Portal Update Hints At New Game

An anonymous reader writes "It appears Valve has begun another ARG (Alternate Reality Game) similar to the one that led up to the release of the original Portal game. A recent Portal update unlocked a new achievement which has uncovered various hidden images and sounds containing references to the Portal and Half-Life universe. Many believe this to be part of the run-up to the announcement of Portal 2 and/or the next installment of the Half-Life series. A thread on the Steam forums has already reached over 1 million views as people piece together the information. Another thread summarizes the information found so far. Based on clues from the ARG, some are speculating an announcement at the 2010 Game Developers Conference where Valve's co-founder Gabe Newell is to receive this year's Pioneer Award."

Re:EP 3 W00T W00T!

[RCGodward]

The hint is a lie!

Don't believe them

[jollyreaper]

The sequel is a lie.

march first mystery update?

[Nadaka]

That was not wise. They should have waited a month.

Re:EP 3 W00T W00T!

[interkin3tic]

Half Life imo has too much shooting in it

I know! I -hate- it when FPS have a lot of shooting. The first person perspective also gets to me when there's too much of it. Same complaint with pornos really, they all seem to have way too much sex in them, imho.

Ugh. This cup of coffee has way too much coffee in it. Not enough lobster bisque if you ask me. It's like, yeah, it's a cup of coffee and not a cup of lobster bisque, but still. :-P

Re:About frakkin time

[enderjsv]

I know, right? I mean, why can't companies be more like Activision. Franchises should be released on a yearly basis, regardless of quality or originality. Modern Warfare 2 sold like 50 bajillion copies and it was more or less the same game as the original (and in many ways worse). It's time these selfish companies like Valve stop wasting our time and give us all what we really want... mediocrity.

Re:EP 3 W00T W00T!

[Abstrackt]

Ugh. This cup of coffee has way too much coffee in it. Not enough lobster bisque if you ask me. It's like, yeah, it's a cup of coffee and not a cup of lobster bisque, but still. :-P

You inspired me to make a coffee bisque. After I made a pot of coffee I ground the grinds and used the resulting slurry to thicken my coffee.

Until I can get a caffeine high from lobster this will have to do.

Re:Still doing science ...

[Blakey Rat]

The evil one was the contractor who installed a computer-controlled deadly neurotoxin pipe that vents into the building.

The computer is second-degree evil, at best.