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Should remedy many of the problems.

EA has sneakily released a beefy patch to address problems with The Orange Box on PS3.

The 1.10 update is 128 MB, and unhelpfully has no associated documentation to outline the changes.

Early reports suggest friends not appearing on lists and certain accounts not connecting to the EA servers should no longer be a problem.

Orange Box PS3 owners have publicly complained for a while over the framerate and connection issues as well as slow loading times.

Valve does not develop PS3 versions of its games internally but outsources them to a third-party. It has said this is the model it will follow for the foreseeable future.

Can you tell us what else the patch has addressed, Eurogamer reader? You can have an Easter egg as a reward.

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myiagros #1 4 years ago

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if there is an actual easter egg up for grabs then i might go back to playing HL2 on my PS3 (that was my plan for the weekend anyway)
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Moz #2 4 years ago

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Alyx's bosom is now 10% larger
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myiagros #3 4 years ago

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Alyx's bosom is now 10% larger

even 50% bigger still wouldn't be big enough for me
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jack_klugman #4 4 years ago

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What's an "Alyx"?
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NickDude #5 4 years ago

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the woman character in the game. bossom means breasts if u didnt know
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oreillymj #6 4 years ago

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Has the TF2 framerate improved at all? Sometimes it's like wading through treacle.
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Uncle_Fishboy #7 4 years ago

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It's a shit game anyway
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Uncle_Fishboy #8 4 years ago

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Alyz would have to be very dirty for me to fancy her. Only once did I look at her arse wiggling and thought - yeah I would.
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Jonsend #9 4 years ago

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^ I'm glad you let us know that, I feel complete now.
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doragor #10 4 years ago

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@ Uncle_Fishboy

you're a shit game
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monkie_king #11 4 years ago

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Thanks EG, for bringing us threads like this one.
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el_pollo_diablo #12 4 years ago

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The patch makes the game work better.

Cadburys Buttons egg please.
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andrewsqual #13 4 years ago

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How about when the update is up then put up a news article saying the update is out, Eurogamer?
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BM #14 4 years ago

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It's made the game twelvety times better

Do Black Magic still do easter eggs? I'll have one of those please.
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Rash' #15 4 years ago

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"twelvety"???
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cowdar #16 4 years ago

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i live in uk and there is no update just gos to the game
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Prodigy_BE #17 4 years ago

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Hopefully it brings the ability to make private rooms in TF2, so we can finally start doing clanwars.
If not, then it's Vegas 2 from now on (or at least until COD4 brings new maps)
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Prodigy_BE #18 4 years ago

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Hopefully it brings the ability to make private rooms in TF2, so we can finally start doing clanwars.
If not, then it's Vegas 2 from now on (or at least until COD4 brings new maps)
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afgavinstan #19 4 years ago

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Just fired it up, and there was no notification to start an update.
When, exactly, is it released, EG?
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Hobo #20 4 years ago

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As miraculous as it would be...could someone check if it adds keyboard and mouse support?
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Rash' #21 4 years ago

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Forget all that. Does it fix the framerate and loading issues with the HL games? It's for those reason I didn't pick up the pack for PS3.
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TheNinkyNonk #22 4 years ago

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IF this improves the framerate (which isn't THAT bad IMHO) then this will be the best news ever - simply because I love HL2 so much.
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andrewsqual #23 4 years ago

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There is two parts in Episode one that slowed down. Who ever didn't buy this game because "it had slowdown issues" were absolute fools. And the update still isn't out Eurogamer. Yous have to stop covering news and rumors for other continents.
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penguin_overlord #24 4 years ago

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Full details here...

http://uk .ps3.ign.com/articles/861/86112...
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Dizzy #25 4 years ago

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"Who ever didn't buy this game because "it had slowdown issues" were absolute fools"

Don't think many people did that. They just bought PC/360 version instead.
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Fur_Cough #26 4 years ago

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Doesn't look there's a fix for the lack of 5.1 sound over optical =very very poor
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afgavinstan #27 4 years ago

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Still no sign of the patch.
And when I go into TF2, it keeps me on the "Connecting to EA Nation...." box for ages, and when I quit the game, it crashes, and restarts my PS3.
Not good EA. Not good at all.
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TRUTH #28 4 years ago

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But why does the PS3 color look faded and the texture less sharp on PS3 of HL?...Also more expensive ?
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Widge #29 4 years ago

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I've still got my GOTY PC edition, so I'll stick to that I guess!
Besides, the best part for me (Day Of Defeat:Source) isn't available on any console, so that trumps all.
Oh and little delights like Goldeneye:Source too.
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