giantpotato Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I couldn't find an official Portal thread so I thought I would create a new one. I just noticed a strange new update to Portal on Steam. Portal -Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations along with this is a new Achievement Transmission Received ...? Valve said there wouldn't be any new Half-Life in 2010, but I don't think they mentioned anything about Portal 2. Could this new update be some kind of hint at Portal 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviljedi Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Yea, seems like the start of a viral campaign for portal 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkburn Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Steam forums are all over it of course: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=82 Beware, spoilers (about the update's contents). Yes, Valve are messing with our heads again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Man, Valve are good at messing with people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazuyette Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 A new Portal for 2010 ? Does it means that the Companion cube is back ? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted March 2, 2010 Reporter Share Posted March 2, 2010 Could also be linked to Ep 3 :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 wow just skimming over those threads right now crazy stuff kinda like Lost :laugh: this guy is decoding some images from some signal.... http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1169218 [edit] summary of what's happened so far today http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1169569 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted March 2, 2010 Global Moderator Share Posted March 2, 2010 Could also be linked to Ep 3 :p yeah and Duke Nukem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted March 2, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted March 2, 2010 I've got to admit, Valve are good at causing a stir over their unreleased games. I guess it keeps people excited, even though nothing they do here will truly reveal anything concise about the game until Valve announce it. Ah well, something to waste time over I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treemonkeys Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 The images lead to a phone number which is a BBS which prompts for a GladOS login when you connect, that is as far as I've heard. I wouldn't be surprised if this is for EP3 or Portal 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 The images lead to a phone number which is a BBS which prompts for a GladOS login when you connect, that is as far as I've heard. I wouldn't be surprised if this is for EP3 or Portal 2. they got this image from the BBS http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9306/portalasciilarge2.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted March 2, 2010 Subscriber¹ Share Posted March 2, 2010 Excited :D I eat this stuff up like there's no tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 2, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted March 2, 2010 Valve Corp., successfully trolling their users since 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 3, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted March 3, 2010 New update out: Portal Added valuable asset retrieval ... whatever that means now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkburn Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 New update out: Portal Added valuable asset retrieval ... whatever that means now. An updated game ending. Involving retrieval. <-- video link: http://www.xfire.com/video/2393cf/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken-royal Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 This is why Valve are awesome. Random Portal updates and Mac-inspired ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 An updated game ending. Involving retrieval. <-- video link: http://www.xfire.com/video/2393cf/ :blink:.. What.. in.. hell? o.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted March 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2010 I am thinking that they are A) setting portal up for a sequel and B) preparing to release on MAC (which would make me very happy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsutton Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 There are some mor einfo at http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2010/03/04/the-portal-radio-update-explained/1 too Looking good and can't wait to see what they're releasing in the future!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewism Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Portal 2 announced next week at GDC? The consensus at this point is that the cryptic images and messages that have surfaced by way of Valve’s brilliantly intricate AGR (augmented reality) Easter egg hunt involving their beloved puzzler Portal point to an official announcement of Portal 2, or even perhaps the long awaited reveal of Half-Life 2: Episode 3 in the near future. Well, that announcement could be coming sooner than we previously thought.Exhibit the first (and only): one of the pieces of creepy teaser artwork discovered by highly skilled Valve community fiends mentions that GLaDOS, the cake-teasing computer from Portal, has now been upgraded to version 3.11. Interestingly, Valve head Gabe Newell is scheduled to receive the 2010 Game Developers Choice Pioneer Award during GDC next week in San Francisco on...get ready for this...March 11 [3.11?]. Coincidence? Blatant indication that announcements are afoot? Just another reason to pose rhetorical questions? Anything’s possible. What I do know for sure though is that G4 will have ground troops all over GDC getting the skinny on everything the event has to offer. Like you’d expect anything less. Source: Steam Forums Source This would make sense. I think we should expect something official about Steam on OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted March 4, 2010 Subscriber¹ Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hope this is true. Loving the idea of a Portal 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted March 4, 2010 Reporter Share Posted March 4, 2010 What I said about Ep 3 was because of the fact that people have found references somewhere to both Barney and Kliener. Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted March 4, 2010 Reporter Share Posted March 4, 2010 What I said about Ep 3 was because of the fact that people have found references somewhere to both Barney and Kliener. Interesting... Also in expansion to that, this is 'Dinosaur Fizzle' on a spectrometer. Looking familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewism Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 The Citadel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted March 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2010 Wow, what the... Portal 2 and Episode 3 at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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