Valve screw over HL2 owners!

Half-Life 2: The Black Box is no more. The package, which was to offer Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, has been officially cancelled by Valve. The Orange Box will be the only collection offered when Episode 2 releases this fall. Priced $10 higher than the Black Box, the Orange Box adds the original Half-Life 2 and HL2: Episode 1.

"The Black Box has been cancelled," said Doug Lombardi, Valve's director of marketing. "We're going to have one package, The Orange Box, available on the PC (US$49.99) as well as the 360 and PS3 (US$ 59.99). In addition to the three new products -- Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life: Episode Two -- The Orange Box will also contain the full version of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. Those who purchase the PC version of The Orange Box will get three separate Steam product codes: One for the three new games, one for HL2, and one for Episode One. This way a PC Orange Box owner can give away their Half-Life 2 or Episode One unused Steam product codes if they don't need a copy of those games. We are excited to deliver the highest value of new gaming content ever offered in one box."

You'll get a better sense of what your $50 buys you next week when IGN examines the contents of The Orange Box. Look for hands-on impressions of Episode 2, an update on Portal, and a new feature on Team Fortress 2.

http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/790/790013p1.html 

Great so I have to buy HL2 and Ep1 again just to play Ep2, portal and TF2! Wtf?! :x

They did cancle the black box but they dropped the orange box $10 in price. I'll just give that extra half lfie 2 code to a friend of mine, sure he'll like it.

If you really really jus want episode two, portal, and team fortress 2, you cna still buy that over steam.

I never owned nor played Half Life 2. I have a bad PC. I'm getting The Orange Box on Xbox 360 though.

1. Half-Life 2
2. Half-Life 2: Episode One
3. Half-Life 2: Episode Two
4. Team Fortress 2
5. Portal

All for the price of one game? Sign me up. Best deal ever.

****ing $10 dollars more for the 360, last time i checked it was the same game? -Sora

Thats how it always works....all PC games, even multiplats are cheaper on the PC. 

****ing $10 dollars more for the 360, last time i checked it was the same game? -Sora

Most to all games on ps3 and 360 launch at $60, why is this a big shocker? Easier to release a pc game than a 360 or ps3 one.

Half-Life 2: The Black Box is no more. The package, which was to offer Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, has been officially cancelled by Valve. The Orange Box will be the only collection offered when Episode 2 releases this fall. Priced $10 higher than the Black Box, the Orange Box adds the original Half-Life 2 and HL2: Episode 1.

"The Black Box has been cancelled," said Doug Lombardi, Valve's director of marketing. "We're going to have one package, The Orange Box, available on the PC (US$49.99) as well as the 360 and PS3 (US$ 59.99). In addition to the three new products -- Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life: Episode Two -- The Orange Box will also contain the full version of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. Those who purchase the PC version of The Orange Box will get three separate Steam product codes: One for the three new games, one for HL2, and one for Episode One. This way a PC Orange Box owner can give away their Half-Life 2 or Episode One unused Steam product codes if they don't need a copy of those games. We are excited to deliver the highest value of new gaming content ever offered in one box."

You'll get a better sense of what your $50 buys you next week when IGN examines the contents of The Orange Box. Look for hands-on impressions of Episode 2, an update on Portal, and a new feature on Team Fortress 2.

http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/790/790013p1.html 

Great so I have to buy HL2 and Ep1 again just to play Ep2, portal and TF2! Wtf?! :x

darklord888

I never owned nor played Half Life 2. I have a bad PC. I'm getting The Orange Box on Xbox 360 though.

1. Half-Life 2
2. Half-Life 2: Episode One
3. Half-Life 2: Episode Two
4. Team Fortress 2
5. Portal

 

All for the price of one game? Sign me up. Best deal ever.

FearlessSpirit

It no longer comes with counter-strike source? :(

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I never owned nor played Half Life 2. I have a bad PC. I'm getting The Orange Box on Xbox 360 though.

1. Half-Life 2
2. Half-Life 2: Episode One
3. Half-Life 2: Episode Two
4. Team Fortress 2
5. Portal

 

All for the price of one game? Sign me up. Best deal ever.

kittykatz5k

It no longer comes with counter-strike source? :(

not the console version....the PC one should...along with DOD: S 

Oh noes! $10 more, my wallet is cringing.TarmacChris

[QUOTE="FearlessSpirit"]

I never owned nor played Half Life 2. I have a bad PC. I'm getting The Orange Box on Xbox 360 though.

1. Half-Life 2
2. Half-Life 2: Episode One
3. Half-Life 2: Episode Two
4. Team Fortress 2
5. Portal

 

All for the price of one game? Sign me up. Best deal ever.

kittykatz5k

It no longer comes with counter-strike source? :(

It never did on 360. Still best deal ever for a launch game. I haven't seen any other launch game that released with two expansions and two other games. You usually get those game + expansion packs a year or so later. And then they still cost 60 bucks. And they don't include two other games. If they released all that content over time, they could have made 60 + 30 + 30 + ? = at least 120 bucks of that package alone. And then I didn't include Portal and Team Fortress 2.

It really is a good deal.

Oh noes! $10 more, my wallet is cringing.TarmacChris

i could use that 10 bucks for download content