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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.

The Black Box will ship for the PC, and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box will ship for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system, and includes all the content of The Black Box, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One.

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.