Our reader ‘Dirty Dan’ has informed us about a new graphical mod for Portal that updates its textures with new ones that are almost as good as those found in Portal 2. Basically, this is a collection of textures released for Portal by a number of modders and as Dirty Dan noted, this collection brings Portal to Portal 2 standards. Continue reading Portal: One More Slice – Graphical Overhaul Mod – Updates Visuals To Portal 2’s Standards→
Reddit’s member ‘PRW9264’ has shared an amazing collection of custom retro (NES) boxarts for most modern-day games. Therefore, below you can enjoy the fantastic NES boxarts of Dark Souls, Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, Assassin’s Creed, Watch_Dogs, God of War, Super Smash Bros, Skyrim and Guitar Hero. The look spectacular and to be honest, we’d love to see such retro versions of the aforementioned games. And since something like that will never happen, enjoy the boxarts! Continue reading Retro Time – Fan Creates NES Boxarts For Modern Games→
Zachariah Scott has released an amazing Source Filmmaker Short movie that is inspired by Portal 2. As Scott describes, this video was shot on black void, using a rebuild version of glados’ chamber that I put together by hand. The video features music from Lars Erik Fjøsne, however we should also give our thumbs up to JP Neufeld for mixing Glados’ voice to Lars song. In addition, Valve has released a new update for Source Filmmaker, and you can view its complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading Portal 2 Source Filmmaker Short “The Turret Anthem” Looks Stunning, Source Filmmaker Update Released→
Following yesterday’s LEGO post, today we bring you Lego Portal 2. As the title suggests, this is Portal 2 that was recreated in LEGO by Kooberz. Kooberz is the man behind the amazing ‘Bricks of War‘ and ‘Battle of the Brick, Built for Combat‘ LEGO videos that we featured a while ago. This fella is quite talented, so you should definitely give this video a go. Enjoy! Continue reading Portal 2 Recreated In LEGO→
Now this is what we’re talking about. YouTube’s member ‘enquaynay’ has created a short animation film that is based on Valve’s puzzle game, Portal 2. Of course, there are some changes to Portal’s universe (as GLaDos is now a sexy dead cyborg woman). Who cares though as this is a brilliant animation short film, with well drawn characters, cute voice acting and great design. Enjoy! Continue reading This is what a Portal 2 anime could look like; fan-made Portal 2 animation film looks gorgeous→
YouTube’s member ‘taltigolt’ an amazing GTA IV video in which the player causes chaos and havoc with Portal 2’s characters, Atlas and P-Body. This mod was created by modders indirivacua, stanchi, and cacho98 and can be downloaded from GTA4-Mods. This is clearly an entertaining mod, so go ahead and watch the following video that showcases these new characters – as well as their abilities. Continue reading Grand Theft Auto IV – Cause chaos and havoc with Portal 2’s bots→
Good news for Portal 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players as Valve has released new updates for them. Portal 2’s update comes with various optimizations and rendering improvements for the Puzzle Maker, better item handle interactions and better progress indication for compiling puzzles. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s update, on the other hand, features updated weapons based on performance metrics, bot behavior has been adjusted to fix the “antline” looking behavior and player spawns have been added to all maps to support up to 30 players. Naturally, those updates will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view their complete changelogs below. Enjoy! Continue reading New Updates for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta and Portal 2→
Portal fans, get ready as the highly anticipated free “Perpetual Testing Initiative” DLC is now available for the PC version of Portal 2. The “Perpetual Testing Initiative” allows players to easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles. The Initiative comes with a simplified puzzle maker that allows that creation of mind-bending puzzles without ever leaving the game. What’s even more impressive here is that Portal 2 fans have already created lots of puzzles that can be downloaded from here. Enjoy! Continue reading Portal 2 – Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC Is Out Now→
Portal fans, here is your first look at the upcoming DLC of Portal 2. Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC is currently in beta phase and Valve has given the green light to all beta testers to release and share their videos from it. The following video from YouTube’s member ‘ValveTime’ is 5 minutes – in length- and shows how to use the Steam Workshop, find maps, download and rate them once you’ve completed it. In addition, you will also take a taste of some of those custom maps that are featured in the beta. Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC is slated for a May 8th release and will be free to all Portal 2 owners. Enjoy! Continue reading Portal 2 Beta DLC – 5 Minutes from the upcoming free DLC→
