So I want to buy Orange Box...

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Is that realy the case? I read this very often in forums, but at least from germany there is always the same red message at the end.. it says something like "you wont get additional copies for most games, but there are some exceptions".. then you can klick a link to see what games give you extra copies, but it is not always up to date. I would love to just have a clear "extra copies: yes/no" message like this.

you will not get extras. Orange Box is one code. If it were five codes then yeah you'd have extras but you will not.

it does on certain valve games^^

If there's no info about getting something, you won't get it.

the article only mentiones the games you will get an extra copy of. if portal 2 is not mentioned, you will not get an extra.

All the info you need is listed in the thread I linked to. o_O

When you buy The Orange Box you get extra copies of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One ONLY (as long as you have either or both of those games prior to purchasing The Orange Box), none of the other games qualify for extra copies.

I only mentioned about buying it again so that you don't attempt to do so later thinking that you'll somehow get free games. (You'd be surprised what people will do when they see "Free copy" on something... >_> )