The Orange Box
| The Orange Box | |
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The box art depicts Half-Life's Gordon Freeman, a sign from Portal, and the "Heavy" class from Team Fortress 2.
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| Developer(s) | Valve Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Valve Corporation |
| Distributor(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Engine | Source |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 OS X Linux |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, puzzle, compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
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| Publication | Score | ||
| PC | PS3 | Xbox 360 | |
| 1UP.com | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Edge | 10/10 | N/A | 10/10 |
| Eurogamer | 10/10 | 8/10 | 10/10 |
| Game Informer | 9.75 | 9.25 | 9.75 |
| GamePro | N/A | N/A | 5/5 |
| GameSpot | 9.5/10 | 9.0/10 | 9.5/10 |
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| IGN | 9.5/10 | 8.4/10 | 9.5/10 |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | 9.5/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 94% | N/A | N/A |
| Aggregate scores | |||
| GameRankings | 96% | 89% | 96% |
| Metacritic | 96/100 | 89/100 | 96/100 |
The Orange Box is a video game compilation for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, OS X and Linux. The Windows and Xbox 360 versions were produced and published by Valve Corporation and released on October 10, 2007, as a boxed retail copy. A Windows-only download through Valve's Steam service was released the previous day.
The PlayStation 3 version was published by Electronic Arts and released in North America and Europe on December 11, 2007. Valve also released a soundtrack containing music from the games within the compilation. The compilation contains five games, all powered by Valve's Source engine. Two of the games included, Half-Life 2 and its first stand-alone expansion, Episode One, had previously been released as separate products. Three new games were also included in the compilation: the second stand-alone expansion, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the puzzle game Portal, and Team Fortress 2, the multiplayer game sequel to Team Fortress Classic. A separate product entitled The Black Box was planned, which would have included only the new games, but was cancelled.
The Orange Box received critical acclaim, with Portal being recognized as a surprise favorite of the package. The PlayStation 3 version of The Orange Box was noted for several technical shortcomings that were not present in the other versions, only a few of which were fixed through a single patch.
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