Crowbar Error 42 writes "Its been very heavily hinted at that Portal is set within the Half-Life universe but like many things added to the Half-Life universe in the sequel and in the following episodes there is no mention of things like Aperture Science in the original game.
Russ Frushtick of MTV Multiplayer writes:
Valve has released a patch for The Orange Box titles Half-Life 2: Episode 1 & 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2, adding support for the Novint Falcon controller.
This mod from the Portal: Project Beta Team is a full conversion mod featuring new textures, new models, new particles, and a new story mode. There are 2 Possible endings to the mod.
Portal: Prelude is an unofficial prequel to the game Portal. Its story revolves around the pre-GlaDOS epoch, even before she was plugged in. At this time, test subjects were monitored by real Aperture Science employees whose work was tedious, lengthy and repetitive.
Valve has released news about a post-holiday sale on many of their games ranging from 25% to 75% regular prices.
GameXtract writes "I'm a proud valve owner ever since Half-Life, and I continue to be dedicated to their service at least until the release of left 4 dead which is sure to real in new gamers into the valve fan base. Today I was happy to browse steam, and found out that Portal has a price cut!"
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Kotaku:
Highlights for this week include Arcana Heart on Playstation 2 and Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition on PC. In addition, The Orange Box is split up in the form of Half-Life 2: Portal, Half-Life 2: Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life 2: Episode Pack (Episode I & II).
Those stingy enough to refuse buying Valve's Orange Box for all of its games can reclaim some of their street cred next month, when the bargain package is split three ways. Team Fortress 2, Portal and the Half-Life 2: Episode Pack will go on sale on April 9. According to Valve this is a worldwide release, although UK retailers list both of the games for pre-order. Pricing for the US (according to retailers) will be $19.99 for Portal and ...
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Valve has confirmed to Joystiq that the individually boxed Orange Box PC games are due to hit physical shelves on April 9th. The separate SKUs, which will be available worldwide, consist of first-person puzzler Portal, caricatured multiplayer romp Team Fortress 2, and a crowbar double-whammy in the form of Half-Life 2: Episode One and Two. Valve has yet to officially announce pricing details, but retailers currently list Portal at $19.99 and the other two packages at $29.99 each.
* New plush toys are in the works. TF2 characters will soon be your bedside companions, starting with the Heavy.
Having already upped the ante in Portal challenges with Ren_Test2 in November, Bethesda's Daryl Brigner has returned with a new custom-made map aptly titled Ren_Test3. The download, available at TWHL, also includes Ren_Test 1 and 2 as well as Step, Time and Portal challenges for the maps.
Bethesda's Daryl Brigner is at it again. Last year the Fallout 3 level designer created rock hard maps for Portal called Ren_Test1, Ren_Test2, and he's now gone and made, yep, Ren_Test3.Shouldn't he be designing the levels for Fallout 3? Not unless all his work on the RPG sequel is complete of course. Well, that or he never, ever sleeps...Anyway, we've not tried Ren_Test3 ourselves yet, but apparently it's not quite as evil as its ...
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During Electronic Arts' financial conference call today, company execs stated that they plan to release all of the new games in Valve's Orange Box collection (Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal) as separate retail games for the PC. The three games will ship to stores for the PC sometime before the end of March; no prices for the games were announced. Of course, Steam owners can already pay and download those three games as separate products.