The Portal: Companion Collection appears to include previously-unseen beta content cut from Portal 2. Portal: Companion Collection received a surprise drop on Switch during yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Mini, and is now available to download on the platform (for a surprisingly generous price). As noted by Youtuber Ossy Flawol, however, the …
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Making a best games like Portal list is tricky. Despite their age, Portal and its follow-up Portal 2 are so intelligent, so intuitive, so enjoyable, and, crucially, so much fun that mirroring the formula is hardly an easy task. The blatant copies come nowhere close to their source material, whereas …
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The studio made up of former Valve and Riot developers is working on a new game, Left 4 Dead and Portal writer Chet Faliszek has confirmed. Stray Bombay was co-founded by Faliszek, who says the new game will be a “first-person network shooter” with what sounds like a fairly innovative …
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You thought virtual reality was expensive, what with the $800 HTC Vive, $600 Oculus Rift, and $400 PlayStation VR? Try augmented reality courtesy of Microsoft’s HoloLens (opens in new tab) – dev kits of these puppies will set you back a whopping $3,000! And it’d almost be worth it too, …
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There’s been mention of the JJ Abrams produced Portal and Half-life movies but now we’ve more word from the man himself. Slim word, admittedly but still, it’s something. Speaking to IGN (opens in new tab) Abrams was asked for an update on the two films and replied, “They’re in development, …
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Yesterday you heard from us that you had some Portal 2 DLC coming soon, with free map editor (opens in new tab) content, to look forward to. However, we’re well aware that in the hierarchy of things, we’re not as high on the informational food chain as fictionalized plutocratic caricatures …
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The shortlist of nominees for the British Academy Video Games Awards’ (BAFTA) GAME Audience Award is out, and it looks like this year is going to be a fanboy bloodbath. Ten nominees have been shortlisted for the people’s choice honor. They include Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: …
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Podcast! Podcast! Podcast! Apologies for the over-excitement but this coffee has us bouncingaround the office like safari park chimps on top of a Ford Mondeo. Ooh, ooh, AHH AHH AHH! See, we even sound like apes. Bloody hell, where were we going with this? Oh yeah, podcast. Welcome to a …
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Stop reading now if you’re still avoiding Portal 2 spoilers, because Stephen Merchant dropped a few plot points in a recent interview with MTV on his role as Wheatley. The loveable, bumbling personality core plays a major part in Portal 2, which meant tiring recording sessions for Merchant, who is …
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