Portal News

Kim Swift says games are reflections of their creators and believes teaching children to follow their dreams is the key to greater diversity.

First trailer for Guillermo del Toro's monster action movie features voicework of Ellen McLain as a roboto AI.

Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC hits PC and Mac machines in under two weeks; no word on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 releases.

Online retailer introduces a test chamber's worth of new swag including Wheatley-styled flashlight, talking Cave Johnson portrait, and potato-powered GLaDOS.

Valve confirms this week's security breach potentially exposed encrypted credit card numbers, passwords, addresses, more.

GDC Online 2011: Erik Wolpaw, Marc Laidlaw, and Ted Kosmatka explain the rules behind writing for Half-Life's Gordon Freeman and Portal's Chell, set the record straight on Portal 2's rumored rape scene.

Valve giving away original puzzler through Tuesday, hopes educators will use it to help teach physics, critical thinking to students.

Los Angeles filmmaker and Totally Rad Show cohost Dan Trachtenberg has written and directed a short film inspired by Portal.

Square Enix and Airtight Games showing off Kim Swift's next project during Saturday panel at Seattle-based gaming convention.

Gamemaker working with publishing giant for Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories due out November 16.

Valve president and cofounder Gabe Newell tells Games for Change Festival audience that the recently released platformer has already gone triple platinum.

National Entertainment Collectibles Association announces agreement with Portal, Half-Life maker for toys, action figures, board games, accessories, and apparel from studio's stable of IP.

Not including Steam sales, highly acclaimed Orange Box pack-in has almost hit quadruple-platinum milestone.

Near-billionaire Gabe Newell discusses his privately held developer's finances with Forbes; Steam controls 50 to 70 percent of PC online market.

Financial magazine's crowd-sourced list of candidates to make massive impacts in next year features Valve CEO in recognition of Steam's hold on PC digital distribution.

Valve's digital distribution service hits new milestone on the back of 178 percent user growth; unit sales spike 200 percent in last 12 months.

Download service's debut on Apple systems marked by giveaway of mind-bending puzzle platformer for Mac OS X 10.6.3, initial lineup of 63 titles; rest of Valve's catalog to be released later in the year.

GDC 2010: Ubisoft Montreal's Richard Rouse III explains how reminiscence, amplification through abstraction, transformation, loss, and nostalgia can make games emotionally poignant.

[UPDATE 3] Following weeks of cryptic teasers and a new Portal ending, Valve officially reveals new "full-fledged" sequel coming to PC and 360; GameStop listing confirms "multiplayer co-op mode,"

GDC Austin 2009: Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw go over developer's approach to storytelling and how they don't always know what they're doing.