Gamespot writes:

"That's it. The votes are in and you, the faithful, the fans, the readers of GameSpot, have decided on the single greatest game hero of all time.

You have decided to follow the Free Man.

GameSpot offers its heartiest congratulations to Gordon Freeman, the hero of the Half-Life series, and the winner of this epic competition."

Freeman had a total of 107,581 votes to Mario's 85,280.
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Jul 22, 2009

Team Fortress 2 gets an update for 360

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360 - The Orange Box - Team Fortress 2 gets an update for 360

Yesterday players of Team Fortress 2 on the 360 might have noticed a new update needed to be downloaded. While this was not the highly anticipated update which added all of the new class weapons, maps, and gametypes that have been thus far released only on the PC version, it did add some cool stuff.
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May 10, 2009

Half-Life 2/Eve Online Hybrid Machinima Clear Skies 2 Now Available

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360 - The Orange Box - Half-Life 2/Eve Online Hybrid Machinima Clear Skies 2 Now Available

The highly praised Half Life 2/Eve Online hybrid machinima is back with Clear Skies 2, now available for download.
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Mar 8, 2009

Play Team Fortress 2 With SCRAWL on March 15th

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360 - The Orange Box - Play Team Fortress 2 With SCRAWL on March 15th

SCRAWL: "In a day over a week from now, SCRAWL will be having their first Community Playdate over the events channel on Xbox LIVE. We've decided to put aside the constant playdates of Gears of War and Halo 3 and bring something new in with Team Fortress 2."
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Jan 3, 2009

The 28 Best FPS Games

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360 - The Orange Box - The 28 Best FPS Games

From the dystopian corridors of BioShock's subterranean "paradise" to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide.

Even if it's just blasting away wave after wave of demons in Blood, or perhaps saving mankind from itself as you traverse Half-Life 2's City 17, the FPS genre has proven itself time and time again.
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Nov 19, 2008

Kids in the Hall LOVE Portal

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360 - The Orange Box - Kids in the Hall LOVE Portal

Classic Canadian comic troupe Kids in the Hall clearly think Portal is the funniest thing in the world. It doesn't look like they make it too far into the game, but if they react like this to the first box-on-a-button puzzle, I can only imagine how crazy they would go for the actual game.
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Aug 15, 2008

Valve Teases 'Team Fortress 2' Update On Consoles

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360 - The Orange Box - Valve Teases 'Team Fortress 2' Update On Consoles

MTV Multiplayer writes: "Do you ever get jealous at the amount of free updates Valve delivers for "Team Fortress 2? on the PC? You might be a console gamer.

Few people would blame you. "Team Fortress 2? has yet to receive a content update - free or otherwise - from Valve. But that doesn't mean they aren't thinking about it.

In response to the recent reveal of new maps, modes and character tweaks for "Team Fortress 2," I asked the studio if console owners could look forward to this, as well.

Valve's answer to MTV Multiplayer is open to interpretation. "[There is] nothing to announce - yet," said Valve vice president of marketing Doug Lombardi."
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Jul 31, 2008

Orange Box PS3, it seems, suffers from GHIII Wii syndrome

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360 - The Orange Box - Orange Box PS3, it seems, suffers from GHIII Wii syndrome

Aeropause writes:

"The importance difference being that Activision has fixed Guitar Hero III for Wii."

Full story after the jump!
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Jul 9, 2008

The Orange Box PS3: Open Letter from Petitioners

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360 - The Orange Box - The Orange Box PS3: Open Letter from Petitioners

SCRAWL writes:

"Toni T, one of the petitioners for the PLAYSTATION 3 version of The Orange Box has written an open letter to the world and has decided to share it exclusively with SCRAWL. His letter addresses the problems in The Orange Box on the PLAYSTATION 3 as well as the problems they've had in actually getting through to Electronic Arts and Valve. So here it is, for you to read. Hopefully someone will get through and help us Orange Box gamers out a bit."

Hit the jump to read the letter.
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Jun 30, 2008

Half-Life 2 team takes crowbar to cyber thieves

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360 - The Orange Box - Half-Life 2 team takes crowbar to cyber thieves

Developer Valve, maker of PC hit Half-Life 2, has disabled 20,000 accounts belonging to users of its Steam online service on account of credit card fraud, theft of accounts and using cracked versions of Valve games.
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Jun 23, 2008

Rumor: PS3 Gamers Suing Valve for Bad Orange Box?

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360 - The Orange Box - Rumor: PS3 Gamers Suing Valve for Bad Orange Box?

SCRAWL writes:
"One of our readers, Toni T, has sent us in this saying that unhappy Orange Box gamers are going to sue Valve unless they receive a patch for the game before July 1, 2008. I know that is a short time, though when you think about it the game hasn't received any real support in seven months. We post this as a rumor because the thread posted was supposedly deleted and we have no real proof whether gamers will actually pursue the suing. The case is for false advertising and they are bringing it to the US Federal Trade Commission."
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Jun 20, 2008

Orange Box petition: EA replies and says NO to a patch

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360 - The Orange Box - Orange Box petition: EA replies and says NO to a patch

With nearly 2000 signatures and over 15000 visits, the Orange Box petition seems to be coming to an end. Mike Seedon, the guy handling the petition, knows something for sure: EA will never ever bring a patch.

At EA support, employee John D has replied:

"Honestly, EA will not create the patches. EA did not engineer/program the game. Valve did."

For the full reply, hit the jump.

As for the Orange box petition website:
http://www.orangeboxpetition.com/
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Jun 1, 2008

CVG: Pyro unlockables next for Team Fortress

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360 - 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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Mar 14, 2008

Team Fortress DLC Price Is Up To Microsoft And Sony

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360 - 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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Mar 10, 2008

The Orange Box: 100 Awards and Counting

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360 - 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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Mar 5, 2008

Coming Orange Box Patch Changes Outlined

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360 - The Orange Box - Coming Orange Box Patch Changes Outlined

A Valve representative has updated us on what to expect in the coming Orange Box patch for the Xbox 360.
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Mar 4, 2008

Eurogamer: Valve hopes to keep TF2 content free

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360 - 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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Mar 3, 2008

Orange Box 2 takes shape?

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With a game as stupidly popular and successful as Counter-Strike, the question is not 'Will there be a sequel?' but rather: 'When?' Valve Software, the developer housed in a red building entirely comprised of $50 bills (it could happen), knows this too: "We will never abandon Counter-Strike," marketing man Doug Lombardi told Shack News, explaining why the online shooter hasn't received a major update since the release of Counter-Strike ... » Read More

Feb 17, 2008

Xbox 360 Wire - Return of the Web Comic

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360 - The Orange Box - Xbox 360 Wire - Return of the Web Comic

The Colonel has posted a new web comic, and is now back on track to updating readers with new comics every month all based on Xbox 360 games and characters. Catch the latest comic on the link.
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Feb 15, 2008

No word on console TF2 updates

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360 - The Orange Box - No word on console TF2 updates

CVG writes:

"Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Team Fortress 2 continue to be left in the dark when it comes to content updates for the game.

With Valve releasing its "largest update" ever for TF2 on PC yesterday, we dropped the developer a line to find out what the score is with new stuff for the consoles."
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