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Faliszek leaves the company after 12 years as writer and VR ambassador.
Read More »Writer Chet Faliszek departs from Valve
Nintendo merges developer programmes into single portal to attract indies
Creators of all sizes and at all levels of experience welcome to register for a Developer ID, platform holder insists
Read More »Portal DLC hits Rocket League tomorrow
Portal-themed downloadable content is coming to car-football title Rocket League tomorrow (Tuesday, December 1st). Developer Psyonix has said that this package will be free, and includes the likes of a cake hat (of course), as well as rocket trails based on the conversion, propulsion and repulsion gels from Portal 2. …
Read More »Portal table shooting into Zen Pinball titles
Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX2 are to see their ranks bolstered with the addition of a table based on Valve’s Portal IP. Portal Pinball will be added to the games across a number of platforms on May 25th priced at 2.49. The mobile versions will cost 1.49. Aperture Laboratories …
Read More »Walmart listing supposedly confirms Portal level pack and minifig for LEGO Dimensions
It seems that Valve’s beloved puzzle-platformer Portal could be coming to LEGO’s toys-to-life debut. That’s if a supposed shop listing from US retail giant Walmart is to believed, after LEGO fan site Brick Inquirerdug out the details from the firm’s product computer system. The Portal content is said to consist …
Read More »Half-Life 2, Portal now available on Nvidia Shield
A pair of Valve classics have launched on Google Play, though they’re exclusive to Nvidia Shield devices. The two companies revealed in a joint announcement that both Half-Life 2 and Portal can now be purchased from Google’s store for Nvidia’s handheld. "Nvidia has done a remarkable job bringing both Half-Life …
Read More »Industry vets Hocking, Swift join Amazon
Amazon has hired on Portal lead Kim Swift and Far Cry 2 designer Clint Hocking to join its internal game studio. Kotaku reports the two will join Amazon Game Studios’ growing talent pool. While Amazon has yet to confirm the hires, Hocking’s personal blog and Swift’s twitter account both allude …
Read More »Portal: Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game is a thing
At New York Toy Fair, Cryptozoic Entertainment revealed the first look at its upcoming board game based on the Portal video game series. Tentatively titled Portal: Uncooperative Cake Aquisition Game, the board game has been designed by the creators of Portal and Portal 2. Set to arrive at retail Q3 …
Read More »Half-Life 2 triumphs in Develop 100 Critics’ Choice
The top games and franchises as voted for by game journalists
Read More »JJ Abrams teams up with Valve
Half-Life and Portal movies on the table as filmmaker considers dive into game development
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