If you think you’re good at Half-Life 2: The Orange Box’s Portal game, think again! This video walkthrough by Groobotube shows he is a Portal Ninja and does a fantastic speedrun in 18 minutes. I hope you’re free from motion-sickness or epilepsy so you can enjoy this.
Part one of the Portal video walkthrough:
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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.
Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Wii Play (Nintendo), 2. Carnival Games (Global Star), 3. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami), 4. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Capcom), 5. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Ghost Squad (Sega), 2. Gintama: Banji Oku Chuubu (Bandai), 3. Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party (Konami), 4. Takarajima Z: Barbaros no Hihou (Capcom), 5. Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou (Square Enix).
Europe: 1. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games), 2. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo), 3. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo), 4. Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (Rockstar), 5. MySims (EA Games).
Xbox 360
North America: 1. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 2. The Orange Box (EA Games), 3. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Namco Bandai), 4. BioShock (2K Games), 5. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation — Flightstick Bundle (Namco Bandai).
Japan: 1. Beautiful Katamari Damacy (Namco), 2. Blade Storm: Hyakunen Sensou (Koei), 3. Halo 3: Limited Edition (Microsoft), 4. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike).
Europe: 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. The Orange Box (EA Games), 4. BioShock (2K Games), 5. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft).
PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (SCEA), 2. The Eye of Judgment — PlayStation Eye Camera Bundle (SCEA), 3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda), 4. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEA), 5. FIFA Soccer 08 (EA Sports).
Japan: 1. Imabikisou (Japan), 2. The Eye of Judgment: Biolith Rebellion (SCEI), 3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 4. The Godfather: The Don’s Edition (EA Games), 5. Minna no Golf 5 (SCEI).
Europe: 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 2. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEE), 3. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 4. MotorStorm (SCEE), 5. Formula One Championship Edition (SCEE).
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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.
Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Wii Play (Nintendo), 2. Carnival Games (Global Star), 3. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami), 4. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 5. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou (Square Enix), 2. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 3. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 4. Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo), 5. Forever Blue (Nintendo).
Europe: 1. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games), 2. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo), 3. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports), 5. FIFA 08 (EA Games).
Xbox 360
North America: 1. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 2. The Orange Box (EA Games), 3. Halo 3: Limited Edition (Microsoft), 4. Gears of War (Microsoft), 5. Beautiful Katamari (Namco Bandai).
Japan: 1. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. Project Darkness (Success), 4. Halo 3: Limited Edition (Microsoft), 5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike).
Europe: 1. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 2. The Orange Box (EA Games), 3. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft), 4. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 5. Gears of War (Microsoft).
PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEA), 2. FIFA Soccer 08 (EA Sports), 3. Heavenly Sword (SCEA), 4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda), 5. Folklore (SCEA).
Japan: 1. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 2. Spider-Man 3 (Activision), 3. Rise from Lair (SCEI), 4. Minna no Golf 5 (SCEI), 5. Agarest Senki (Compile Heart).
Europe: 1. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 2. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEE), 3. Heavenly Sword (SCEE), 4. MotorStorm (SCEE), 5. Formula One Championship Edition (SCEE).
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Xbox 360 gamers playing Team Fortress 2 online have been having lag issues since the game came out last week. Valve’s included the multiplayer game in their epic Half-Life 2: The Orange Box compilation, but overlooked some serious lag issues on Xbox Live. This issue isn’t a problem for PC gamers. Most complaints are from gamers attempting to participate in more competitive 6v6 or 8v8 matches, where “connection to host lost” messages pop up all the time or playing the game became impossible because of never ending lag.
The developer told 1UP they’ve already finished a title update and sent it to Microsoft. Unlike the PC world, patches are not immediate and fix has to go through Microsoft’s certification process. Valve expects the title update patch will arrive either sometime this weekend or early next week.
What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.
Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Carnival Games (Global Star), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami), 4. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou (Square Enix), 2. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 3. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 4. Dragon Ball Z Sparking! Meteor (Bandai), 5. Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo).
Europe: 1. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. FIFA 08 (EA Games), 4. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports).
Xbox 360
North America: 1. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 2. The Orange Box (EA Games), 3. FIFA Soccer 08 (EA Sports), 4. Halo 3: Limited Edition (Microsoft), 5. BioShock (2K Games).
Japan: 1. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. Project Darkness (Success), 4. Halo 3: Limited Edition (Microsoft), 5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike).
Europe: 1. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 2. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft), 3. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 4. BioShock (2K Games), 5. Gears of War (Microsoft).
PlayStation 3
North America: 1. FIFA Soccer 08 (EA Sports), 2. Folklore (SCEA), 3. Heavenly Sword (SCEA), 4. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEA), 5. Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Tecmo).
Japan: 1. Rise from Lair (SCEI), 2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 3. The Godfather: The Don’s Edition (EA Games), 4. Minna no Golf 5 (SCEI), 5. Agarest Senki (Compile Heart).
Europe: 1. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEE), 2. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 3. MotorStorm (SCEE), 4. Formula One Championship Edition (SCEE), 5. Heavenly Sword (SCEE).
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The Half-Life 2: The Orange Box compilation includes the FPS adventure games Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episodes One and Two, Portal, and Team Fortress. It’s developed by Valve and published this week by Electronic Arts for PC and Xbox 360 (PS3 version coming later on).
So it’s time to go hands on with Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress. Take note of how Half-Life 2 and Episode One are improved graphically. A must-have collection!
Click on the bottom-right corner arrow to view it fullscreen.
Here’s a list of this weeks US game releases. The most popular games are Half-Life 2: The Orange Box on PC & Xbox 360 (you can win it in our Orange Box competition), the Sony PSP Slim - Star Wars Battlefront Edition, Folklore on PS3, Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions on PSP, Bleach: Shattered Blade on Wii, Sega Rally Revo & FIFA Soccer 08 on multiple platforms. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s first three NEOGEO games on the Wii Virtual Console and Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords on Xbox Live Arcade (updates Wednesday) as download releases. No word on any PlayStation Store (updates Thursday) games yet.
Monday:
Master Jin Jin’s IQ Challenge (DS)
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull (PC)
Tuesday:
Bleach: Shattered Blade (Wii)
Bleach: The Blade of Fate (DS)
Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensations, The (DS)
FIFA Soccer 08 (PC, PS2, DS, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP)
Flipper Critters (DS)
Folklore (PS3)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PC)
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 (PC, Xbox 360)
Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (PS2, Xbox 360, Wii)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (PC)
Mountain Bike Adrenaline (PS2)
Sega Rally Revo (PC, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3)
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (PSP)
Sony PSP Slim - Star Wars Battlefront Edition (PSP)
Thrillville: Off the Rails (PC, DS, PSP)
Touch Detective 2 1/2 (DS)
Wednesday:
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - $15 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Welcome to our Half-Life 2: The Orange Box competition!
Since Half-Life 2: The Orange Box will be released one week from now, we’re giving away one copy of the 5-in-1 FPS game collection for either PC, Xbox 360 or PS3. “Five games in one box?”, I hear you ask… Yes indeed, The Orange Box includes all of the following awesome games: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.
You have a chance to win it for free until its October 10th launch when the competition ends, and we’ll order the game from your local Amazon store the next day or whenever it’s released in your part of the world.
What do you need to do to win? Pick a number between 1 and 100 and leave your guess in the comments below. Oh and what system do you want it for?
What are the rules? All you have to do is leave a comment with your lucky guess on this page. Fill out your real email so we can contact you if you win (your email will be invisible to other readers, only the site staff can see it). Also, if you won our previous contest (Halo 3) then you cannot enter twice in a row, that wouldn’t be fair to all the other participants. That’s it, good luck!
A trailer for the newest games in The Orange Box: