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Half-Life 2: Episode 2 hit with delay for console and PC photo

Half-Life and shooter fans just got a bit of bad news today: Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is now delayed until a fall release. Originally slated to come out this summer, the title and console bundle is now a fall title. In non-crappy Half-Life news, the infamous black and orange box configurations were confirmed. The details:

EA and Valve also unveiled the final product configurations for Half-Life 2: Episode Two. For PC, the companies will ship “The Black Box,” which contains Half-Life 2: Episode 2, the wild Portal action game and Team Fortress 2.

“The Orange Box” is coming to PC as well as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and will include all of the Black Box contents as well as Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One.








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CannibalCalvin 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:19
CannibalCalvin
Portal is a mad mix of algebra and awesomeness. I wish my computer could get within ten feet of it without exploding.

I needs moar rams.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:20
BahamutZero
this is teh suck
rpheckenkamp's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:20
rpheckenkamp
Team Fortress Classic is still one of the best multiplayer games around. I wet myself when I learned Team Fortress 2 was back from the dead.
Serpentish's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:21
Serpentish
I honestly just think it's developer protocol to have their clocks lag behind real time 1 or 2 seasons.
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:31
Namelessted
did they give a reason for the delay?
scrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:33
scrap
What an excellent bundle of games!
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:34
velcroman
i bet sony paid them off, so that all the versions coming out would come out the same time the PS3 version comes out.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:35
brad drac
For some reason, I still haven't bought half life 2. I really don't know why. Orange box ftw.
Aetsen's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:39
Aetsen
Too bad Halo 3 is going to take most of it's thunder at launch.
Simon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:39
Simon
Is anyone really surprised by this, just looks like we will need to wait a while longer.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:40
Justice
No-one can honestly say they didn't see the delays coming.
BlackDove's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:45
BlackDove
And with this bump, they delayed it for a year +

Fucking Team Fortress... bleh.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:46
bleep
@velcroman:

Damn you might not be too far from the truth there....There are all sorts of underhanded dealing and goings on that nobody knows about......
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 16:59
Rockvillian
fall? I'll be dead by then
nademagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:01
nademagnet
This doesn't supprise me. It doesn't make my any more excited either. Damn you Valve. Damn you.
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:01
Fana7ic
Anyone knows if Left4Dead will be availbale for 360? Because this would be friggin SW33T
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:01
Niero
Just add 6 months to every promised release date and you'll live a much happier life
Spilt Milk's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:17
Spilt Milk
So no one hacked in and stole the code this time?

How dare they!
Aetsen's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:19
Aetsen
It's still kinda sad though that they can't finish a quarter of an expansion pack in a year.
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:19
Milofo
Seems like a market stragedy more then anthying. Oh well, give them more time to work out all the bugs and and more levels I guess.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:38
Mabec
i trully hate Valve for this. Here Valve, have a bucket of robot shit.
ohgr89's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 17:52
ohgr89
Who didn't smell this from a mile the fuck away.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 18:47
Darren Nakamura
Originally slated to come out this summer? I thought it was originally slated to come out last year. This is the second delay, no?
WmV337's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2007 19:27
WmV337
so the price for the orange box is still $60 right?

And niero, thanks, I need to go change my pants now.
OAKside's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2007 08:13
OAKside
brad drac says:"For some reason, I still haven't bought half life 2. I really don't know why."

-1

Aetsen says: "Too bad Halo 3 is going to take most of it's thunder at launch.

Y'know.. For some reason, I still haven't bought Halo or Halo 2. I really don't know why.
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