Talking with a Valve representative, Shacknews was able to pry a firm release from their lips for a little box set known as Half-Life 2: The Orange Box. The game will hit retailers on October 9th, so we advise circling the date on your calendar with an orange marker so you don't forget. Orange marker, because it's the orange box ... get it? And to refresh your memory, The Orange Box is a bundle that will include Half-Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal for the low, low, next gen price of $59.99. How we see it is that October will be all about carving pumpkins, eating candy corn, and playing a whole lot of Half-Life 2. Cavities be damned!
Talking with a Valve representative, Shacknews was able to pry a firm release from their lips for a little box set known as Half-Life 2: The Orange Box. The game will hit retailers on October 9th, so we advise circling the date on your calendar with an orange marker so you don't forget. Orange marker, because it's the orange box ... get it? And to refresh your memory, The Orange Box is a bundle that will include Half-Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal for the low, low, next gen price of $59.99. How we see it is that October will be all about carving pumpkins, eating candy corn, and playing a whole lot of Half-Life 2. Cavities be damned!
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 1:37PM DjDATZ said
Riiight...people are going to be poor by the time the holidays come around...
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 1:38PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, I need to get a second job to buy all the games coming out in the next few months.
Good stuff, glad it's coming out sooner than later.
Good stuff, glad it's coming out sooner than later.
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 1:40PM (Unverified) said
Team Fortress 2 will be nice online compliment to Halo 3 me thinks
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 1:41PM Magic Whiskey said
Let's see....
Half-Life 2 Orange- Oct 9th
Grand Theft Auto 4- Oct 16th
...My 28th birthday Oct 25th...I'm sitting pretty!:)
Half-Life 2 Orange- Oct 9th
Grand Theft Auto 4- Oct 16th
...My 28th birthday Oct 25th...I'm sitting pretty!:)
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 1:54PM (Unverified) said
$59 for a 3 year old PC game with a bunch of pack-ins doesn't really feel like a deal to me. Especially given that I've played CS: Source to death.
I look at this as $59 for Team Fortress and Portal. Team Fortress is 6 maps (only one supporting CTF). Portal is a 4 hour campaign.
Shadowrun is a bargain by comparison.
I look at this as $59 for Team Fortress and Portal. Team Fortress is 6 maps (only one supporting CTF). Portal is a 4 hour campaign.
Shadowrun is a bargain by comparison.
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 1:56PM JCarpio said
This is perfect timing for me, since i'm not a big GTA guy. this can be my bridge to november and Assassin's creed and, hopefully, Mass Effect.
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 2:02PM MisterSmith said
October 2007 on Valve's calendar is like April 2011.
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 3:37PM anoffday said
October is my favorite month. This just makes it better.
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 3:45PM Triforceowner said
Will Team Fortress use lists to find games? I would prefer that to match-making any day.
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 4:09PM ccc said
Hmmm. At first reading this artical I was mad because the release date I had was 9/25. But after thinking about it, this will free me up a little more to be enjoying my other big september game releases.....Mass Effect and Unreal Tourny 3.
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 4:34PM JonahFalcon said
Team Fortress 2 = class-based MP done right. (Shadowrun be damned.)
Posted: Jun 15th 2007 4:56PM (Unverified) said
AHHHHHHHH i cant wait until this friggin game comes out. Sept 25, Oct 9th, i think i can save until then and keep the money until then, and then whenever UT3 comes out in 2008.
