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EA's PS3 translation of Valve's amazing package has lots of tech issues, but it's also got heart. Read Review
Once again players assume the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist destined to save the Earth from hordes of gruesome alien attackers. Valve has created a fully realized world in Half-Life 2, with objects and characters that feature accurate physics properties, behaving with the appropriate mass, density, and physical properties of their real-life counterparts. Extremely intelligent computer AI result in enemies that plan, adapt, and respond to the player's actions.
The next-gen console version comes packed with bonuses in addition to the genre-expanding original Half-Life 2 game. Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two add-on levels are also on the disc, as are the stunningly complex puzzle game Portal and the online phenomenon Team Fortress 2.
Blast Combines and warp your body (and mind) with our walkthroughs.
The Team Fortress 2 community is a creative bunch. Recently, Valve released new weapons, hats, and equipment to TF2 that didn't just come from fan feedback, the items were actually created by community members. But today's release of a seamless mash-up of TF2 characters and the Hollywood thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" takes the cake. Pun intended. Read More »
One of the people responsible for Valve's first-person-puzzler Portal, Kim Swift, has left the company for a position with Dark Void developer Airtight Games (via Game|Life). Swift was one of the DigiPen students whose 2005 thesis project, Narbacular Drop, landed her and her team jobs at Valve.
Swift commented on the move, "I've learned so much and had some amazing experiences at Valve, but when I heard I had the opportunity to work on innovative titles with my friends over at Airtight, I couldn't pass it up." In addition to Portal, Swift worked on Left 4 Dead and its sequel. Airtight games is currently finishing Dark Void and has no other projects announced. Read More »
In a completely unofficial capacity Kotaku brings word of one man's pursuit to create a new pen and paper RPG based on Valve's highly successful Team Fortress 2. Wade "Deadshot" Wilson found himself pining after some proper TF2 action while stuck without his computer and decided to make a work-in-progress pen and paper RPG.
See the initial results after the jump. Read More »
Is Valve Software the ultimate troll? Numerous reports have sprung up over the weekend of how the publisher has slid a little MMORPG humor into its latest Team Fortress 2 update.
According to the ever-vigilant Team Fortress 2 forumites who take great pleasure in dissecting anything and everything to do with the game's code, there's an amusing MMO reference in the last patch. Check out the rat-killing quests inside. Read More »
Every once in a while the Internet ceases to be a gaping black hole of criticism and negativity and instead gives birth to something wonderful and pure. What could be a better example of this than Team Fortress 2 papercraft? One industrious individual who goes by the name of trogdoriangrey has published pics of a stunning set of Team Fortress 2 papercraft models, obviously based on Valve's popular shooter.
Noted and showcased over on Hellforge's gaming blog, trogdoriangrey's work is packed with SD details. From the oversized head of the Heavy to the not-very-safe cigarette burning in the Spy's hand, these things are a work of art. Read More »
Also known as: Half-Life 2: Orange Box, Orange Box -- Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, & Portal
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Publisher: Electronic Arts
M for Mature Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: December 20, 2007
Publisher: Electronic Arts
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