

Jonathan Coulton and the National produced songs for the game. In the new cooperative mode, players solve puzzles together as robots Atlas and P-Body (both voiced by Dee Bradley Baker). In the single-player campaign, players control Chell, who navigates the dilapidated Aperture Science Enrichment Center during its reconstruction by the supercomputer GLaDOS ( Ellen McLain) new characters include robot Wheatley ( Stephen Merchant) and Aperture founder Cave Johnson ( J. Portal 2 adds features including tractor beams, lasers, light bridges, and paint-like gels that alter player movement or allow portals to be placed on any surface. Like the original Portal (2007), players solve puzzles by placing portals and teleporting between them.

A port for the Nintendo Switch was included as part of Portal: Companion Collection.

The digital PC version is distributed online by Valve's Steam service, while all retail editions were distributed by Electronic Arts. Quality wins over quantity, but really, we want to play more Portal.Portal 2 is a 2011 puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. With still no news on a Half-Life 3, it may be a long while before it happens though as Valve is in no hurry to rush, a tradition we both love and hate. With Portal 2 becoming the critical success that it was, it's only a matter of time before Portal 3 becomes a reality, a game that Valve won't even hint upon. Players must work their way through a series of challenging puzzles in Enrichment Center for Aperture Laboratories, as the "villain" of the game, GLaDOS, works to taunt and test the player.

Instead, Portal and its sequel are platforming puzzle games where the player, playing a silent protagonist stuck in a maze, is equipped only with a portal gun. Portal is a very unique first-person shooter, which doesn't actually involve shooting enemies like your standard FPS fare. More importantly, you need to play it to see what led to the great video game experience that was Portal 2, a game of the year contender that we awarded with a 5/5 score. Simply go to Steam and install away for one of the great things to come from the video game industry in 2007 - hurry, as the deal expires on Tuesday, September 20th.
