Hello. Remember Splitgate? Well, its sequel, Splitgate 2, has just been revealed and is set to arrive in 2025.
]]>Portal 64, a very cool-looking Nintendo 64-inspired Portal demake, was cancelled earlier this week because of Valve, but its dev doesn't want you to be mad at anyone.
]]>Those that are craving a whole new Portal adventure will probably be interested in Portal: Revolution, a big new mod filled with new puzzles and original voice acting.
]]>The Xbox 360 first launched in 2005, and if you were fortunate enough to not encounter the ‘Red Ring of Death’ that the earlier consoles suffered from, then you were set for a good few years of gaming.
]]>Welcome to VG247's Best Games Ever Podcast: Episode 44: The best game where you'd swap places with the main character.
]]>A whole bunch of Valve assets have leaked, as well as some cut content for classics like Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2.
]]>Portal 3 isn't happening (yet), but in a recent interview the series' writer Erik Wolpaw did say he knows how it would start.
]]>Nvidia has shared release details for its reimagining of Portal, containing advanced graphics features such as full ray tracing, DLSS 3, and more.
]]>I’ll admit that I haven’t read a single thing about what the new RTX 40 Series GPUs give us. I know they are going to cost over a grand and that there are two models of card coming, but that’s about it. I saw some tweets about AI and someone mentioned Morrowind, at which point our video producer Jim Trinca fell off his Star Trek chair.
]]>Portal: Companion Collection showed up again on today's Nintendo Direct, except this wasn't just a new trailer - the game is out right now! The collection includes both Portal games, having been announced back in February.
]]>Coming to Switch later this year is Portal: Companion Collection which features Portal and Portal 2 from Valve.
]]>Kim Swift, who you may know from her work on Portal and Left 4 Dead, has been hired by Microsoft and has joined the developers at Xbox Game Studios.
]]>It looks like the Fall Guys brand collaboration train won't be slowing down anytime soon.
]]>Valve's road to Half-Life: Alyx wasn't exactly straight.
]]>A look at the mechanics of Valve's canceled Portal prequel, Aperture Camera, has been released by developer LunchHouse Software.
]]>Xbox Games With Gold for June have been announced for Xbox One and Xbox 360.
]]>Valve veteran Chet Faliszek - mostly known for writing many of Valve's games, and being the face of VR at the company, has announced a new venture.
]]>New titles have been added to the Xbox One X enhanced backward compatibility library, and it will please many a Valve fan.
]]>Portal 2 writer Jay Pinkerton seems to have quietly return to Valve, although what he's working on isn't clear.
]]>Headup Games has provided more information on its Bridge Constructor cross-over with Portal.
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]]>Headup Games has announced the next iteration of its Bridge Constructor series, and it's a Portal mash-up.
]]>If you thought Valve turning game submissions over to fans was a big deal, buckle up.
]]>Chet Faliszek has left Valve after devoting 12 years to the company.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>Erik Wolpaw, co-writer on the Half-Life, Portal and Left 4 Dead franchises has left Valve.
]]>Portal in AR, via Microsoft HoloLens? Why isn't this happening in a way we can throw money at?
]]>Compromises made during the development of the Half-Life games mean Gabe Newell will never remember them as fondly as we do.
]]>Still alive?
]]>Early stages for movies based on classic Valve games.
]]>Portal is one of the best video games of all time, but its origin story shows just how contingent that success was.
]]>Microsoft has announced 16 new backwards compatible games for the Xbox One.
]]>Rocket League is about to get a little more scientific.
]]>It looks like LEGO Dimensions will offer a bit of a new take on Portal.
]]>Amazon Game Studios is developing an "ambitious new PC game project" according to a recent job listing posted on Gamasutra.
]]>Valve and Zen Studios have announced a Portal-themed pinball table is coming to Zen Pinball.
]]>Want to see what it's like to work in the palace of Gabe? These chaps recently got a tour of Valve HQ in Bellevue.
]]>Half-Life 3 still hasn't been confirmed, but allow this funny tear-down of the Portal series by Honest Trailers to ease your impatience.
]]>Valve could clean up with a Steam all-star crossover beat-em-up like Super Smash Bros. The proof's in this neat fan-made trailer.
]]>Portal arrives on Nvidia's Shield portable next week.
]]>Nvidia has announced it's teaming up with Valve to bring Portal to Nivida Shield, the video card maker announced today during the GPU Technology Conference.
]]>Here's a little bit of fun; GLaDOS voice Ellen McLain lent her vocal talents to NASA for an educational video explaining nuclear fusion and fission. The whole thing is wrapped up in a pretty typical GLaDOS plot and fairly adorable as well as informational. Take a look below.
