Best-selling game The Orange Box, already well received on Xbox 360, is to be released on PlayStation 3 on December 14, EA has confirmed.

After selling in huge quantities in the past few months, the game has been a resounding success, both commercially and critically, and now Electronic Arts is hoping for a surge in sales on PS3 due to its pre-Christmas release.

The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, its two expansion packs Episode One and Episode Two, as well as puzzler Portal and the multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2.