Portal 2 Map Contest Winners Announced

Posted by: Tiara Sleight

A little while ago, Valve was hosting a contest for Portal 2 fans to see who could make the most realistic and enthralling maps for the PC and Mac version of the game.  Guess what?  The panel of 13 judges came to a consensus and determined who the three winning maps are.  In first place we have Patent Pending, in second place Infinifling, and in third we have Edifice.

Those who won will be sent shirts, posters, and other amazing Portal 2 merch.

Though making a map may seem a little too advanced for some players, Valve still has their music video contest for their fans to enter and there still about 2 weeks left to throw something together if you guys are interested.

Follow these links to download the maps and to learn more about them:

1.  Patent Pending

2.  Infinifling 

3.  Edifice 

For more information about the music video contest follow this link!

Source: GameInformer.com

Teacher Cancels Class Due to a New Illness Called Portal

Posted by: Tiara Sleight


We're all about lul's and how they can lift up spirits.  I found this extremely hilarious and kudos to the teacher who decided to do this:

Pretty funny, isn't it?  Of course fans have been waiting for Portal 2 for ages and so they can't let anything get in their way of playing "their" game, not even their education.

If you're one of these students, make sure you thank your professor tomorrow for your free day today!

Socom 4, Mortal Kombat, Portal 2

Just a reminder that all three of these titles will be released mutually on April 19th. Gamestop will be holding a midnight release as well, so if you have not pre-ordered get your ass over there so you're not left biting the dust! Each of these games has extremely high anticipation on the anticipation reading scale we have here at VGL, so don't let your inner rage, to obtain whichever copy, out until your sitting in front of your console! If you are planning on attending the midnight launch, have fun and be safe.

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Portal 2

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Portal 2 bridge to Portal

There’s still more information being leaked about Portal 2, even though it’s merely weeks before the launch date for the game (April 18th).  It is said that Valve is going to be attempting to link the two Portals together in some sense.

Portal 2 takes place AFTER Portal, there’s a long enough time span between the two that Aperture Science is capable of being wrecked and covered with plant life/overgrown.  

Kotaku was able to score an interview with one of Portal 2’s writers, Erik Wolpaw at PAX East, and he basically said that there will be a chapter that would connect Portal and Portal 2.  Somehow it will explain the immense amount of details that happened in between the two games.  Even though he was able to let us in on that tiny bit of information, he didn’t reveal how soon we would be able to see it.  “We’re actually going to release something that we’re not talking about yet that will give a little bit of the story of the interim time,” Erik Wolpaw said.  “We’re doing that before release.”

Another thing that was mentioned is that the Portal and Half-Life games may co-exist together but they will most definitely not crossover too much which is definitely a relief for us.  “We tried to keep as light a touch about it as we did in Portal 1.  Fans of Half-Life will notice some things, but if you haven’t played Half-Life they’ll just kind of pass right by you.  You’re not going to see Gordon tromping through the facility.” Wolpaw stated.

He also confirmed some of the issues that are being discussed that revolve around the timelines of Half-Life and Portal games.  “Portal is after Half-Life 1 and before Half-Life 2,” Wolpaw said.  “Without getting into it too much, Portal 2 is further down the line.”

If you’re lucky enough to be able to score access to PAX East, fans should note that you will be able to watch an in-depth demonstration of the game in a theatre.  It is said that Cave Johnson, who is a new character and the founder of Aperture Science, is being revealed for the very first time.  Cave Johnson’s voice has been done by JK Simmons who you might recognize as J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movie franchise.

You can view the original article on Kotaku HERE.