Portal 2 Delayed Until 2011, E3 Surprise Revealed
In a press release titled "Making Games is Hard," Valve this week announced the delay of Portal 2 into 2011.
Originally scheduled for the end of this year, the news will disappoint a lot of fans of the first Portal game. However, Valve, writing the press release from the perspective of Aperture Science, the company assured fans that life would go on despite the delay.
Representatives from both companies acknowledged that public safety concerns factored into the decision. They went on to say that even though Portal 2 will arrive slightly later than planned, all life on earth won't instantaneously stop as every molecule in your body explodes at the speed of light, which is what would happen should a rip ever appear in the fabric of Valve Time.
"Also, the game will be even better," they added, missing an historic opportunity to create the first product delay press release to mention that a product is being delayed to make it worse.
Valve also did its best to calm everyone down about the surprise it has planned for E3. Over the last few days speculation has been flying about Half Life, Duke Nukem 3D and who knows what else. The whacky release cleared things up by referring to the 'surprise' event as "The E3 ***PORTAL-2-THEMED-FOR-GOD'S SAKE*** surprise."
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They say any publicity is good publicity, bad this leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.
Come on Steam! Enough with the mysteries!
Pretty funny. But if they had announced that they'd be taking over the development of Duke Nukem Forever it would have been one of the most epic E3 surprises ever.
Portal was fun. I don't like the gross HL2 stuff, but portal rocked!
This is... uhh... old news by now guys, you said it was revealed in your tweet... but regardless, its Source Engine 2, and Half-Life 3, with EP.3 being the beginning of HL3. There, happy? 4 more days, and I'm right, enjoy.
Just wait until the 14th LOLz
We were all disappointed when Valve delayed HL2 weeks before it was supposed to come out, but what we got in return made it absolutely worth it. If they need the time to make Portal 2 as good or better than what they have already produced, I have no problem forgiving that.
*fetal position*
Portal 2 is a lie, Portal 2 is a lie, Portal 2 is a...whyyyyyyyyy!
Well, hopefully they do make Portal 2 even better then Portal was, especially if it's going to have a new engine. Steam knows what they are doing, hopefully, otherwise this might turn out to hurt them if they mess this surprise up.
This shouldn't surprise anyone. The original cancellation email said, "If you'd like to ask fruitless questions about the E3 Portal 2 surprise..." which was a pretty big indication that the "surprise" still had to do with Portal 2, and not some other huge project that they've secretly been working on.
I don't understand, what does this post reveal exactly? We already knew that Portal 2 was delayed and we already knew that the surprise has SOMETHING to do with Portal 2...but the title led me to believe that Valve had revealed what exactly WAS being revealed...so does this article tell us ANYTHING new?
I hope they're delaying it because it'll be on a new engine!
You all should know that "By the end of 2010" to Valve means "By summer 2011." No one should have truly been expecting Portal 2 this year from Valve after they stated it would be here this year. Now, the news that it is being pushed back into an undisclosed date in 2011 means that it will either be early 2010 or holiday season 2011 before the game actually comes out. That's Valve Time.
Could someone hack Gabe's email and see what's really going on? Oh, wait...
OK, my money is on Duke Nukem Forever
Well I totally give up on HL3/episode 3 then.
the big surprise is that there won't be any Portal 2
wahahahahahahaa
the big surprise is that there won't be any Portal 2 wahahahahahahaa
That'd just be the worst surprise ever lmao.
As part of a previously mentioned press release policy, we can no longer lie to you.
After the E3 surprise, you will be... missed.
Please assume the surprise submission position.
OMG the people at Valve are turning into the biggest pussies in the gaming world. saying making games is hard and months ago saying the same thing to why they don't make games for the PS3.
Big Surprise = The cake is not a lie.
As part of a previously mentioned press release policy, we can no longer lie to you.After the E3 surprise, you will be... missed.Please assume the surprise submission position.
+1
OMG the people at Valve are turning into the biggest pussies in the gaming world. saying making games is hard and months ago saying the same thing to why they don't make games for the PS3.
As for you, calm down. The message title is part of the release from the Aperture Science POV that they've taken with these "press releases". Valve is obviously having fun with it. Perhaps you should as well...?
After all, life will continue...at least until there is a rip in the Valve Time Fabric...=)
Come on, everyone knows the big announcement will be Left for Dead 3, and then Left for Dead 4 the month after that.
Whaaat? The cancel a "Portal 2 Event" to deliver a "surprise" instead. And now they say that the "surprise" if "Portal 2 Themed?" What the hey? Why change the name then?
so are they "hinting" that there will be a rip in the valve time fabric? and by "hinting" that, are they "hinting" that portal 2 will actually not be delayed, but be released early? like at, say, E3?
..total protonic reversal!
my money is still on the table for cake/pie
Whoever was writing this today was feeling rather sarcastic. lol
I think the Portal 2 Themed surprise is false. Their intention is to mislead the consumer towards that while they cook up the real surprise. Doesn't any else agree on that?
Woah if the surprise is Duke nukem then ...Hell that's quite a surprise.
Dont you get it??..... The press releases are in the point of view of Aperture Science. Like in the first Portal game, they constantly lie and mislead you to make you think things are going bad when they arent.
sheeesh
Portal 2 will be at E3
I hope Portal 2 has some original aspects to the game as much as I enjoy Portal I wouldn't want to do the same whole thing just on different maps all over again. Perhaps some form of real combat added would be nice.
lol, well portal was kinda half-life themed, therefore you could consider half-life portal themed. so obviously the surprise WILL be Duke Nukem forever!!11!
They need to make a muliplayer Portal