Valve, GI Announces Portal 2 for Holiday Season
Portal 2 is due to hit stores this holiday season.
Game Informer has revealed the cover of its April issue, announcing that Valve is releasing a stand-alone sequel to its hit game, Portal. While the magazine doesn't offer anything concrete in terms of juicy details on its website, GI promises that its 12-page cover story will cough up meaty bits of Portal 2's gameplay mechanics, storyline, and "some surprising new twists."
The first game, Portal, originally hit the gaming scene back in 2007, slipped in as part of Valve's The Orange Box bundle for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Valve also released Portal as a standalone retail PC game in 2008 while also providing the digital version online via its Steam service. Since its release, Portal received numerous awards, including "Game of the Year (PC)" by 1UP, "Innovation of the Year" by the Official Xbox Magazine, and more.
But unlike the first installment, Portal 2 will be shipped as a stand-alone, full-priced retail game, and is expected to arrive during the 2010 holiday season, according to Valve. The news certainly comes as a dramatic conclusion to various teases and updates to the current Portal PC game in recent weeks, including a mysterious change to the game's original ending.
Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks.
u need to try the version with the cake
at the end it says it will be full priced so we might actually get a 10hr+ game. still wished for an episode 3. =(
What the hell, it's too short.
at the end it says it will be full priced so we might actually get a 10hr+ game. still wished for an episode 3. =(
Well, it's probably good that they're releasing a full game then, isn't it?
u need to try the version with the cake
Now I've got the song stuck in my head, dammit...
***This was a triumph.***
***I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.***
***It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.***
Those are definitely good, but I like where it says
Aperture Science! We do what we must because we can
The original Portal was more of an experiment to see what kind of gameplay would be possible with this concept, as well as a training ground for gamers. Valve wanted to make sure things looked good before they sunk a lot of money into it. Now imagine a full FPS style game with various weapons (gravity gun, anyone?) and an "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" in your toolkit.
And there will be cake.
Ah, but remember that Episode 3 includes Aperture Science in its storyline, so perhaps they are bridging the two so that when we begin Episode 3, we'll actually know why its included.
Song to play Billy Joel- The longest Time