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EA To Release New Orange Box Games As Separate PC Titles

During Electronic Arts' financial conference call today, company execs stated that they plan to release all of the new games in Valve's Orange Box collection (Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal) as separate retail games for the PC. The three games will ship to stores for the PC sometime before the end of March; no prices for the games were announced. Of course, Steam owners can already pay and download those three games as separate products.

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TnS5934d ago

It is quite pointless, in my opinion.

antoinetm5934d ago

its basic economics and its the best decision. they should have done that since the beginning.

If the price is right i ll probably get ep1 & ep2.
i already played HL2 and im not interested in teamFort & portal.

funkeystu5934d ago

You should really give portal a try - it is widely regarded as one of the best, if not one of the shortest, titles of the year.

antoinetm5934d ago

umm maybe but i until it comes at a *very* reasonable price considering its shortness then i might :)

(PSN download or smthg)

the way i see it, it has no replay value... since u know how to solve it.

TheIneffableBob5934d ago

Not really sure how this will boost sales, other than taking up more shelf space and increasing visibility, but oh well.

bootsielon5934d ago

I thought they were four. Unless one of those counts as an expansion...

jackdoe5934d ago

HL2 and HL2 Ep1 already have retail boxes. The other three games don't.

jackdoe5934d ago

No point in buying them separately for $20 a pop. Even if you already have some of the games in the OB, you can just give them to a friend as a gift.

felman875934d ago

should've done this back in september, would've just bought portal

iNcRiMiNaTi5934d ago

i wouldnt have spent $20 on it even though i thought it was the best one in the pack

n4gTurnsU_WickedGay5934d ago

had i known they were planning on this i would have waited. i only wanted portal, half life's not that great.

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Team Fortress 2 Gets An Unexpected Next-Gen Update After 17 Years

Valve has finally introduced the much-needed 64-bit support in an unexpected Team Fortress 2 update after 17 years since its release.

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Michiel19899d ago

64 bit support is not the same as a next gen upgrade. 64 bit has been used for like 12-15 years now?

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Infamous Video Game Endings That Left a Bad Taste

The most disappointing and infamous video game endings even sour the overall thoughts of a game. Most of these titles represent some of the finest entries in their respective series, marred by an ending we can't quite forgive.

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banger8827d ago

Far Cry 5....bullshit. This game had a great ending imo.

MrNinosan26d ago

There is no game called Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2, but Rebirth had a great ending imo. Felt robbed by the ending at first, but the more I've seen it and during my 3rd playthrough, I started to understand and realize a lot more that make me appreciate the ending.

Nerdmaster26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

I was enjoying FFVII Remake, even though those whispers throughout the game were annoying. But the ending was so bad that I don't even want to play Rebirth. On top of that, from what I saw on reviews, the ending of Rebirth is even worse.

Also, I'm glad to see Zero Time Dilemma being recognized as the trainwreck it is. After the amazing two first games (especially the near perfect second one), the low quality of the trilogy end is baffling. The new characters are bad, the old characters don't feel like themselves, a surprise "alien technology" pops out of nowhere, the big twist was like "eh?", and it doesn't really finish the story nor explains the loose threads from the second game.

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The Team Fortress 2 resurgence explained, and how it can become one of the best FPS games again

Team Fortress 2 is back with a bang, and this can be the start of a new era for the game, but only if Valve is willing to help it.

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