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Portal 2 is a 2011 puzzle platform game developed by Valve for Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.The digital PC versions are distributed online by Valve's Steam service, while all retail editions are distributed by Electronic Arts.
Portal is a series of first-person puzzle-platform video games developed by Valve.Set in the Half-Life universe, the two main games in the series, Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), center on a woman, Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence, GLaDOS, that controls the facility.
Portal Reloaded was released for free on Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms on April 19, 2021, to coincide with Portal 2 ' s ten-year anniversary. [2] [3] [13] Considering that it is a mod, users must own Portal 2 to play Portal Reloaded. [3] [5] Portal Reloaded also features a custom soundtrack.
Valve's logo. Valve is an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington.The company is based in Bellevue, Washington. [1] Valve's first game was Half-Life, a first-person shooter released in 1998. [2]
Doug Rattmann has pasted pictures of companion cubes on their heads. The dens in Portal 2 contain paintings of Doug Rattmann among the scribblings. In one of those dens, The National's song "Exile Vilify" can be heard from a radio. Some of the song’s lyrics are scribbled on the walls of the den. This song was exclusively written for Portal 2.
Thinking with Time Machine is a 2014 modification for Portal 2 developed by Ruslan "Stridemann" Rybka, and released by SignHead Studio. The player controls Chell, the protagonist of the Portal series, wields the portal gun, while the gameplay revolves around the concept of a tablet-like time machine that is also controlled by the player.
Though direct sales from Steam are unknown, the Potato Sack ARG helped to boost sales of the independent games. The whole Potato Sack promotion was the second-highest selling compilation on Steam in the week prior to Portal 2 ' s release, following Portal 2 itself and ahead of the Potato Sack/Portal 2 bundle. [22]
In 2012, Valve announced Steam for Schools, a free function-limited version of the Steam client for schools. [144] It was part of Valve's initiative to support gamification of learning. It was released alongside free versions of Portal 2 and a standalone program called "Puzzle Maker" that allowed teachers and students to create and manipulate ...