arstechnica.com — The Black Box is only available on PC and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. It retails for $39.99. The Orange Box is available for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 and includes Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episodes One and Two, Portal and Team Fortress. It retails for a modest $59.99.
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Closed AccountJan 18, 2007
Then you should be hired at VAVLe for porting them yourself!There is no HL:2 or ep 1 out for 360.
infinitysnatchJan 19, 2007
You've got a TV? I'm super jealous.
pathyJan 19, 2007
Hm, I wonder, are PC users going to be able to play on the 360 servers for TF2?I hope so. Ehehe...*PC Gamer*
arialJan 19, 2007
I wasn't implying that my dick is bigger than everyone else's for having an big HDTV. Just the detail of the Episode 1 in 1080p on a large display is/was amazing. Maybe I should have worded my comment differently but I wasn't trying to brag.
azriel7Jan 19, 2007
Sorry, but we were TOLD that episodic content would be faster and cheaper. While I am excited about portal, I have no interest in TF2. Why should I have to PAY for something I am not interested in? They are doing the worse type of marketing, the whole force you to buy a bundle approach that stores force on you when you try to order/preorder a new console. They said that portal and TF2 would be included in with HL2:ep2 (with the assumption/implication they would be free), obviously not. Then there is the matter of the game being another DNF, it should have been out a while back and they should have been working on episode 3 or 4 now, and not still on two, which by the way left you with a BIG ASS CLIFFHANGER that was supposed to be resolved now. Will the same thing happen at the end of Episode 2? Will we have to wait ANOTHER year for Episode 3 to find out what happens next? So far the whole episodic content thing is a failure in my eyes, and a weep thinking that bioware is planning to do it in future games,
spetzJan 19, 2007
I really want portal to be sold separately. However, it won't be because it is common knowledge that valve are evil monopolising corporate money grabbers. :(
recluseJan 19, 2007
I know my next gaming purchase. Half-Life FTW!
pseudoknightJan 20, 2007
There is a keyboard and mouse setup that works with the 360, but it's problematic from what I've read. It doesn't function the same as it would on a PC. Reviewers did say that it works a lot better on the PS3, though.BTW, I don't support keyboards and mice on online consoles. It screws with competition. All serious competitors would then essentially be required to use one and that's not something most gamers really want in their living room.