and entertaining PC games ever, you also get a chance to play the highly anticipated multiplayer mods Portal and Team Fortress 2. As well as this, expansion ‘packs’ Episode 1 and 2 will both be featured in the orange version. Also available on the PS3 and the Xbox 360, this should definitely be up there in the top sellers later this year.
I think it’s a shame there is no HL2 Deathmatch or Counter Strike Source love for the consoles though – perhaps a ‘micro’ transaction?
Hit the jump for the PR shiz
Innovative Action Titles Ship in Fall 2007 and Include Portal™, Team Fortress® 2 and Half-Life® 2: Episode Two in One Box
Redwood City, Calif. -February 7, 2007- Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment company, and Valve®, the award-winning studio behind the blockbuster franchises Half-Life® and Counter-Strike®, today announced the naming and product configurations The Black Box and The Orange Box, two of the most anticipated action game offerings shipping worldwide in Fall 2007.
The Black Box will ship for the PC, and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box will ship for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system, and includes all the content of The Black Box, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One.
Innovative games included in The Black Box and The Orange Box include:
Half-Life 2: Episode Two — the second installment in Valve’s episodic trilogy advances the award-winning story, leading the player to new locations outside of City 17.
Portal — a pioneering type of single player action game that rewrites the rules for how players approach and manipulate their environment – much like how Half-Life 2′s Gravity Gun reinvented the way gamers interact with objects in the game.
Team Fortress 2 — an all-new version of the legendary title that spawned team based multiplayer action games. The game’s daring new art style features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to date.
“In less than 18 months, we’ve shipped 10 new products to retail outlets with EA Partners,” said Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve. “The Black Box and The Orange Box represent a new approach to publishing multiple products, on multiple platforms and we know through our experience that no organization in the industry is better equipped to successfully launch new product types on multiple platforms than EA Partners.”
“Valve is one of the world’s premiere independent developers and EA Partners is thrilled to help them bring the groundbreaking action games in The Orange Box and The Black Box to market as their publishing partner,” said David DeMartini, vice president and general manager of EA Partners.
The Black Box and The Orange Box are targeted for release in Fall 2007. For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com
February 8th, 2007 at 12:53 am
I think the logic behind not including HL2 DM and CS:S is that they have a lot of competition to face on the 360 and the PS3 over the next year (especially from Halo 3 and UT3).
February 8th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
True true,
There will be a lot of rivalry from other fps games this season so your right, it makes sense. I suppose thats why tf2 and portal are in there because they are quite different from what else is going to be on the market.
February 8th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Yep. Valve and EA need to hold something back to sell via Micro-Transactions as well