Back in February during a Nintendo Direct, Valve announced that it would be bringing Portal and Portal 2 to the Nintendo Switch later this year as part of the Portal: Companion Collection. It has been months since then and we've had no official updates. Fortunately during today's Nintendo Direct Mini, …
Read More »Valve and Nvidia team up to bring Portal to Nintendo Switch
Valve has worked on a few video game porting projects with Nvidia in the past, having previously brought Half-Life 2 to the Nvidia Shield. Now, Valve and Nvidia have teamed up once again – this time to bring the Portal games to Nintendo Switch. For those who don't know, the …
Read More »Terraria becomes the highest rated Steam game of all time; sells 35 million copies
Last April we reported that the popular 2D action-adventure sandbox title Terraria had sold 30 million copies. Despite the final major update releasing last October, the game has continued to sell incredibly well, with the developers Re-Logic announcing that Terraria has now surpassed 35 million copies sold. Making the announcement …
Read More »Portal 2 writer returns to Valve after 1-year absence
Over the last couple of years, we've seen an exodus of writers at Valve, with multiple veterans leaving the studio to work on other projects. This included Half-Life writer, Marc Laidlaw, The duo behind Left 4 Dead and Jay Pinkerton, who worked on Portal 2 and some of the Team …
Read More »The Steam Controller and Steam Link come with two free games
Earlier this year, Valve opened the flood gates for pre-orders of the Steam Controller and the Steam Link streaming box. Things were already off to a good start, with early bird stock selling out pretty fast but now Valve is looking to sweeten the deal with two free games for …
Read More »Portal 2 campaign mod making waves
It's been nearly four years since Valve hit the world with Portal 2's campaign and cooperative play, introducing us to high-fiving robots, potato batteries and much of the back story of what once was just a humble shower curtain manufacturer. Fortunately, since then we've seen expanded missions through updates and …
Read More »Aperture Tag Portal 2 campaign gets Valve approval
A new campaign for physics based puzzler Portal 2 has been released on Steam, licensed by Valve, making it about the most official update to the game in a long time. Featuring a new type of gun and a focus on gel rather than portals, the game comes with new …
Read More »Is Portal 2 the best game, ever ?
Portal 2 has caused quite a stir since it was released, with critics claiming it is one of the best PC games this year. Metacritic, which averages all the scores of many sites online, has it showing as a 95% rated game. Gaming sites such as Destructoid have given it …
Read More »Valve come under flak for Portal 2 DLC charges
Portal 2 has already been warmly received, with initial reviews highlighting fantastic game play with a stellar updated engine. Sadly, the user community haven't been too enamored with all of the downloadable content available which totals extra charges of over $80. Gamers generally love downloadable addon's for their games because …
Read More »Are you helping to unlock Portal 2 early?
For the handful of people who still aren't aware, Valve have been involved in a rather cool marketing twist, before the Portal 2 launch. If people play any of 13 selected games, they can help unlock Portal 2 early via Steam. Portal 2 is one of the most awaited games …
Read More »Portal 2 to be one of the biggest selling games of 2011?
Valve's Portal 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360 is already holding the top two game spots at Amazon, knocking down the very popular Pokemon black and white DS games. Portal 2 is due to be one of the biggest sellers this year, but the pre order success on Amazon is …
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