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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 http://www.steamgames.com

Author:	Yarr [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:25 pm ]
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I thought the whole point of these "episode games" were that the price would stay down and the time between games would be very short. This is just getting annoying. Its been a year delay now. Quote: 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 http://www.steamgames.com

Author:	Armani [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:43 pm ]
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Thats lame. I used to be interested in HL2 until this started happening.

Author:	Navyr [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:59 pm ]
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I need to get a computer that will run HL2 and buy it, i loved HL1 Counter-strike when it was a lowly downloadable Mod, and spent hours in TFC, and the video with the physics in the game, made my jaw hit the floor.

Author:	Caduceus [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:31 pm ]
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Armani wrote: Thats lame. I used to be interested in HL2 until this started happening. As soon as it comes out you'll buy it, love it, and ask for more. lol It's annoying but delays with Valve are practically inevitable since they keep wanting to add shit to their product. It isn't really a bad thing considering the end result, but apparently they wanted to rewrite a lot of the source engine to do what they wanted to do with the second episode, so yeah, that spells trouble considering the release date, but it's going to be sexy fun good times, especially with Portals and Team Fortress, good lord, some sexy add ons.

Author:	Armani [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:18 pm ]
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Tbh, I really only got into it for counter-strike, but since they practically give all the games to you, I played them.

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Author:	Balidorn [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:26 pm ]
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This sucks. I was seriously looking forward to Episode 2 and Portal a hell of a lot sooner than this.... Atleast this gives me time to get a better comp.

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