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PlayStation 3-owning Portal 2 fans are in for a treat today, with the release of a free DLC campaign designed specifically for the PlayStation Move.

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Portal is now available for Linux through the Steam store, according to PCgamesN. It’s possible Portal 2 is also to be made available soon for Linux as well, as it’s listed, by grayed out at the moment, according to Gearburn. If you don’t own the original Portal yet, it will run you £6.99.

Portal 2′s robo-chums Atlas and P-Body were being made into figurines over a year ago by manufacturer ThreeA, and then quietly fell off the radar. Fret not, as they’re still in development and recently popped up at a toy convention.

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Portal 2′s silent protagonist Chell is getting the action figure treatment next week. If you want one you better be quick, as they’re strictly limited.

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Filmaker Guillermo del Toro has confirmed that the voice you hear in the Pacific Rim trailer is an official GlaDOS nod.

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Portal 2 In Motion is out today in the US on PSN, and if you are a PS Plus customer, you will get 30% off the $9.99 price tag.

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Sony has announced that Portal 2′s Move-compatible In Motion DLC will be coming to US PlayStation 3s next Tuesday, on November 6.

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Portal 2′s development was full of ideas which didn’t make the final game, including a sequence in which protagonist Chell ended up married to a turret. Yep.

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Valve has opened up Portal 2′s Perpetual Testing Initiative – mod tools for user-created levels – to co-operative play.

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Without giving any spoilers, those who’ve finished Portal 2 should check out this post on the game’s blog which details the efforts of an anonymous NASA engineer in laser-engraving a tribute to Valve’s puzzler on an ISS re-supply vessel. This is adorable, but does not have NASA’s official sanction, so we may never know who is responsible.

After receiving over 10,000 votes from fans, it looks as though a Portal 2-themed LEGO set has been sent for review to the LEGO committee. The votes were tallied through CuuSoo, LEGO’s crowd-sourcing portal. Granted, it’s not a given it will be produced, but think how cool that would be? Head on the through the link to have a look at the prototypes.

Microsoft has updated its Xbox Live content schedule, and the releases kick off today with a sale on Fallout 3 and Oblivion content, Kinect PlayFit, and Portal 2 and Zumba Fitness Rush hit Games on Demand. Below the break you will also find a date for the free Mass Effect 3: Earth Multiplayer Expansion and more.

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During the Games for Change conference, Valve announced it will give away Portal 2 for free, via the new Steam for Schools initiative. Educators which sign up for the beta which also recoeve the Perpetual Testing Initiative level maker so students can create Portal levels in the classroom – but they won’t be able to share said levels outside of class. If you are an educator, more information is available through here. Via Kotaku.

Portal 2 In Motion is a new DLC pack for Portal 2 which is slated for PS3 later this year and contains levels originally available for the Razer Hydra controller. It will be compatible with Move, of course. More on The Verge.

To celebrate the successful debut of the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative, Steam is holding a Weekend Workshop Sale, with huge discounts available for Portal 2, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and many Team Fortress 2 Workshop Items.

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Although it surfaced on YouTube last week, someone’s now put together a handy website showing off a Half-Life easter egg in Portal 2′s recent DLC pack.

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Valve has announced the free Portal 2 update, Perpetual Testing Initiative, is now available on PC and Mac. The DLC allows players to “easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles,” via the in-game Puzzle Maker. Log into Steam and get to downloading.

Valve has announced Portal 2 has sold over 4 million copies combined on PC and console since it was released a year ago. The figure was provided to Neogamr by level designer David Sawyer. The entire franchise has now sold over 8 million total, with the original Portal game selling over 4 million units – a figured which doesn’t take into account Steam sales. Thanks, Gamasutra.

A video preview of the Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC for Portal 2 has been released by Steam user Doogiehoogie. It’s posted below. The DLC allows users to create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles using the puzzle maker. Users can then publish maps to the Steam Workshop so that others can browse, vote on, and select to play them. Selected puzzles will automatically be downloaded and installed inside Portal 2. It releases on PC and Mac May 8.

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GTTV’s aired the first trailer for the Perpetual Testing DLC for Portal 2. The trailer features a voiceover from JK Simmons as Cave Johnson – at least, it could be: we reckon it might be a soundalike. Still funny, mind.

The DLC launches on PC and Mac on May 8. Get the trailer below.

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