]]>Portal is now available for Linux through the Steam store, according to PCgamesN. It's possible Portal 2 is also to be made available soon for Linux as well, as it's listed, by grayed out at the moment, according to Gearburn. If you don't own the original Portal yet, it will run you £6.99.
]]>Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams weren't just idly shooting the breeze; initial steps have been taken to produce Portal and Half-life films.
]]>The Academy of Interactive Arts and Science has announced Gabe Newell will be the 17th inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame. Valve's co-founder and president will also headline the D.I.C.E. 2013 Summit stage as Thursday conference keynote speaker.
]]>Portal is iconic for many reasons: the taxing puzzles, wicked sense of humour and of course Jonathan Coulton's big closing number 'Still Alive', sung by maniacal AI GladOS. But did you know that it wasn't originally supposed to be at the end of the game? Find out what happened below.
]]>During the Games for Change conference, Valve announced it will give away Portal 2 for free, via the new Steam for Schools initiative. Educators which sign up for the beta which also recoeve the Perpetual Testing Initiative level maker so students can create Portal levels in the classroom - but they won't be able to share said levels outside of class. If you are an educator, more information is available through here. Via Kotaku.
]]>Valve has announced the free Portal 2 update, Perpetual Testing Initiative, is now available on PC and Mac. The DLC allows players to "easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles," via the in-game Puzzle Maker. Log into Steam and get to downloading.
]]>Valve has announced Portal 2 has sold over 4 million copies combined on PC and console since it was released a year ago. The figure was provided to Neogamr by level designer David Sawyer. The entire franchise has now sold over 8 million total, with the original Portal game selling over 4 million units - a figured which doesn't take into account Steam sales. Thanks, Gamasutra.
]]>A video preview of the Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC for Portal 2 has been released by Steam user Doogiehoogie. It's posted below. The DLC allows users to create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles using the puzzle maker. Users can then publish maps to the Steam Workshop so that others can browse, vote on, and select to play them. Selected puzzles will automatically be downloaded and installed inside Portal 2. It releases on PC and Mac May 8.
]]>Lead designer Kim Swift indelibly etched Valve's Portal on core gaming's history, before going to Left 4 Dead then moving to the fluffy dimension with Quantum Conundrum at Airtight. She talks to VG247 about trying something new.
]]>NECA has confirmed it still intends to release a line of replica guns from Portal, despite worries overnight it had canned the release of it in the US. The release is being planned for sometime between May and June.
]]>Valve and toy manufacturer NECA are teaming up to bring fans a life-sized Portal gun this summer for a whopping $130.
]]>Time to dig out your best "shut up and take my money" images: Soon, you'll finally be able to buy a Portal gun.
]]>Valve has announced the second game add-on Portal 2 is in development and targeted for release early next year. The update includes an "easy-to-use," in-game map editor so you can design, build and share single-player and co-op test chambers. The community will be able to view, play and vote on your creations with "a simple click." The development of the editor was mentioned earlier this week with the release of part two of the Final Hours of Portal 2 app, but was unconfirmed at the time. Portal 2's first content update, Peer Review, was released two weeks ago.
]]>Valve and Dark Horse have announced a hardcover collection of comics based on the worlds of Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Portal. The comic, which contains over two hundred pages of story, is titled: Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories, and is to be made available on November 16. You can pre-order it here, and have a look at the cover below.
]]>Valve's made the original Portal free to get from Steam on PC and Mac, but only from now until Tuesday. If you don't already have the game, get to it here. You'd be very, very silly if you don't, although that begs an entirely different question: why don't you have it in the first place?
]]>This seven minute live-action Portal-inspired short film is possibly the best game-to-movie conversion you've ever seen.
]]>Square Enix is soon to announce the latest title from Portal co-creator and former Valve designer Kim Swift, with an official unveiling planned for PAX Prime which takes place this weekend.
]]>Valve's Portal 2 DLC is still heading your way this summer, and according to spokesman Doug Lombardi, it will be released sometime in mid-September. No further information was revealed about the content, but we've previously been told by the firm it will contain new test chambers, new challenge modes, and other nice nuggets for Mac, PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, Kotaku.
]]>A 300-page strong Valve comic book will get a release in the US this coming autumn. On November 3, for $30, Dark Horse Comics will launch Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories, a book based on comics penned on Team Fortress 2, Portal and Left 4 Dead, the latter's Sacrifice will be the main comic of the lot.
]]>Gabe Newell would like you to know that he is not a man who has gone back on his word, even despite his apparent backflip on the topic of PlayStation 3 development. Instead, he's just another vote in a democracy, and the tribe has spoken.
]]>This is no simple mod - this is Extreme PortalCraft, a new map for Minecraft featuring - you guessed it - a bunch of Portals.
