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EA Partners distributing Portal 2 at retail

by Alexander Sliwinski on Dec 22nd 2010 9:30AM

Here's a good sign that co-op puzzler Portal 2 might really arrive after "the shortest delay in Valve history." EA Partners announced today that it will distribute the game for the brick and mortar set. Portal 2 will be available in late April via Valve's Steam service, with EA putting PC, Mac, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 copies in stores.

Now, remember, Valve reserves the right to change its mind about Portal 2's launch at any time and there's nothing that even the great and powerful Electronic Arts can do about it. Gordon Freeman has been sipping piña coladas down in Cabo for years waiting for those Half-Life 2: Episode 3 marching orders.

Portal 2 (PAX 2010 co-op)

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Tags: EA-Partners, mac, microsoft, pc, playstation, portal-2, ps3, retail, steam, Valve, xbox

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"Gordon Freeman has been sipping piña coladas down in Cabo for years"

I now have a new mental image to keep me happy today.

@EliminatorZigma Think he wears the suit when he's on vacay or I wonder if just being in a lab coat is how he gets comfy?

@EliminatorZigma

Needs a GMod pic.

@EliminatorZigma

I always thought that he is audio tech for the Joystiq podcast on that oil tanker somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

Since P2 has steam cloud support...I wonder if that means you gain Steam achievements AND playstation 2 trophies? If not, I couldn't care I suppose, but would be pretty cool.

@Shadow Hog yeah, I noticed that after you said it :p
Yeah, I knew about the update but hoped for a little more. I have no reason to get the PS3 version over PC (who would given the option if your PC can take it...) as all Valve games are ultimately better on PC by miles.

@sammo21

Basically cloud support works by the users sharing a server with each other to feed each other data. In this case, Valve is withint that server so they can update things on the fly. What makes this interesting is that usually, Micrososft's policy is that if it's free on PSN, it's free on Xbox Live. I wonder how MS will react to PS3 getting on the spot updates with added content while 360 will have little to none.

Valve time

Does that picture creep anyone else out, or is it just me?

I gotta respect them for not putting out what in their mind is a broken game. Some companys have their core audience test their games so they can put a patch out 2 months later (looking at you bethesda/obsidian). I would much rather wait for a fully polished game than get aggravated at a broken one a month early.

@krautmaster Yeah, because comparing Bethestda's behemoths to a group of ultimatly linear shooter games is both fair and reasonable /sarcasm.

I mean really it's all right moaning about Bethestda's glitches but can you imagine how many glitches they get in their games because of the innovative gameplay style they attempt to create? It's highly likely they miss bugs in these games because they often only occurs after a very unique sequences of events the programming obviously wasn't ready for. Valve, on the other hand, are making games with a much greater degree of predictability; there's no way the player is completing Portal in an order different to how the devs imagined it for example...

@Resonanse Are you completely off your rocker? Have you seen how intense the programming is for portal games and how the physics work? now I may be wrong but I dont think portal is anywhere NEAR a linear gameplay mechanic. The vast combination of how you can use portals in conjunction with multiple environments alone is mind blowing. you should watch the making of the first portal sometime.

@MonKENy
I have, and while you do have a point, Bethesda and Obsidian's game worlds are far bigger than what Valve's. When you have an area as big as the Capital or Mojave Wasteland, you'll have issues. Just my two cents.

@DecepticonCobra That isn't how it works. The number of bugs in a game engine is in no way proportional to the size of the game world. Art assets aside, the actual level geometry and data make up a very small part of the game code in comparison to something as complicated and massive as a game engine.

The source engine has been continuously improved since it launched and has become an extremely stable and reliable code base. It was far more reliable when it launched than New Vegas is.

I'm ready to whore myself out for a LE...for science that is.

I believe Portals success was largely due to being released in the gratest gaming package of all time, Orange Box. I do not hhink this game will do particularly well as a stand alone, fully priced game.

2gil

@Jack Kevorkian The success of the first? Yea. But from that success sparked love for the game in every which direction. And that will sell the second.

@Jack Kevorkian I think it will do just fine. Orange Box definitely got the word out there to more console users but P2 won't need the help from any package like that. It's its own force to reckon with now.

Does it look to anyone else that the robots are holding "Screamers" from "Tremors 2"?

@Robborboy you mean a shrieker? :) (Imdb "Screamers 1995 for an awesome movie with screamers in it...)

@simblor Crap. Yea I mean "Shriekers". Screamers was a petty awesome movie too. Based off a pretty awesome short story called "Second Variety". Only stumbled on that story by accident in a book I got second hand. And was like "HOLY HELL THIS IS SCREAMERS."

I'd imagine him sunbathing naked.

I mean, yeah, he probably wears a lab coat.

loved Portal...dont get me wrong but...this new sequel with these 2 little goofy robots really ruins the lore and atmosphere of Portal and the setting of Gordon Freeman...

@Tradio Then just play the single player with Chell if that's how you feel.

@Tradio

Glados and the turrets had not an ounce of silly, of course.

I might buy the in game box Portal 2 for Mac, just because i'm that excited. I also don't really want to wait for the Steam service to settle down so it can actually let me download it.... :/

Wow, this is coming out on my birthday!!

One thing I'm not sure about: If I buy the retail PS3 version and connect it to Steam, will I also be able to download the game to my Mac/PC Steam accounts?

Per usual with Valve games EA handles the retail release. Great news for me though, can get this game on the cheap through our internal store wat.

Does not the mouse put it so that the mouse is good at the aim by PS3 if it shares with PS3?

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