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Electronic Arts and Valve have announced the naming and product configurations The Black Box and The Orange Box of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, two of the most anticipated action game offerings shipping worldwide this Winter 2007. The Black Box will ship for the PC, and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box will s

The good news is that the PC-only so called The Black Box will have Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 while the so called The Orange Box on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 will have all that, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1. The bad news is that all of these products have been pushed back to late 2007.

About 30 new images for upcoming Half-Life 2 Orange. The bundle will include Half Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, & Portal. The games will be available on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC and is set to release sometime Q3 2007.

I've got bad news and bad news for you. Let's start with the bad news first, you won't be playing Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 until winter 2007. Second, if you're expecting some nice art on your Episode 2 sets you're out of luck, they are all ugly now.

Three years after the original PC release, and two years after the Xbox porting, the game is set to make a comeback on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, with all the additional content to date included. By Fall 2007, this should mean Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and Portal - all of them stuffed together.