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Valve Black Box coupons still valid for R600 buyers

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The recent news of the retail black box cancellation has raised the question if buyers of the HD 2900 XT, who also received a coupon for a free "Black Box" will receive an upgrade to the orange variant. Valve has now confirmed that only the retail offering has been axed and anyone with a coupon will still receive the same games as found in the Valve Black Box. Sorry guys - no free Episode One and Half-Life 2 for y'all.

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black box was cheaper than orange box..I don't think will give us those for free anyway.
 
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well this is good news for 2900XT owners im still not sure why they changed it from black to orange box... was i because of money?, or time?, im still confused about that whole thing,

o and btw steam sucks!
 
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Whats the difference between the two boxes aside from the color?
 
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orange box contain hl2 ep1 and something else from previous released ...I don't remember for usre what was..
 
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WarEagleAU said:
Whats the difference between the two boxes aside from the color?
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The orange box was always going to come out originally, they just were going to make a second version (the black box).
The difference is the orange block had the black box contents (Episode 2 and the other games), plus Half-Life2 and Episode 1.
 
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This game better be god damn good. The graphics better be twice as good as the trailer that valve showed us in JUNE OF LAST YEAR!!!!
 
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The graphics better be twice as good as the trailer that valve showed us in JUNE OF LAST YEAR!!!!
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TBH graphics don't matter as much as other things, in fact they come more or less at the bottom of the list of my 'Things To Look For In A Game'. HL2 graphics are still amazing, even though the first time I saw the 8800Ultra face thingy I thought it was a photo...but it does not make a game. I wouldn't care if the graphics looked like EP1 or HL2.
 
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