Two new maps for Valve's Team Fortress 2 will hopefully arrive within the next two months, the studio has informed Shacknews. One of the new arenas is a remake of Team Fortress Classic's Badlands map, with an emphasis on more vertically-oriented gameplay due to the presence of control points on towering spires. "Our estimate is that both these maps should be out within the next 2 months," Valve employee Robin Walker told Shacknews. "We expect to ship other new content before that."
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Valve's Orange Box compilation for PC and Xbox 360 has stormed out of the gate and could end up in the top five overall sales for the year, according to Valve's Doug Lombardi. We spoke at length with Lombardi about the keys to Orange Box's success
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TeamXbox Preview "The game looks like it'll be one of the year's most interesting experinces, especially if the gameplay holds up over the long haul."
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"Portal is one of the most charming success stories of 2007. The game's creativity and heart is matched by its high quality -- and that's all backed by a romantic story of a bunch of students improbably scooped up and allowed to let their vision blossom at a top-tier studio."
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On tonight's episode of X-Play, lead designer for Portal, Kimberly Swift, confirmed that there will be a Portal 2. This is pretty much a given as Doug Lombardi, Valve's Director of Marketing, had previously stated that "more Portal is definitely on the way." However, until now we weren't sure if this would be in the form of a direct sequel or possibly downloadable content. Well, now we know.
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Valve are deactivating Steam accounts for the PC version of the Orange Box for customers who purchased the game via the grey market i.e. Russia for use in USA.
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Valve Software is set to release new maps for Team Fortress 2.
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And ... wow 99% review average on Gamerankings so far. :0) - Maybe be we are underevaluating the potential here. After it's 360 and shooters.
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IGN previews Episode 2 and reveals some new characters and enemies.
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Valve co-founder Gabe Newell reveals the origins of Half-Life as we take a peek inside the highly-anticipated Orange Box.
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