Developer Valve confirmed the previously rumored October release at Games Convention 2007. Valve confirmed that the PC and Xbox 360 versions will hit retail shelves on October 10 in America and October 12 in Europe. The Playstation 3 version, unfortunately, will arrive a 'few weeks later'.

This news comes forth out of an preview from IGN, in which it says that the PS3 version will arrive a few weeks later than its Xbox 360 and PC counterparts. A reason for this short delay was not given. So Playstation 3 owners will have to wait a little longer to play the Half Life 2: Orange Box, which contains Half Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode 1 & 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal.

"You won't have to wait long to play with all the goodies in the Orange Box; it's due to ship on PC and Xbox 360 on October 10th in North America and October 12th in Europe, with the PS3 version to follow a few weeks later."
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After introducing some of his work to a group of students at DigiPen IT, Jeep Barnett went on to talk a bit about Portal and how it really works.
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Yesterday's openly salvo of GameTrailers.com's "E3 Business & Media Summit Awards" offered up nominations and winners across various categories, such as Best Racer, Best Action Adventure, Best PSP Game, and Best DS Game. And, to be honest, the winners and loses didn't really throw up many surprises.

However, today's second round of E3 Awards coverage may well stoke the fires of fervent fanboy fanaticism. And why?

Oh, because the Best First-Person Shooter category does not include nominations for Halo 3 and Killzone 2, because Sony comes under fire on various fronts in terms of Most Disappointing, and neither Mass Effect nor Assassin's Creed is given a nomination nod for Best Graphics ¿ while a revamped PC port of Gears of War certainly is.
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New website with screens, trailers, etc. for Team Fortress 2, Episode 2, Portal, and the rest.
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Remember the old ugly box cover?

At that time, TeamXbox were like "who designed this? an intern?"

Either that wasn't the final design or your cries were heard at Valve and EA offices. TeamXbox have received the final box art of the Xbox 360 version of the Orange Box and they're happy to report it has changed a LOT since the last time they saw it. Image after the jump.
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Recently posted was a petition for Half-Life 1 to be part of the Orange box. The signature count has reached 210 in two days. This might be another Bioshock petition in the making.
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A petition has been started to get Valve to include Half-Life in the Collectors edition of Half-Life 2 for Xbox 360/PS3.
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In a recent preview on IGN they stated the game to be shipping for the PC and 360 come early fall but the PS3 version would be delayed possibily to 2008.

Could this again be the effect of the 360's devlopment kit which makes porting PC to 360 or 360 to PC games quick and painless.
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The new issue of 360Zine includes previews of Half Life 2, Shadowrun, Mass Effect and The Club. There's also an exclusive interview with SI, which hints at a 360 version of Football Manager Live. Then there's a second exclusive interview with Robin Burrowes from Microsoft about the Spring Update and a newly updated Community section with fansites, tournaments, and clan coverage. Also included are reviews of Command and Conquer 3, Guitar Hero, Meet the Robinsons, Tetris and more.
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According to Doug Lombari, director of marketing at Valve, the next Half-Life 2 episode will be noticeably longer than the first. "Episode 1 was about six hours of gameplay, and Episode 2 will be closer to eight hours of gameplay," Lombardi said. Valve also said that despite the delay of Episode 2, the development cycle for the episodic content was getting shorter.
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Valve Software has provided an update on Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Team Fortress 2, which are part of the The Black Box and The Orange Box, which will be published by EA this Fall.
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