Steam's weekend special for this week is The Orange Box, the highly-acclaimed collection of PC titles from Valve. The sugar to sweeten the deal? They're slashing off 66% from its regular price.

The Team Fortress 2 team has posted another update on the game's official blog regarding the upcoming updates for the game's Xbox 360 version. No dates yet, but it looks like the Sniper class pack won't be the only update Valve will be rolling out in the near future.

Guinness World Records EIC Craig Glenday put together an unspecified group of industry experts to form a judging panel and rated the most influential games of all time. So who makes it to the top of their list? Keep your favorites in mind, then find out after the jump.

Eurogamer has a feature up that should be of extreme interest to Xbox 360 gamers. They undertook the job of comparing the load times between playing games straight from the DVD, and from the hard drive.

So is copying games to the hard drive worth the trouble? More after the link.

Remember when Valve's Gabe Newell said that the "PS3 is a waste of everybody's time"? Well, it looks like people can have a change of heart too. Valve admits that they're lacking in-house resources for PS3 development (which means... Team Fortress 2 won't be getting an update, even though it's already heading to the 360 and PC versions), however, they're still committed in trying to get a strong in-house team of PS3 developers. Also, unless EA has any say on it, it looks like Left 4 Dead will be staying on the Xbox 360 and PC.

Time to take a short break from our Weekend Warrior updates to give you a new promo from Toys "R" Us. They have a new deal for PSP, PS3, and PS2 gamers, where you get 50% off on the second game you buy. Check out the full article for more details.

We all know that Valve's Half-Life 2: Episode 2 kicked some serious booty last year, and it's still among today's favorites because of its superior gameplay. The only downside in this scenario is that fans are asking for more, and they've started looking at E3 2008 as the possible birthplace of the next episode. Valve says "not yet", but they've got another thing for itchy trigger fingers. More after the jump.

Good news, Team Fortress 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) fans - the highly-anticipated Goldrush update for the multiplayer fragfest is now here, and will be downloaded automatically as soon as you restart your Steam client. From new weapons to a new map, to improvements and bugfixes all around, this is one update you should not miss. Check out all the details, including the very long changelog, after the jump.

Yes, Valve Corporation's Portal (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, PC) is indeed remarkable, but as tempting as the idea may be, the game developer studio won't cash in on the highly-lucrative series...for now. Valve's Doug Lombardi speaks up about the choice they made concerning Portal, and you can read about it in the full article.

After the slew of mostly PC games last week, this time around we're going to have the same boatload of PC releases with a smattering of Nintendo Wii and DS games, and the occasional XBLA shoot-em-up in between. The gaming line-up is diverse, however. This week we're going to have the old-school vertical shooter Ikaruga, the dungeon crawler Baroque, and the retail stand-alone release of The Orange Box titles. Check out the entire list in the full article