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Critical favourite Portal 2 is this week’s No.1 according to the latest UKIE charts from GfK Chart-Track. It’s big new release contender, Warner Interactive’s Mortal Kombat, has to settle for second place in its first week of release. There’s also a Top Ten debut for Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint: Red River, …
Read More »GAME selling Portal 2 today
UK retailer GAME has put the PC version of EA-published Valve title Portal 2 on sale today, a day ahead of its official release. The game was released digitally via Steam yesterday, though the official release date for the boxed versions is tomorrow. "We had a conversation with EA yesterday …
Read More »OPINION: Give ’em an inch
You are your own worst enemy. Well, probably not YOU. Obviously the vast majority of MCVuk.com readers are of sane mind and valiant heart. And will be rewarded in the afterlife with countless riches and, I don’t know, Vimto on tap. Or something. But there’s no escaping the fact that …
Read More »Portal 2 reviews are live
The first reviews of Valve’s Portal 2 have gone live online this morning and there’s every chance the space-bending sequel could become one of the highest rated games of all time. The game is now available worldwide through Steam though won’t arrive at European retail until this Thursday. It’s currently …
Read More »Fans await early Portal 2 release
Developer Valve has teased fans with the prospect of an early release for the PC and Mac versions of Portal 2. This will occur if enough fans put enough hours into a collection of indie games available through Steam. The 13 games, brought together in what is being called the …
Read More »VIDEO: Valve-made Portal 2 TV ad
Half-Life studio Valve has shown off its TV advertisement for Portal 2 for the first time. The developer created the spot in-house after questioning the value of external ad agencies. Portal 2 is a first-person-puzzler that hits shelves on April 21st on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. EA is distributing …
Read More »Valve denies Portal 2 claims
The PS3 version of Portal 2 will not include PlayStation Move support, developer Valve has confirmed. Yesterday a translation of a story on Eurogamer Germany claimed that the studio was planning to implement Move support as "compensation" both for the lack of a PS3 version of Left 4 Dead and …
Read More »Full Move control for Portal 2
"Complete" PlayStation Move support has been guaranteed for the PS3 version of Portal 2. Chet Faliszek of developer Valve told the German PlayStation blog (as translated by Eurogamer) that the decision was taken as a form of "compensation" for the fact there was never a PS3 version of zombie multiplayer …
Read More »Valve confirms Portal 2 cross-platform integration
Steam studio breaks new ground with PS3/PC/Mac multiplayer capability
Read More »PS3 Portal 2 includes PC version
Buyers of Portal 2 on PS3 will receive a code that also allows them to install the game on PC. Cross-platform functionality has also been announced which allows PS3 and PC players to take part in multiplayer matches together, chat online and upload their PS3 saved games to a cloud-based …
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