Portal News

Portal writer urges Valve to 'start Portal 3'

Portal co-writer and Valve alumnus Erik Wolpaw has expressed his interest in making a third Portal game. As reported by VGC, Wolpaw was interviewed on the Kiwi Talkz podcast, where he discussed his work on various Valve games including Portals 1 and 2. Wolpaw ended the show with a heartfelt petition, stating, "We gotta start Portal 3. That's my message to... whoever."..
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Valve updates Portal to improve Steam Deck performance

Valve sure do give a lot of love to their games (okay, most, I hear the rumbling of TF2 fans in the background) and a new update has rolled out for the original Portal to help the Steam Deck.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/valve-updates-portal-to-improve-steam-deck-performance

Portal - Update

An update has been released for Portal.

- Localization updates
- Added DXVK cache priming for the Steam Deck

Portal is more sinister than you remember

Portal has a place in gaming canon that makes it difficult to argue why you should replay it. Either you've played it, and love it, or you know what it's all about. It's like pitching somebody on watching the original Star Wars trilogy for the first time: we all know who Luke's father is. Its iconic moments are part of games culture—the companion cube is almost passé as a symbol of nerd culture, not quite old enough to be retro but old enough to be out of date—and 'the cake is a lie' was more thoroughly memed than 'taking an arrow to the knee' was for Skyrim. And in the meantime, plenty of other games have built on Portal's 'thinking with portals' mechanics, from puzzlers like Bridge Constructor to shooters such as Splitgate..
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Portal - Update

An update has been released for Portal.

- Controller and UI work for Steam Deck verification.
- Integrated all updates and fixes from the Half-Life 2 code base.