Post Tagged with: "orange-box"

Valve Says Microsoft Needs To Be More “Comfortable” In Opening Up XBL

Gabe says that they still want to bring Steamworks to XBL, but they need to relax…

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The Orange Box is 75% off Today on Steam

Steam’s crazy sales continue today, bringing about probably the best deal of the entire year so far: The Orange Box at 75% off.

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The Orange Box On Sale This Weekend

To those of you who haven’t picked up The Orange Box in some form or another, shame on you. Now’s your best chance, as The Orange Box is on sale this weekend for 66% off. That’s a measly $10 for Half-Life 2, Episodes One and Two, the glorious Portal, and the love of Sam Naylor’s [...]

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Did Valve Help Make PS3′s Orange Box Suck?

In a recent interview at E3, Valve Software’s Erik Johnson stated that the PS3 port of The Orange Box was done “mostly” by EA. So if it was only “mostly” done by EA, does that mean that Valve actually had a hand in making a game they consistently denied being a part of? Why does [...]

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Portal Is Back: This Time Xbox Exclusive

Microsoft’s E3 Conference, which you can experience via our live blogging, has just revealed an exciting Xbox 360 title.  GladOs (yes, “she” was a guest speaker) has announced a new Portal game will be released exclusively for the Xbox 360 this year.

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Confirmed: No New Portal in 2008

When Eurogamer.net spoke with Valve’s Marketing Director, Doug Lombardi, he explained there would be no new Portal in 2008, but the next edition of the series would be something special.

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Portal 2: The Cookie Is a Lie?

While conversing with X-Play’s Morgan Webb, Portal lead designer Kim Swift confirmed the existence of Portal 2, saying “I believe Doug Lombardi, who is our lead marketing director at Valve, has announced Portal 2.” Companion Cube 2.0? Yes, please.

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Steam Reaches 15 Million Users — WoW!

Let’s preface this by saying that Steam is a free platform. You can go and create an account right now with no charge, and never buy a game. So while many will argue that it is unfair to compare the 15 million user base of Steam to the 10 million user base of World of [...]

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Orange Box to be Opened and Contents Sold Separately

In a move many people wished had been made when the Orange Box launched, EA have announced that TF2, HL2:ep2 and Portal will soon be sold individually for PC.

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Introducing Valve Steamworks: Tools for Publishers

If you think back to 2002, when Steam first launched, I specifically remember Computer Gaming World handing out the not-so-coveted award of ‘Coaster of the Year’ to Valve and their Steam delivery platform. Needless to say, Valve have turned that around to the point where most gamers would much rather purchase games from Steam instead [...]

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Steam Store-wide Sale

Merry Christmas, Mr. Freeman. Life just got a little easier for those who have neglected gift-purchasing until the last minute. Every game ever released on Steam is now on sale for 10 – 50% off. There’s quite a bit of treasure in here.

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