Half-Life 2 Orange and Black detailed

PC gamers to have choice of HL2: Black Box and Orange Box editions - PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers offered Orange Box Edition only.

According to IGN, the upcoming Half-Life 2: Episode Two for PC will be released at retail in a special Black Box Edition. This will cost $39.99 and feature the second episodic expansion, Portal and Team Fortress 2.

Available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC will be the Orange Box Edition, which includes Half-Life 2, both episodic expansions, Portal and Team Fortress 2. This bumper package will retail for $59.99 in North America.

PC gamers will also be able to pick and choose what they want using Valve's Steam download service.

Both box sets are expected in the summer along with the much delayed release of HL2: Episode Two.