The Orange Box is considered to be one of the greatest value propositions in the history of video games, and it all came about because Valve was approaching the finish line with multiple projects in a ...

A video game company would need a truckload of chutzpah to release a first-person shooter in the wake of "Halo 3." Such a company would have to be absolutely sure its game had enough fun and value to ...

Feliszek recounted a meeting where two executives pitched a “stately” and “beautiful” white box for the Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1 release (the other games were added later). He said it ...

It's been a decade since Valve released the Orange Box, one of video gaming's most important box-sets filled with a treasure trove of now-classic games. The box, which actually released as a physical ...

The Orange Box…Valve’s packaged title that consisted of Portal, Half-Life, and Team Fortress 2 and each game arguably has their place in gaming history. Unfortunately, the PS3 port of The Orange Box ...

A Valve fan has conjured up a custom Steam Deck case, and it pays homage to the company's iconic Orange Box compilation. It offers up a way of keeping the handheld gaming PC safe, but it's also a ...

When the PC games "Half-Life" and "Half-Life 2" launched in 1998 and 2004 respectively, they heralded a fresh, hybrid style of action game: the cerebral shooter. Other first-person shooters might have ...

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Valve Explains Where the Idea for The Orange Box Came From - IGN Unfiltered The Orange Box, one of the most legendary collections of games ever, has an origin story you're probably not expecting.