Portal

Portal was developed by Valve and was originally released in October 2007 as part of The Orange Box, a collection of games that also included Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2.  Portal is fondly remembered for its unique puzzle designs and antagonist GLaDOS.

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Leaker Releases Valve Assets From Repository

A Discord user leaks various assets coming from Valve's repository, including files from games such as Half Life and Team Fortress 2.

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Portal RTX Player Finds RTX 4090 GPU In-Game

Someone discovers the RTX version of Portal contains Nvidia's most powerful new-gen GPU, no doubt an Easter egg planted by team green itself.

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Portal Writer Shares Theory About Why Valve Doesn't Do Threequels

One of the writers of Portal and Portal 2 gives some insight into why they think developer Valve tends to not make a third game in a series.

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Portal RTX PC Requirements Are Pretty Demanding

Portal with RTX is coming soon, and the PC specs show that anyone interested in playing the upgraded game will need a pretty powerful system.

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Portal RTX Release Date Announced

Portal RTX gets a launch date, and players won't have to wait long at all to see the 15-year-old game revitalized with ray-tracing.

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Portal 3 Gameplay Has an Obvious Direction to Go

Valve has not announced Portal 3, but if such a game ever happens, it has one obvious direction it could go with its gameplay.

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Dota 2 is getting a new announcer voice pack, this time featuring Aperture Science CEO Cave Johnson from the Portal series.

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Portal Player Makes Turret Using Pumpkin

A Portal fan celebrates Halloween with a unique jack-o-lantern inspired by the Sentry Turret in the game, which even Xbox approves of.

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