We've got some news on the Team Fortress front that may just be a blow for gamers on the consoles who're hoping to get more maps. Doug Lombardi, VP of Valve Corporation marketing, has mentioned that plans to bring new maps and content to the console versions of Team Fortress 2 are still up in the air.

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Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello announced that the highly successful video game compilation The Orange Box will soon be split into its component parts and will each be sold as separate titles. Some of the more memorable games include Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, with each title garnering its own set of accolades during the past year.

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Let it not be said that Valve Corporation doesn't listen to their fans. It was recently announced that the company plans to further expand on Portal. In addition, gamers can also expect Team Fortress 2 maps for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the future.

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If you thought that the new Medic achievement pack for Team Fortress 2 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) announced by Valve Corporation was something, then you should check out what's in store for it in the next two months. Two maps exclusive to The Orange Box compilation will soon be available for the PC version of the game.

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If you've hummed to the tune of Still Alive one too many times, or fantasized going into war with the invigorating sounds of Team Fortress 2 (Xbox 360, PC, PS3), then you might want to consider buying the original soundtrack of The Orange Box.

This disc full of unique audio goodness can be yours for the paltry sum of US$ 9.95. Check out the newly-released product in the full article.

Here's some good news for Xbox 360-playing Team Fortress 2 gamers out there. According to the NeoGAF forums, a patch and new maps are in store for the Xbox 360 version of the game.

According to Kerry Davis, software engineer for Valve Corporation, "The update fixes several game-play exploits, improves bandwidth usage, improves stats reporting, and fixes some menu bugs."

More on the new maps after the jump!

EA Games just announced that a demo of The Orange Box (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) is going to available from Xbox Live starting November 22. Those who haven't grabbed the box can soon try out Half-life 2: Episode 2, which is just a part of the first-person shooter collection developer Valve Corporation has released.

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The online first-person shooter from Valve Corporation's The Orange Box (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC), Team Fortress 2 on PC, recently received an update from Steam to eliminate a few bugs in the Source Engine, fix an exploit in the Hydro map, tweak balance in the Granary map, and improve SourceTV.

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Valve Corporation's FPS compilation The Orange Box (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, PC) was easily one of the most anticipated releases of late 2007. The anticipation turned into frustration, however, as Xbox 360 version owners found connection issues in Team Fortress 2.

Reports of terrible lag, disconnections, and similar problems resonated throughout the Internet, prompting Valve to take action and announce last week that a patch is coming to address the problems.

Valve has kept its word to deliver the Team Fortress 2 patch early this week and it's now available via Xbox Live. The patch is automatically downloaded once you start the game.

This is the changelog of Team Fortress 2's patch for the Microsoft Xbox 360:

• Reduced network bandwidth usage in multiplayer
• Improved overall game performance
  
• Arranged search results to favor preferred host conditions
  
• Improved searching for ranked games
  
• Addressed a possible false report of too little storage space on larger hard drives
  

On a side note, The Orange Box PC version owners have not reported any trouble with their version of Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box also includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Portal.

Almost a month after its release, Bungie Studio's Halo 3 has finally loosened its grip on the US sales charts, with Valve Corporation's Orange Box succeeding the widely successful game. For the week ending on October 13, The Orange Box (containing Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal) is the best seller on its first week of release.

For its opening week, The Orange Box's Xbox 360 version has sold 348,049 units and Halo 3, now on its third week, has sold 285,860 units. In third place is the popular The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS handheld platform. In fourth is Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War for the PSP and in fifth is Wii Sports for the Wii.

It was only a matter of time for Halo 3 to lose the top spot, but it's unlikely the same could be said for its presence in Xbox Live, where it continues to dominate the charts after dethroning the previous champ, Gears of War.