GDC08: Portal designer Kim Swift mentions 'Portal 2'

by Christopher Grant { Feb 21st 2008 at 9:45PM }

We're not sure if Portal designer Kim Swift was speaking out of turn when she told X-Play, "I believe Doug Lombardi, who's our lead marketing director at Valve, has announced Portal 2." Was she referring to Lombardi's recent comment that "There'll be more Portal"? If so, we sorta thought his qualification of "the details of that ... we're still working out" sort of meant that "more Portal" didn't necessarily mean "Portal 2."

Maybe that means "more levels" or "more musical hits by passive-aggressive AIs" ... or maybe, just maybe, it means "Portal 2." Lombardi told us, simply, "More Portal is coming. Nothing more to disclose right now." So, looks like we're back at cube one.

[Thanks, Steve G.]

Tags: GDC08, Kim-Swift, Portal, Portal-2, Valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Obie @ Feb 21st 2008 9:48PM

Cake by any means, sequel, spin-off or extra content will be great.

ApolloIV @ Feb 21st 2008 9:51PM

The only important question is do we get another song.

DangerMouse @ Feb 21st 2008 9:53PM

I'd rather have another cake than multiple cupcakes.

Sora267 @ Feb 21st 2008 9:55PM

I assume that we'll find out that the lie about the cake being a lie was a lie.

Einhanderkiller @ Feb 21st 2008 10:10PM

The sequel is a lie.

Zoidberg Jesus (a.k.a. Jebo) @ Feb 21st 2008 10:10PM

This was expected considering the abundance of scrumptious baked tasties hereto unexploited in the video game market.

jet girl @ Feb 21st 2008 10:16PM

CAKE OR DEATH!

"cake please"

ChapmanTheFool @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:19AM

Man you win....Eddie Izzard FTW!

DomoBraden @ Feb 21st 2008 10:37PM

Outside of the obvious desire for more levels, I'm very curious how they would continue the story. Even more so, how would they go about implementing the portal-gun in an varied outdoor environment? How will they be able to incorporate the tool into forthcoming Half-Life titles?

Honestly, I'd say a prequel would be the best bet for Portal 2. If they went that route they'd be able to experiment a bit more before allowing Gordon Freeman to wield the device himself. I doubt we'll be able to use the gun in Episode Three, but hopefully we'll see it usable in H-L3.

Cesaria @ Feb 21st 2008 10:56PM

Wow, not one person bitching about how old Portal and its memes are. Sometimes I think people on the internet forget that not every single person played this game the day it came out. I only jumped on the Portal train last month, and the jokes are still funny to me. :P

Special_K @ Feb 21st 2008 10:59PM

Yay, an actual, factual sequel! I can't possibly fathom cutting Portal into episodes à la Half Life 2. I think the length of Portal was perfect, not beatable in one sitting, but not at all overdrawn. If they start releasing the sequel in bits and pieces, it'll end up being an utterly ersatz experience. Frankly, I find episodic content to be frustrating, simply on the basis of time. It feels like I'm waiting one year less than the development time of a normal game for one third of the content. It took me about two weeks of daily play to beat HL2, and six hours of constant play to beat Ep1, and the shorter development cycle just didn't seem like a palatable tradeoff.