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The Orange Box

The Orange Box is a video game compilation containing five games developed and published by Valve. Two of the games included—Half-Life 2 and its first stand-alone expansion, Episode One—had previously been released in 2004 and 2006 as separate products. Three new games were also included in the compilation: the second stand-alone expansion, Half-Life 2…

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Genre
Various
Developer
Valve[a]
Engine
Source
Modes
Single player, multiplayer
Platforms
Windows · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 3 · Mac OS X · Linux
Publishers
Valve · Electronic Arts (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

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The Orange Box

Nodes114
Edges113
Triples214
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017544
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The Orange Box

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related to Awards · 35
The Orange Box → Academy, Action, Action Game, Adventure, Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, BAFTA Video Games Awards, Best Multiplayer Game, Best PC Game Award, Best Shooter, Best Xbox, Breakthrough Technology Award, Computer Game, Edition, Ellen McLain's, Game, Game Design, Gameplay Engineering, Gaming, GLaDOS, Guinness World Records Gamer's
related to Reception · 21
The Orange Box → All, AllGame, Approximately, Croshaw, Editors' Choice Award, GameRankings, GameSpot's Editors' Choice Award, IGN, Mark Hoogland, November, Official Xbox Magazine, PC, Portal, Russians, Tetris, The, The Escapist's Ben, Windows, Xbox, Yahtzee
related to Region-specific versions · 21
The Orange Box → Additionally, Anyone, Asian, Blood, CD, Characters, Chattery Teeth, Doug Lombardi, German, Half-Life, In, North American, Some, Steam, Steam Support, Steam's, Team Fortress, Thai, The German, This
related to PlayStation 3 version · 19
The Orange Box → But, Despite, EA, EA UK, EA's PlayStation, Edge, Electronic Arts, Gabe Newell, IGN's Hilary Goldstein, In, November, PC, PlayStation, PS3, Valve, We've, While, Windows, Xbox
related to Promotions · 18
The Orange Box → And, Deathmatch, Episodes One, Half-Life, However Peggle Extreme, Lost Coast, Orange Box, PC, Peggle Deluxe, Peggle Extreme, Pre-purchasing, September, Steam, Team Fortress, The, Those, Two, Windows
related to Soundtrack · 18
The Orange Box → Amazon, Audiosurf, December, Episode One, Episode Two, Half-Life, It, Jonathan Coulton, March, Napster, Portal, Rock Band, Steam, Still Alive, Team Fortress, The, Valve, Valve Store
related to overview · 16
The Orange Box → AAA, All, At, Episode One, Episode Two, Half-Life, PC, Portal, Steam, Team Fortress, The PC, This, Through, United States, Valve's Source, Windows
related to The Black Box · 13
The Orange Box → After, ATI, During, Episode Two, Gabe Newell, Half-Life, Orange Box, Portal, Steam, Team Fortress, The Black Box, Valve, Windows
related to Team Fortress 2 · 11
The Orange Box → In June, Its, Players, Quake, Source-powered, Steam, Team Fortress, Team Fortress Classic, The, Unlike, Valve's Half-Life
Release · 8
The Orange Box → AU: December 20, 2007, AU: October 25, 2007, EU: December 11, 2007, EU: October 19, 2007, NA: December 11, 2007, NA: October 10, 2007, PlayStation 3NA: December 11, 2007EU: December 11, 2007AU: December 20, 2007, Windows, Xbox 360NA: October 10, 2007EU: October 19, 2007AU: October 25, 2007

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The Orange BoxDeveloperValve[a]1.00infobox
The Orange BoxEngineSource1.00infobox
The Orange BoxGenreVarious1.00infobox
The Orange BoxModesSingle player, multiplayer1.00infobox
The Orange BoxPlatformsWindows1.00infobox
The Orange BoxPlatformsXbox 3601.00infobox
The Orange BoxPlatformsPlayStation 31.00infobox
The Orange BoxPlatformsMac OS X1.00infobox
The Orange BoxPlatformsLinux1.00infobox
The Orange BoxPublishersValve1.00infobox
The Orange BoxPublishersElectronic Arts (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)1.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleaseWindows, Xbox 360NA: October 10, 2007EU: October 19, 2007AU: October 25, 20071.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleaseNA: October 10, 20071.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleaseEU: October 19, 20071.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleaseAU: October 25, 20071.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleasePlayStation 3NA: December 11, 2007EU: December 11, 2007AU: December 20, 20071.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleaseNA: December 11, 20071.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleaseEU: December 11, 20071.00infobox
The Orange BoxReleaseAU: December 20, 20071.00infobox
The Orange Boxis avideo game compilation containing five games developed and published by Valve0.90text

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