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{{Infobox game
|title = The Orange Box
|image = Software Cover - The_Orange_Box.png
|developer = [[Valve Corporation]]<br>EA UK ({{PS3|1}} port)
|publisher = Valve Corporation<br>Electronic Arts (retail)
|series = 
|releasedates = October 10, 2007
|genre = Various ([[WP:First-person shooter|First-person shooter]], [[WP:Puzzle platformer|Puzzle-platformer]])
|mode = [[WP:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[WP:Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
|platform = PC, {{360|1}}, {{ps3|1}}
|engine = {{Src|4}}<br>{{src13|1}} (PC)<br>{{src07|1}} (consoles)
|appid =
|codelang = [[WP:C++|C++]]
|modsupport = Yes, PC only ({{code|custom}} folder, {{code|sourcemods}} (Source SDK), Steam Workshop {{only|{{tf2}}}})
|sdk = [[Source SDK]]
|sysreq = 
|steamdeck =
|distribution = 
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100609060423/http://orange.half-life2.com/ Official Website] (Archived)
|links = {{Steam store|sub/469|Steam package page}}<br>{{Steamdb|sub/469|SteamDB page}}
|previousgame = 
|nextgame = 
}}
{{TOB|4}} is a bundle that includes five titles from Valve: {{hl2|1}}, {{hl2ep1|1}}, {{hl2ep2|1}}, {{tf2|1}}, the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map, and {{portal|4}}, the game that blends puzzles, first person action, and adventure gaming to produce an experience like no other. Beside, all 3 new titles (and two previous HL2 games in console versions) ships with the then-new {{src07|2}} engine branch (formerly called ''The Orange Box engine branch'').

Formerly, [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3483/ Peggle Extreme], a third-party Orange Box-themed game by PopCap Games, was also included in this pack, until 2009, when it was made available for free and standalone from this pack.

== List of games in this package ==
* {{hl2|4}}
* {{hl2ep1|4}} (Delisted, moved to Half-Life 2)
* {{hl2ep2|4}} (Delisted, moved to Half-Life 2)
* {{portal|4}}
* {{tf2|4}}
=== Exclusive to PC ===
If you brought The Orange Box on PC, you will also have access to the following games:
* {{hl2lc|4}} (Delisted, moved to Half-Life 2)
* {{hl2dm|4}}
* {{hldms|4}}

== Updates from this bundle ==
In 2009, PC versions of {{hl2|1}} and {{hl2ep1|1}} (both at the time running on {{src06|1}}), as well as 3 new games from this pack ({{src07|1}}), now runs on {{src09|1}}. That same year, Peggle Extreme have been made available completely standalone from this package. Later in 2010, {{mac|1}} support was added.

As of June 2011, {{tf2|1}} is available separately for free, only on PC. Nonetheless, TF2 will not show up in user's library when uninstalled unless the user has purchased the game prior to going F2P or has purchased The Orange Box.

And around 2013, during and after [[SteamPipe]] update, buying this package on PC will give user access to {{hl2lc|1}}, {{hl2dm|1}}, and {{hldms|1}}, despite not being mentioned on the bundle page. On the same year, the engine for all 5 games has been updated again to {{src13|1}}. {{linux|1}} support was also added at the same time.

A [[The Orange Box (Console)|console version]] of this package (for {{Xbox360|2}} and {{PS3|2}}) is also available. Those versions still run on {{src07|1}}. The {{PS3|1}} version of Orange Box is developed by {{wiki|Electronic Arts}} (EA), and was delayed to December 2007 due to Valve having difficulties developing for that platform at the time, like many other developers (until {{portal2|1}} came out along with Sony improving documentation of the PS3 hardware).

In July 29, 2022, Valve announced that starting September 1, 2022, all games and bundles must not have game reviews on the banner and/or cover itself.{{cite|1}} However despite that, The Orange Box's banner was left unchanged and unnoticed for nearly 2 years until March 15, 2024, when the game goes on sale, {{Twitter|tomgvalve/status/1768411958905340306|icon=hide|a Valve employee}} finally removed the award sticker on the bundle's banner.{{cite|2}}

== Media ==
<gallery mode=nolines heights=192px widths=307px>
Half-Life 2 - Screenshot 1.png|{{hl2|1}}
Half-Life 2 Episode One - Screenshot 4.jpg|{{hl2ep1|1}}
Half-Life 2 Episode 2 - Screenshot 7.jpg|{{hl2ep2|1}}
Portal - Screenshot 8.jpg|{{portal|1}}
Team Fortress 2 - Screenshot 2.jpg|{{tf2|1}}
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Orange Box (engine branch)]] - the '''Source 2007''' engine branch, formerly known as '''Orange Box engine branch'''.

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090313202306/https://orange.half-life2.com/ The Orange Box website] (Archived)
* {{Steam store|sub/469|The Orange Box on Steam}}

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{{ref2|cite id=1|Steamworks Development ([[Valve]]) (July 29, 2022). "[https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/6232436041608114694 New Rules For Graphical Asset Capsules]". ''Steam Store''. Retrieved {{#time: F d, Y }}.}}
{{ref2|cite id=2|[https://twitter.com/tomgvalve Giardino, Tom] (@tomgvalve) ({{#time: F d, Y }}). "[https://twitter.com/tomgvalve/status/1768411958905340306 fixed! nice catch]". ''X (Twitter)''. Retrieved {{#time: F d, Y }}.}}
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