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Orange Box Turns Gold

Posted by Zonk on from the medic! dept.

Dr. Eggman writes "GameDaily.com announces that at long last, Half-Life: The Orange Box has gone gold. The release date has been set for October 10th. Although Valve recently announced that the company shall reevaluate episodic content, Newell has spoken to CVG, reassuringly stating that there is lots of Half-Life left at Valve. Expect more interesting stories like Portal to come out of Valve as they trickle out what they refer internally to as 'The [Half-Life] Bible.'"

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  1. Orange Box Turns Gold by MrYotsuya · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh no! I already pre-ordered the Orange box, will I still get it? Will a Gold Box cost more?

    1. Re: Orange Box Turns Gold by Kingrames · · Score: 3, Funny

      Not if your alchemy skill is high enough.

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  2. Re:And yet, it is being held back for North Americ by Bobfrankly1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, you're forgetting localization. It takes a few days to re-record all voice track references to the "torch" as the North American language "flashlight". They also have to remove all the crumpets!
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  3. Re:Uh, where is the PS3 version ? by DrXym · · Score: 3, Insightful
    This isn't exactly anything new, Valve has been very transparent on the disaster that is developing for the PS3. Just try a simple Google search.

    If there is a reason for the PS3 being delayed (and who says it is?), it might have something to do with the fact that the Source engine was written against DirectX. The PS3 uses OpenGL for graphics and has other APIs for things such as sound, controllers etc. Consequently the engine needs a virtual rewrite irrespective. And who says they need SPUs, or that even if they did that they'd be utilised significantly in a game engine which has been predominantly single threaded throughout most of its life?

    Perhaps Valve should have the foresight to make their engine more portable to begin with rather than bitch that a system (be it Linux, Mac, PS3, Wii or whatever) DARES to not use Microsoft proprietary APIs.