by Rainier on Oct. 30, 2008 @ 4:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, interplanetary patrol officers who discover, excavate, awaken and train mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes and then use them to battle enemies. Disney has released six new creatures as downloadable content for Spectrobes once you achieve the ability to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
by Rainier on Oct. 30, 2008 @ 4:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Portal: Prelude is an unofficial prequel for Valve's hit title Portal. Its story revolves around the pre-GlaDOS epoch, even before she was plugged in. At this time, test subjects were monitored by real Aperture Science employees, whose work was tedious, lengthy and repetitive.
by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 3:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Portal: Still Alive features the full Portal single-player game plus a new challenge mode. Designed to change the way players approach, manipulate and surmise the possibilities in any given environment. Solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and yourself, through space.
by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 2:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Portal: Still Alive features the full Portal single-player game plus a new challenge mode. Designed to change the way players approach, manipulate and surmise the possibilities in any given environment. Solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and yourself, through space.
by Rainier on Oct. 10, 2008 @ 12:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Paynova and Beijing Cyber Recreation District (CRD) have agreed on a pilot implementation of Gamersgate Chinese Online shop for selected games during the fourth quarter 2008 delivering a payment service that reaches over 97% of the Chinese online payers
by Rainier on Oct. 8, 2008 @ 5:44 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Portal: Prelude is an unofficial prequel for Valve's hit title Portal. Its story revolves around the pre-GlaDOS epoch, even before she was plugged in. At this time, test subjects were monitored by real Aperture Science employees, whose work was tedious, lengthy and repetitive. In order to play Portal: Prelude you need to have Steam/Portal installed on your system.
by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2008 @ 6:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, interplanetary patrol officers who discover, excavate, awaken and train mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes and then use them to battle enemies. The story surrounds the origins of mysterious portals that lead to distant dimensions.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 9:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Portal: Still Alive features the full Portal single-player game plus a new challenge mode. Designed to change the way players approach, manipulate and surmise the possibilities in any given environment. Solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and yourself, through space.
According to Valve the added content is taken from Hen Mazolski's Portal: The Flash Version MapPack,
freely available on PC.
by Rainier on June 26, 2008 @ 9:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, interplanetary patrol officers who discover, excavate, awaken and train mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes and then use them to battle enemies. The story surrounds the origins of mysterious portals that lead to distant dimensions.
by Rainier on June 17, 2008 @ 5:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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As part of the 10th anniversary celebration of its best-selling DanceDanceRevolution franchise, Konami launched the official
DDR community portal where fans can get together check blog updates from the dev. team, create their own personal profiles, post videos, chat with friends, learn about upcoming DDR releases/events, and write their own blogs.
by Rainier on June 10, 2008 @ 4:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Valve is recruiting voice actors for Portal 2, and the
first details have come to light through industry site
Breakdown Express. Valve is looking for somebody to voice Cave Johnson, 60 year old former boss of Aperture, who will be a principle antagonist, labeled as an out of touch with reality sidekick. As Mr. Johnson is actually dead, this may indicate that Portal 2 is set before the catastrophic conclusion of the original. Being a 'dark comedy' the role requires comic timing, with dramatic moments.
by Rainier on May 5, 2008 @ 5:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Portal player must solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and themselves, through space. We Create Stuff, the team that crated the Portal Flash version, has ported its 40 levels into actual maps to be used in Valve's puzzler.
by Rainier on April 28, 2008 @ 10:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, interplanetary patrol officers who discover, excavate, awaken and train mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes and then use them to battle enemies. The story surrounds the origins of mysterious portals that lead to distant dimensions.
by Rainier on April 28, 2008 @ 6:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Valve's physics-focused puzzle game Portal has been
denied access to Xbox Live Arcade according to Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi. Currently part of the Orange Box, Microsoft was approached to have Portal downloadable through XBLA but turned it down due to "size limit and all kinds of other things," although Doug did say it might be possible somewhere down the line, "I think it's a trade-off, we'll see it one day."
by Rainier on March 19, 2008 @ 5:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, interplanetary patrol officers who discover, excavate, awaken and train mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes and then use them to battle enemies. The story surrounds the origins of mysterious portals that lead to distant dimensions.
by Rainier on Feb. 21, 2008 @ 10:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Last month, Valve's marketing director Doug Lombardi
mentioned that apart from new Team Fortress 2 maps, there would also be more Portal to come, but the "details were still being worked out." While no new information was revealed, Portal's lead designer Kimberly Swift gave further confirmation by saying, "I believe Doug Lombardi, who is our lead marketing director at Valve, has announced Portal 2" during an
interview with G4TV. Rejoice!
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2008 @ 10:49 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.
by Rainier on Jan. 22, 2008 @ 12:49 p.m. PST | Filed under
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After rocking the
Interactive Achievement Awards 2K Games' BioShock and Valve's Portal lead the nominees for the eighth annual Game Developers Choice Awards with five nominations each, including the coveted Game of the Year title, followed by Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4, Harmonix's Rock Band and Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy.
by Rainier on Jan. 9, 2008 @ 11:32 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Steam's latest hardware survey shows more gamers play on NVIDIA GeForce hardware than any other graphics platform, so in an effort to further show its support Valve is offering all NVIDIA gamers a free copy of its special edition Portal: First Slice.
by Rainier on Oct. 3, 2007 @ 3:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Orange Box will be available via Steam and at retail outlets beginning next Wednesday, Oct. 10th. In preparation for launch, Valve has begun pre-loading both Portal and Half-Life 2: Ep. Two to those who have pre-purchased The Orange Box. The pre-purchase campaign, available via Steam and at participating retailers, grants gamers access to the Team Fortress 2 beta and a 10% discount off the regular price of $49.95.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2007 @ 4:47 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Portal is a pioneering type of single player action game that rewrites the rules for how players approach and manipulate their environment, much like how Half-Life 2’s Gravity Gun reinvented the way gamers interact with objects in the game.
by Rainier on Aug. 4, 2006 @ 7:15 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Valve has announced that they are working around the clock to get all of the pieces of Episode Two ready to show at the Leipzig Games Convention. Valve will be not only be showing off Episode Two, but also Team Fortress 2, and Portal. If you're planning on being near Leipzig, Germany in late August, you are invited to drop by their area and take a look.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 4:45 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Funcom has launched a new
community portal website to support its upcoming online action RPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. A mix of a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.
by Rainier on Jan. 19, 2006 @ 1:12 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Konami and Internet Initiative Japan today announced that the both companies agreed to establish a joint venture company, Internet Revolution Inc., for operating comprehensive portals sites.