]]>Valve's Erik Wolpaw has said one of the reasons Chell doesn't speak in Portal 2 is because she is a silent protagonist which "could be anyone."
]]>Some weeks just eat you alive, or at least grab you by the neck an maul you a bit. To cope, read up on some smaller things that don't bite as hard.
]]>The last day of the work week is almost here. Have some shorts to get you through until then.
]]>Valve's announced that sales of the original Portal sit at almost 4 million units, and that's not including one or two copies that may have been sold via Steam.
]]>Customers unhappy with day one DLC and complaints of console-related messages in the PC build have driven down the Portal 2's Metacritic user rating.
]]>Valve has updated its Aperture Science page for Portal 2, and the countdown clock has ended. Now, the site is asking to to re-boot GLaDOS by playing games included in the Potato Sack offering.
]]>Valve's Portal 2 ARG, a.k.a. the Potato Sack, has been updated to include The Ball and other games with added Portal themes.
]]>Valve has released the fourth and final video installment of the "Product" series of Aperture investment videos. It's titled "Boots".
]]>To feed your Portal 2 anticipation, Valve has produced an online comic bridging the gap between the two games.
]]>Valve plans to release some more information pertaining to the story in Portal 2 before it's released on April 18. It's just that it is saving it as a bit of a surprise, apparently.
]]>Valve's Chet Faliszek has said the reason Portal 2 on PS3 will not have Move support is because it was designed specifically with console controllers in mind.
]]>Valve boss Gabe Newell has been questioned by Tippecanoe Valley High School's sports & entertainment marketing class by weblink. This is basically amazing.
]]>Valve has sent word that Portal 2 will not contain Move support as reported earlier by the German PlayStation Blog. According to the developer, the misunderstanding was caused due to Chet Faliszek's quote being "lost in translation."
]]>Valve’s Chet Faliszek has said the puzzles in Portal 2 may seem to look more difficult than the one's in Portal 1, but "more complexity," doesn't necessarily mean the gameplay is more difficult.
]]>Now, now, 360 owners. If you're gonna point those pitchforks anywhere, you'd best press them right against Microsoft's throbbing Adam's Apple.
]]>IGN has posted a preview of Portal 2, detailing what players will do during the first 30-minutes of the game. The preview also notes that there are also over 13,000 lines of dialogue in the game.
]]>While The Spire, a first-person puzzler from independent UK developer Raw Games, is pushing all the right buttons for Portal fans, dev MD John Tearle has been quick to point out to Big Download that his game doesn't actually have any portals at all.
]]>GameStop's already taking pre-orders for Portal 2, and if you lay down a deposit with the retailer, you'll not only get a a small discount, but something for the co-op in the game.
]]>Valve has said it once contemplated making Portal 2 without including the portal gun, and instead used other ideas like paint or a gravity gun.
]]>Valve has released an HD version of the Portal 2 co-op trailer complete with Glados commentary, and we have it posted for you below.
]]>Portal 2 was shown to the public for the first time at PAX Prime last weekend, and while no one got hands-on time, Valve's Josh Weier was there to show us a bit of the puzzler's co-op portion.
]]>Valve has released an extended video for Portal 2, introducing Brit comedian Stephen Merchant as Wheatley.
]]>Valve today released the sixth and seventh parts of the Portal 2 E3 demo in HD.
]]>BREAKING - People like free things.
]]>Fling yourself. F-f-f-f-fling yourself. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
]]>Valve just released Steam for Mac, giving away a free copy of Portal to anyone who downloads before May 28.
Full launch line-up inside. Hope you like Zuma, Mac people.
]]>Valve just said Steam's Mac release will begin tomorrow, May 12.
]]>GameStop has posted a listed for Portal 2, and a suggested retail price on the site has it down for $49.99.
]]>While PS3s die, Infinity Ward gets beheaded, and megatons detonate all around us, Valve's little ARG that could continues to chug along in the background.
Good thing, too, because today, Valve raised the stakes even higher. Now Portal - a two year-old game - is packing a new ending.
]]>Not to be outdone by a worldwide PS3 outage, the original catastrophically malfunctioning 'bot, GlaDOS, is back in the news today. Or at least, her game is.
Valve's quietly released a new update for smash-hit brain-bender Portal that includes one new achievement and an incalcuable amount of mystery.
]]>Some coders have cloned Portal and threw it on iPhone.
This is not supported by Valve nor available on the App Store, but it's cool if you are a Portal fan nonetheless.
Watch the video of it below, courtesy of PocketGamer.
]]>Edge has awarded Halo 3 its award for Interactive Innovation at the Edinburgh Festival earlier today.
]]>Speaking to GI at the EA Games Studio Showcase in London last week, Valve's Doug Lombardi revealed that Portal was offered to Microsoft for inclusion on XBLA, but was knocked back.
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