The Orange Box
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The Orange Box is a video game compilation containing five games developed and published by Valve. 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. Valve also released a soundtrack containing music from the games within the compilation. A separate product entitled The Black Box was planned, which would have included only the new games, but was later canceled.
The Orange Box | |
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Developer(s) | Valve[lower-alpha 1] |
Publisher(s) | Valve |
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Genre(s) | Various |
Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
The Orange Box was released for Windows and the Xbox 360 in October 2007, while the PlayStation 3 version, developed by EA UK,[1] was released in December 2007. A digital Orange Box pack, containing the five games, was released in May 2010 for macOS following the release of Steam for the platform,[2] while a similar version for Linux followed after the Steam's clients release for Linux in early 2013.
The Orange Box received widespread critical acclaim, with Portal being recognized as a surprise favorite of the package. The PlayStation 3 version of The Orange Box, however, was criticized for containing several technical shortcomings that were not present in the other versions, only a few of which were fixed through a single patch.[3]