Half-Life 2 Orange/Black Delayed to End of 2007

Wowzer writes "EA and Valve today announced the product configurations of Half-Life 2's The Black Box and The Orange Box, while at the same time confirming another worldwide release date delay from summer 2007 to winter 2007. If you thought the delay was the only bad news, then artwork fans haven't seen the ugly new boxart yet."

Valve delays game, News at 11

[eln]

I, for one, am absolutely SHOCKED at this news.

As I have mentioned before, packaging a product with TF2 is like throwing it into a black hole from which no release date can escape. Yes, the current TF2 is totally different from the old TF2, but it still carries the same curse. For all I know, TF2 is completely done and ready to ship, and Ep2 or Portal are holding up the works. That is irrelevant. That just means that TF2 has infected the other products with the curse, in much the same way a rat will infect another creature with the plague.

I wouldn't put any money on this thing getting released in Winter '07 either.

In other news, why include two different links to the same exact article in the write-up?

Re:Valve delays game, News at 11

[Nos.]

No actually, its my fault. When we were all anxiously awaiting the release of HL2, I bought a new computer a few months before the expected release date (this was after the whole code leak fiasco) in anticipation of its release. Sure enough, it was delayed, and didn't get released for about 8 more months. Well, guess what. I just bought a new computer in anticipation of Portal and TF2. I apologize to everyone. Next time, I'll wait until the game is released before I buy a new computer.

Re:Ah, brings back memories.

[BAILOPAN]

I believe the term you're looking for is Valve Time [valvesoftware.com].

Re:Box Artwork

[hickory-smoked]

It's like, how much more orange could this be? And the answer is none. None more orange.

Re:Waiting for Userbase?

[BarneyL]

I think they're trying not to go head to head with the imminent Duke Nukem release..