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Valve update adds co-op puzzles to Portal 2 level creator
Aperture Science's "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has just undergone a major expansion. An update for Portal 2 released today which allows users to now create puzzles requiring cooperative play to add to the more than 170,000 single-player levels the community has already created since the creation tool was released this May. In addition, a new "Quick Play" option has been implemented which provides easy access to the top-rated maps across a range of categories. That sounds like a pretty good thing to have if you're going to have hundreds of thousands of stages on offer. And, in an effort to make sure every possible human being on Earth has played Portal 2, Valve has used this as an excuse to provide a tradeable 75% off coupon for the game to everybody who already has a copy of it on Steam. Toss the coupon to that one person you know, if such a thing exists, and get cracking on those test chambers! Tags:#First-person shooter#Mac#Patches#PC#Portal 2#Puzzle Games#Steam#Updates#user-generated content#Valve Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)If you buy Valve games on a console, don't expect the support that the PC guys get, simple as that not really hard to understand. true, but I would like to see a best of user generated maps or something brought to the consoles. That'd be nice. 4:00 PM on 05.17.2013 Why Insomniac decided against making Resistance 4Although Insomniac Games finished its work on the Resistance series with Resistance 3, that didn't stop Burning Skies from happening, unfortunately. It's possible (plausible, even) that another studio will take on the franchi...
9:00 PM on 05.16.2013 Metro: Last Light update allows FOV customizationThe lack of a customizable field-of-view is understandably a sticking point for certain PC gamers. It was no surprise, then, to see a big release like Metro: Last Light take some heat for not having a FOV slider. Today, an up...
10:00 PM on 05.14.2013 Survarium alpha offers an early look at gameplayVostok Games' Survarium has resurfaced thanks to the massively multiplayer online first-person shooter's ongoing alpha test. This is the game that always gets mentioned alongside the fun-to-bring-up S.T.A.L.K.E.R., given its ...
2:30 PM on 05.14.2013 Payday 2 will also launch at retail this AugustOverkill Software has announced plans for a more ambitious release of Payday 2. Now, the first-person heist game will be arriving on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 at retail worldwide in addition to the previously-announced Steam...
11:00 AM on 05.13.2013 Review: Metro: Last LightMetro 2033 is a game so good, Destructoid reviewed it a year and a half after its release, finally giving it a scored assessment after the original reviewer made it to chapter three and gave up. The claustrophobic Ukrain...
7:00 AM on 05.13.2013 XCOM Declassified is still a strategy game at heartFollowing the huge success of last year's XCOM: Enemy Unknown comes The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, the latest entry to the now revitalized franchise. Developer 2K Marin is bringing us an origin story set at the start of the a...
10:30 AM on 05.12.2013 Maverick Hunter character designer releases X concept artIt's been a while, my little chickadees! I've been out for a few days putting my nose to the grindstone, so you haven't been blessed by my sparkling presence. I therefore apologize if you've already seen the above artwork, bu...
2:45 PM on 05.10.2013 System Shock 2 now on Steam, no more excusesSystem Shock 2 is one of those games that everyone should get around to playing eventually. It's an eerie and atmospheric first-person shooter with RPG elements that truly was ahead of its time. Some folks like it better...
2:30 PM on 05.10.2013 Half-Life 2 receives Oculus Rift support in latest patchOculus Rift promises a richer, more immersive game experience, so pairing it with the monumental Half-Life 2 is a no brainier, right? Valve's Joe Ludwig has done just that, adding Occulus Rift support to the game. The Oculus ...
7:00 AM on 05.10.2013 Borderlands 2: Hands-on with Krieg the Psycho BanditWith the Borderlands 2 season of content coming to an end, Gearbox is releasing one last vault hunter just before the curtains close. Krieg is his name, he loves self-inflicting pain, and the insanity of the psycho enemy...
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| 7:00 AM on 04.30.2013 Behold, Portal 2's freakish Frankenturret brought to life |

The Frankenturret, as they're officially called, are the Portal 2 turrets merged with a weighted storage cube. Wheatley had fun creating them in the game, and I'm sure artist corroder666 had fun making the Frakenturret in re...more
| 6:00 PM on 11.01.2012 Portal 2 In Motion DLC arrives on PSN next week |

As announced on the PlayStation Blog, the In Motion content for Portal 2 that was originally playable using the Razer Hydra motion controller will be releasing on PlayStation Network this Tuesday, November 6. You might recall...more
| 4:30 PM on 10.22.2012 Steam Workshop's one-year anniversary has arrived! |

In one year's time, what started off as an easier way for players to access new user-created content for Team Fortress 2 has grown to encompass more than just sweet hats and guns, with a touch of J.C. Leyendecker or...more
| 10:00 PM on 06.20.2012 Valve brings Portal 2 to schools via 'Teach with Portals' |

Thanks to Valve's newly released education program "Teach with Portals", schools will now have the opportunity to teach their students through Portal 2. No, really. Valve has taken Portal 2's recently released Perpetual ...more
| 5:22 PM on 06.05.2012 E3: 'Portal 2 in Motion' DLC supports PlayStation Move |

Portal 2's latest DLC installment, "Portal 2 In Motion," is being shown on the E3 show floor today. It includes the same levels from the DLC for the Razor Hydra controller and offers players a more tactile experienc...more
| 2:00 AM on 05.11.2012 Portal 2 Perpetual Initiative serves 1.3 million tests |

Released just this week, the Perpetual Testing Initiative expansion to Portal 2 has already resulted in a success of some kind. No, no. Don't tell me. I'll figure out the appropriate adjective eventually. More than 35,0...more
| 11:00 PM on 05.08.2012 A message to all Aperture employees from Boss Man Johnson |

Mr. Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science, recently issued a message to all his employees, confirming the existence of the Perpetual Testing Initiative (PeTI), and its status being operational as of now. In the message, rath...more
| 2:30 PM on 04.26.2012 Valve to release Portal 2 level editor May 8 |

Starting next month, the possibilities for portal puzzles become as infinite as spaaaaaaaaace. Valve has announced a new update for Portal 2 which will arrive on May 8. The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" will give player...more
| 3:30 PM on 04.02.2012 Chell yeah! Dark Horse announces Portal 2 art book |

It's time for some more Portal for your porthole! Yeah I don't know what that means either. What I do know is that Dark Horse Comics, the folks behind the Mass Effect graphic novel series and others, have just announced their...more
| 7:00 PM on 05.09.2013 The cover art for Dragon's Crown is decidedly safe |
George Kamitani's female character designs for Dragon's Crown have received a rather surprising amount of attention -- that's ... that's still going on, isn't it? -- but at least for the game's box art, the presentation is fa...more
| 12:45 PM on 05.08.2013 The original 151 Pokemon as imagined by 151 artists |
Peter Le and Amy Kim thought it would be cool if they got 151 different artists to each take on one of the first-generation Pokémon, and present the collection in an art gallery called Rare Candy. Then they decided to ...more
| 12:30 PM on 05.07.2013 Streets of Rage, ESWAT art for reboots that never were |
Backbone Entertainment once pitched a reboot of Streets of Rage to SEGA, which SEGA apparently rejected, because SEGA hates everybody. Artist Arvin Bautista is keeping the dream alive, however, by sharing concept art cre...more


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