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Team Fortress 2, Portal, and Half-Life 2 Episode Pack Stand Alone Retail Release
PC games from The Orange Box flying solo into retail April 9 and 11

By News Staff, GamingExcellence
Posted March 17, 2008
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Valve announced the retail launch dates for the stand-alone, PC versions of Team Fortress 2, Portal, and the Half-Life 2: Episode Pack are April 9th in North America and April 11th around the globe.

Portal is a unique single player game that mixes puzzle, adventure and first-person action.

Team Fortress 2
(TF2) is the sequel to the game that put team-based, multiplayer gaming on the map. The retail version, like all PC versions of TF2, includes the recently released Badlands map and the ability to receive auto updates via Steam including the upcoming release of Goldrush, a new gameplay mode and map that combines the escort style gameplay of Hunted with the timed attack and defend gameplay of Dustbowl.

The Half-Life 2 Episode Pack includes both of the new episodes for the first-person action franchise, plus Half-Life 2 Deathmatch for online play. As was the case with The Orange Box, customers who already own one of these titles will have the ability to conveniently "gift" the game via Steam to a friend.

All three packages include support for Steamworks achievements, automatic updates and more, and do not require Half-Life 2 to play.

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Lone_Prodigy  -  March 18, 2008 1:45 AM ET
Something I think the Orange Box will still be the best deal for all three... can't imagine them selling TF2 or Portal for $15 each.

Shawn  -  March 18, 2008 7:42 AM ET
It's not a bad buy though if you only wanted Episode 2 w/o TF2 or Portal. Not sure WHY you'd go that route, but to each his or her own I guess.

whitetiger707  -  March 18, 2008 9:37 AM ET
More options = More Sales = More Profit

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