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At New York Toy Fair, Cryptozoic Entertainment revealed the first look at its upcoming board game based on the Portal video game series. Tentatively titled Portal: Uncooperative Cake Aquisition Game, the board game has been designed by the creators of Portal and Portal 2. Set to arrive at retail Q3 …
Read More »Half-Life 2 triumphs in Develop 100 Critics’ Choice
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Read More »JJ Abrams teams up with Valve
Half-Life and Portal movies on the table as filmmaker considers dive into game development
Read More »Portal dev Kim Swift urges action to tackle industry sexism
Airtight Games creative director Kim Swift has called on women developers to tackle sexism in the game industry. In a newblog post, the Quantum Conundrum creator admitted that sexism is a common occurrence for many women in the game industry, and said that the recent furore over twitter on the …
Read More »Kim Swift’s rallying call against industry sexism
Portal co-creator tells women devs to 'be visible, be outspoken, be strong, and be smart'
Read More »Valve’s five point guide to ‘bossless management’
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Read More »New game from Portal co-creator due this summer
Gamers only have a few more months to wait for the new first-person puzzle game from Kim Swift, one of the mind’s behind the Portal series. Quantum Conundrum will be released in Europe this summer, according to CVG.The game puts players in the role of a kid searching his uncle’s …
Read More »Portal goes free on Steam
Valve has made its critically acclaimed first-person puzzler Portal available for free. The original game, which first debuted in 2007 Half-Life compilation The Orange Box, can be downloaded at no cost on both PC and Mac. However, Rock Paper Shotgun reports this offer is only available until September 20th. This …
Read More »Portal goes free in Valve education push
Games can help educate the next generation 'in amazing and unexpected ways', studio claims
Read More »Square signs new game from portal co-creator
Kim Swift, the DigiPen student who co-created Portal and subsequently quit Valve, has revealed her new project, a familiar-looking FPS puzzle game called Quantum Conundrum. The new title, built with the team at Airtight Games, features what could be many ideas that Swift had for Portal 2 before she left …
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