Aeropause writes:

"If you bought this product, you may or may not be pleased with your purchase. If you fall into the latter camp, you might find yourself agreeing with the people who are particularly disappointed with EA's handling of the Orange Box port, especially where online play is concerned. It turns out the PS3 version of this package has a lot of the online functionality excisedÂ¿ well, when I say a lot of it, I really mean most of it."

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1 Jun 2008

Orange Box petition: VALVe slams EA

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PS3 - The Orange Box - Orange Box petition: VALVe slams EA

Mike Seedon, the guy handling the Orange Box petition, contacted VALVe asking for some comments regarding the answers he had received from EA.

In case you missed the news [3 days ago], when the petition reached 1,500 signatures, EA contacted Mike and stated they would never work on a patch because "EA Has no Say in Development".

Kerry, working at VALVe, replied:

"Hello,

Valve took the PC codebase and handed it over to EA. An EA development team located in Europe ported it to the PS3. EA then had the final PS3 build replicated, put in boxes, and sent to stores.

Kerry"

Visit the petition website here:
http://www.freewebs.com/aat08/
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1 Jun 2008

CVG: Pyro unlockables next for Team Fortress

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PS3 - The Orange Box - CVG: Pyro unlockables next for Team Fortress

The Pyro class is next in line to receive an Achievement and unlockables upgrade in Team Fortress 2, Valve has confirmed.

The last class to receive the upgrade goods was the Medic, whom can now receive unlockable weapons for collecting specific Achievements based on its healing abilities.
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30 May 2008

Orange Box Petition Reaches 1500, EA Has no Say in Development

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PS3 - The Orange Box - Orange Box Petition Reaches 1500, EA Has no Say in Development

VALVe says the PS3 version of the Orange Box was farmed out to EA UK, while EA UK reports it has no say in development. Who is telling the truth?

SCRAWL writes:

"Mike Seedon, the guy handling the Orange Box petition e-mailed me today updating me on the status of the petition. It has reached 1,500 signatures, which isn't much but that's 500 more than last week.

He has also informed me that EA UK has responded to his questions."

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26 Apr 2008

The Orange Box petition continues, website launched

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PS3 - The Orange Box - The Orange Box petition continues, website launched

The Orange Box, which was developed by VALVE for PC and Xbox360, made its way to the PS3 via Electronic Arts. A few days ago, an angry gamer started a petition regarding the numerous issues.

Eventually, the gamer decided to step up by opening a website.
The goal through his site is to provide proof to the gaming community. Indeed, he has decided to provide evidence from the various ongoing problems with screens and videos.

But will all the hard work pay off?
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21 Mar 2008

The Orange Box Patch In Detail, List Inside

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PS3 - The Orange Box - The Orange Box Patch In Detail, List Inside

PSX Extreme writes: "By now, if you're an owner of a PS3 copy of The Orange Box, you may have heard about a patch that was released earlier today. Perhaps you've already downloaded the patch but don't know what it does. Well, Electronic Arts has just issued word on all of the fixes that comes with this update, so take a look at the list below:

* Fixed a graphical issue whereby a player would have the explosion effect left on the end of their Rocket Launcher when attempting to Rocket Jump.

* Fixed a memory leak to improve single player stability."
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20 Mar 2008

The Orange Box Patched For PS3

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PS3 - The Orange Box - The Orange Box Patched For PS3

Kotaku writes: "PlayStation 3 owners who attempt to play their copies of The Orange Box tonight will be greeted with a required update, bringing the EA published collection to version 1.10. The 128 MB download unfortunately doesn't come with a changelog, nor can we find a shred of information on what's changed on the internet. Digging through Valve's Steam forums, EA's support site and game forums, and the official PlayStation web site have revealed nothing about the download. We're pestering EA to found out what's up.

During my initial play time with the new version, testing out Team Fortress 2, Portal and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, nothing was immediately noticeable, although connecting to a TF2 game did seem to be rather speedy."
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14 Mar 2008

Team Fortress DLC Price Is Up To Microsoft And Sony

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PS3 - The Orange Box - Team Fortress DLC Price Is Up To Microsoft And Sony

Kotaku writes: "Recently, Valve went on record saying that they'd like their upcoming Team Fortress 2 map pack to be free on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but admitted that such a situation might not be possible. Many wondered if this uncertain future was the result of EA meddling or interference from the platform holders themselves.

We contacted Valve to clarify and their VP of marketing Doug Lombardi informed us that, "The platform holder owns the final call." So just as we'd suspected, whether or not we see these maps for free is indeed up to Sony and Microsoft."
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10 Mar 2008

The Orange Box: 100 Awards and Counting

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PS3 - The Orange Box - The Orange Box: 100 Awards and Counting

The 2007 award season is coming to a close and The Orange Box - the unique multiplatform, multi-game offering from Valve, creators of Half-Life® 2 and Counter-Strike® - has racked up over 100 first place awards, comprised of more than 50 Game of the Year honors plus over 50 craft awards for special achievements in gaming.
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4 Mar 2008

Eurogamer: Valve hopes to keep TF2 content free

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PS3 - The Orange Box - Eurogamer: Valve hopes to keep TF2 content free

Valve has reiterated that it hopes to release extra maps for Team Fortress 2 as free downloads for PS3 and 360 owners.

"The maps will come to the console versions," VP of marketing Doug Lombardi told Eurogamer at a recent Left 4 Dead event. "There's a bit of work that makes sense for us to bundle them up and release them as packs."

Asked whether that still meant for free, Lombardi said: "Oh, for free, definitely, as much as we can. You know, we don't have full say over that, but we have some say over how that works.
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