I don't want to believe this as it seems more than a bit questionable on its face. That said, this is Valve. It would totally be up their alley to use the ARG to announce Portal 2's release ahead of the announced date (it would also be really cool too). I'm pre-loaded either way, so we'll see.
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Portal 2 release THIS FRIDAY? (no, but you can jump through hoops for Valve)
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The Librarian
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I dunno, man, but I would hate to find out.DoctorWho said:
Edit: But seriously, I apologize for the delay everyone. We're just trying to make sure it looks good. Thanks for your patience.
Stallion Free
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I hope. It will feel good to finish it before the official release.
Takamura-San
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mybodyisready.jpg
Revolutionary
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Queue a billion likes, and EA's BF3 page sitting in the corner weeping.Rickard said:
Krauser Kat
Member
damn straight, they have been gold for more than a month now. give me it.
Solution: Buy it for her now and give it to her as an early gift.thefil said:This is actually a problem for me. I wanted to buy Portal 2 as part of my anniversary gift for my girlfriend this weekend, but if it comes out Friday there's a chance she'll get it before that for herself.
Mister_Bubbles
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thefil said:This is actually a problem for me. I wanted to buy Portal 2 as part of my anniversary gift for my girlfriend this weekend, but if it comes out Friday there's a chance she'll get it before that for herself.
Not that much of a problem, surely. Just buy a double pack (or whatever) now, and if it does get released early, you just say 'hey - you can have the first part of your anniversary gift RIGHT NOW,' and take her right there and then in a manly fashion. Then afterwards tell her about Portal 2.
Prophet Steve
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I don´t think we know, but I like it. Maybe the end of the coop campaign or something.CyReN said:
FlashFlooder
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Has The National's song for Portal 2 been heard yet?
Joe Shlabotnik
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Corky said:
Clues in the ARG point to it, without requiring much of a stretch. I wouldn't bet real money on it of course, but it seems quite possible.
bluedeviltron
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Prepare your body for disappointment.
Mr. Spinnington
Banned
it's like nobody paid attention to what happened yesterday
an early release is all but confirmed
an early release is all but confirmed
The Hermit
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Hey guys whats going on h....
gregor7777
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Mr. Spinnington said:
Not a particularly useful post, sorry.
Subliminal
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and I still have to wait for the Euro PS3 Release..
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
For those who want to know more, this is basically the ARG that Valve has been doing coming to an end. Yesterday all the Potato Sack games updated with real Portal 2 content, as in Portal 2 themed levels and stages based around these particular games. We now know the 'story' of the ARG; GlaDOS hyjacked a bunch of independant developers and Valve, and is using their games as 'testing rooms' for 'us' to participate in. You can read a pretty good summary of events, from the perspective of it being a story, here.
The biggest give away comes from Gaijin Games, developer of the Bit.Trip series. Bit.Trip Beat is part of this ARG, and when their game updated with Portal 2 themed content they made a blog post. Of note is the bolded;
The biggest give away comes from Gaijin Games, developer of the Bit.Trip series. Bit.Trip Beat is part of this ARG, and when their game updated with Portal 2 themed content they made a blog post. Of note is the bolded;
Mr. Spinnington
Banned
what eatchildren said, sheesh
didn't expect anyone to notice my post
didn't expect anyone to notice my post
I don't know why they would do the full preload a full week ahead of time unless they just want to make sure their preorderers have the game downloaded (which is good) and don't have to fight for bandwidth. Of course knowing popular Steam releases we may end up with the situation where too many people are trying to access activation servers or something. =P
It would be awesome if the game released for preorderers this weekend, since I could actually play the singleplayer without having to take a day off work before everyone on the internet is spamming spoilers everywhere.
Of course, preorderers should still get a Portal 2 pin and/or hat in TF2 without having to buy Potato games. ;_; Why Valve, why?!
It would be awesome if the game released for preorderers this weekend, since I could actually play the singleplayer without having to take a day off work before everyone on the internet is spamming spoilers everywhere.
Of course, preorderers should still get a Portal 2 pin and/or hat in TF2 without having to buy Potato games. ;_; Why Valve, why?!
BuddhaRockstar
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Wait, so after this event all the new content is going to just be inaccessible? That's pretty shitty.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Oh, and I left out the other part.
One of the puzzles, the bathysphere puzzle to be specific, resulted in a single phrase;
"4/19/2011_7AM=4/15/2011_9AM"
The former is the exact date and time Portal 2 is 'scheduled' to unlock/release. The latter is the date we're thinking it will unlock early.
One of the puzzles, the bathysphere puzzle to be specific, resulted in a single phrase;
"4/19/2011_7AM=4/15/2011_9AM"
The former is the exact date and time Portal 2 is 'scheduled' to unlock/release. The latter is the date we're thinking it will unlock early.
Buttonbasher
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Yeah, I agree. I was hoping they would just leave it.BuddhaRockstar said: