The Orange Box, Valve and EA’s five-in-one uberpack of games, will ship for the PlayStation 3 on December 11 (next week). The PC and Xbox 360 versions of The Orange Box (which includes Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2), has been well received by consumers and is one of DailyGame’s “best values of 2007.”
The five-games-in-one-package includes the highest-rated first person shooter of all time Half-Life(r) 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, and three all-new games:
- Half Life 2: Episode Two: The latest chapter in the best-selling, highest-rated action game franchises of all time takes gamers outside the walls of City 17 for the first time as Gordon and Alyx race across the White Forest in race to save mankind from the Combine.
- Portal: A groundbreaking new kind of action game that will forever change the way gamers interact with their environment, Portal gives players mastery over 3D space with the mind-bending new Portal gun.
- Team Fortress 2: The long-awaited return of the standard for class-based multiplayer games, Team Fortress 2 delivers fast-paced action with nine distinct character classes and six all-new gameplay modes.
French and German versions of The Orange Box for PlayStation 3 will be available in early 2008.