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Thai and Russian region restrictions

October 25th, 2007 :: Events :: 35 Responses

Last Friday, Valve began preventing retail copies of their Source (i.e. post-2004) games bought in Thailand and Russia from being played outside their country of origin. The internet has exploded the story in the way only the internet can, and it’s high time for some rationality.

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Orange Box soundtrack for sale soon

October 23rd, 2007 :: New products :: 16 Responses

Steam is to begin selling music “in the coming weeks”, starting with the OST from Valve’s Orange Box.

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Half-Life 2 Black Box dropped

May 19th, 2007 :: New products :: 41 Responses

Valve have announced that the Half-Life 2 “black box” SKU will no longer be shipped, leaving PC players with either the orange box, which also contains Half-Life 2 and Episode One, or Steam, which is still set to offer a package of just the three new titles.

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