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So you can buy them separately.

Electronic Arts has announced it plans to make the components of The Orange Box available separately.

The Orange Box, you will recall, was originally released for PC and Xbox 360 in October, and PS3 a bit later. It was comprised of Half Life: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress. Kristan thought it was marvellous.

The three components have been available separately via Steam for some time, but now EA boss John Ricitiello has said individual box copies are also on the way.

Speaking in a conference all he said, "We are unbundling Orange Box and releasing separate PC SKUs, Half Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress." Nice one John, one wonders if your hair is made of real silver.

No word on a price or date yet, but we'll keep you posted.

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Rohow #1 4 years ago

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Thank GOD EA's here to save the day :/
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BigStu #2 4 years ago

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They just couldn't leave it be could they?!
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Mike1980 #3 4 years ago

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�50 each? Surely not.
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ecureuil #4 4 years ago

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Being the genius that I am, I bought every game in the Orange Box separately. I decided I only wanted Ep. I, then I decided a week later I wanted Portal, then I enjoyed it so much, I decided I wanted Team Fortress 2.. and.. well, yeah.
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Der_tolle_Emil #5 4 years ago

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I doubt this is a smart move. The value of Orange Box is fantastic. Thinking of the costs involved getting a boxed copy to the retailers I think that it will only be cheaper if you buy a single product - as soon as you buy two you might just get the Orange Box for probably 5 pounds more than the price of the two single copies.
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Feanor #6 4 years ago

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"Being the genius that I am, I bought every game in the Orange Box separately. I decided I only wanted Ep. I, then I decided a week later I wanted Portal, then I enjoyed it so much, I decided I wanted Team Fortress 2.. and.. well, yeah."

And then you ahd to read all the reviews saying what great value it was.
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smelly #7 4 years ago

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I'd give em 5 quid for portal.
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t8yman #8 4 years ago

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I'd buy portal from xbla too, a fiver sounds about right.
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Cylinder #9 4 years ago

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^
Y' mean 10 quid surely?
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Davemanz #10 4 years ago

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Portal is fantastic and definitely worth replaying. Cost would have to reflect it.
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urban #11 4 years ago

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sacrilege!
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zoidberg #12 4 years ago

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Portal deserves 10 euros at least.
But the value of the Orange Box is unmatched. I bought it as a whole the day it came out on Steam... I loved Ep2, being a HL fan, I thought Portal was the greatest thing and am still playing TF2 daily.
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HiddenAway #13 4 years ago

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They just couldn't leave it be could they?!

This actually makes me seriously tempted to buy Portal.

The rest never appealed to me...
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cw- #14 4 years ago

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But you can buy portal on it's own anyway via steam..
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Danj #15 4 years ago

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Pardon my ignorance but what the heck does EA have to do with Valve games?
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Raised_By_Puffins #16 4 years ago

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They've published the retail versions of Valve's games since their bust-up with Sierra/Vivendi.
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matrim83 #17 4 years ago

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Thanks EA.

Will buy Portal and Team fortress.
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louyfitz #18 4 years ago

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Fuck shitty HL, thank god I can buy Team Fortress without the other wank games included.

Sorry HL fans, I'm a big FPS fan and I really dont see what HL brings to the table, can't stand all those boring enemies.
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Killerbee #19 4 years ago

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Fucks sake. The could have done this, you know, when the game was originally released... now it's kid of a bit pointless, since the boxed PC version of Orange Box is available for less than �20 anyway, and I can't imagine the three new games being less than �19.99 RRP.
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zoidberg #20 4 years ago

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You're a FPS fan and can't see what HL brings to the table?

So you love horror movies but can't see what obscene amounts of blood brings to the table?
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Nithron #21 4 years ago

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Hmm... Aside from anything else, Half Life 2 brought the idea of throwing around physics objects as weaponry, something then ripped off by everything from Doom 3 to Bioshock
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VMerken #22 4 years ago

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Up to 15 Euros for Portal and it's a deal.
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