Orange Box PS3 in December
EA confirms to Eurogamer.
Electronic Arts has told Eurogamer today that The Orange Box for PlayStation 3 will be released in Europe next month on 14th December.
Rumours of a slip to 2008 have been tumbling around behind the scenes in the past week, but an EA spokesperson was adamant that it will be released before the end of the year.
The exact date has now been confirmed since we first published this item a few minutes ago. That's how fast things move in the fast-moving world of the Internet, players.
Eurogamer asked Valve to comment on the release date yesterday but was told it was still to-be-confirmed.
The Orange Box PS3 port, handled by EA in the UK, brings Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 - all hugely critically acclaimed - to a Sony format for the first time.
In its Xbox 360 and PC incarnations we celebrated it all the way up to 10.
Portal, in particular, stood out as one of the most interesting games of the year, while Team Fortress 2 has already attracted an enormous online following. The latter will be playable online over Sony's PlayStation Network.
Expect an Orange Box PS3 review in the run-up to its December release.