Tag Archives: Portal 2

Portal 2 developers have been sharing behind-the-scenes photos from the game’s development of Portal 2 to mark its tenth anniversary. April 19 marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of Portal 2. One of the best puzzle platformers of all time has really hit a decade old and we’re slowly …

Let’s get straight down to it: I’ve rounded up 10 of the best games for 10-15 year olds. None of them are M-rated (meaning there’s no blood and guts to worry about, however fun disemboweling enemies might be), and each one has some decent lessons to teach, from patience to …

How the hell do you follow what, at the time, was the best darn puzzle game ever made? That’s the dilemma Valve faced when it decided to make a sequel to Portal. Chell’s dimension-distorting debut adventure wasn’t just wonderfully scripted and effortlessly inventive, it was perfectly formed. You heard: perfect. …

Shoot to (do anything other than) kill We’ve pretty much come to accept that video games have no problem giving players a firearm and letting them shoot anything that moves. Our gaming heroes have probably sent more bullets downrange than there are drops of rain during a thunderstorm. So when …

We keep every potato that comes our way around here, because on the one hand you shouldn’t throw away food; but on the other hand, they’re potatoes, what the hell do you want us to do with them? Finally ThinkGeek’s come up with a decent answer: we can plug them …

This article is part two of a three-part series of awards. Click here for Part 1 and Part 3. Welcome back to our sixth annual celebration of all the amazing things the gaming industry brings us. Welcome back, indeed, because now that the feel-good Special Awards and console exclusives are …

Valve has a new comic about Portal 2 for your eyes! It’s a Portal 2 renaissance this week: besides lining up free DLC to compete for your time, the company also has this short strip to remind you that Portal 2’s not only one of the cleverest titles to come …

Valve’s Steam Trading feature has gone live, graduating from a four-week beta in which over 1,000,000 exchanges took advantage of the system. The feature adds an Item Inventory to your Steam Community profile, allowing Steam Gifts and items within compatible games to be traded with other users. So far, only …

We’re not saying it’s a competition. But if it was, PC gamers totally just won. In an interview with GamaSutra, Valve’s president/resident game design icon Gabe Newel and project leader Erik Johnson revealed that Portal 2 sold more copies on PC than consoles. How many more? Valve doesn’t give specific …

Valve (in conjunction with Aperture, of course), has released the final Portal 2 “product” trailer. The new promotional spot introduces Aperture’s one-of-a-kind “Long Fall Boot,” with a fantastic clip of Chell getting acrobatic with her new Moon Shoes. The clip is, as usual, narrated by Aperture founder Cave Johnson, voiced …