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• Portal, Half-Life 2 co-writer Erik Wolpaw has left Valve

  Erik Wolpaw, co-writer on the Half-Life, Portal and Left 4 Dead franchises has left Valve.

• Portal HoloLens AR demo probably too wonderful for we wretched human beasts ever to own

  Portal in AR, via Microsoft HoloLens? Why isn’t this happening in a way we can throw money at?

• Gabe Newell will take Portal 2 over Half-Life, says he looks at the latter as "a series of things I regret"

  Compromises made during the development of the Half-Life games mean Gabe Newell will never remember them as fondly as we do.

• JJ Abrams says to expect Portal movie announcement "fairly soon"

  Still alive?

• J.J. Abrams says Half-Life, Portal movies are in development and being written

  Early stages for movies based on classic Valve games.

• The never-before-seen history of Portal

  Portal is one of the best video games of all time, but its origin story shows just how contingent that success was.

• Halo: Reach, Fable 3, Doritos Crash Course coming to Xbox One

  Microsoft has announced 16 new backwards compatible games for the Xbox One.

• Free Portal DLC coming to Rocket League

  Rocket League is about to get a little more scientific.

• Here's a closer look at the Portal level in LEGO Dimensions' starter pack

  It looks like LEGO Dimensions will offer a bit of a new take on Portal.

• Amazon Game Studios developing "ambitious new PC game project"

  Amazon Game Studios is developing an “ambitious new PC game project” according to a recent job listing posted on Gamasutra.

• A Portal-themed pinball table is coming to Zen Pinball later this month

  Valve and Zen Studios have announced a Portal-themed pinball table is coming to Zen Pinball.

• Take a photo tour of Valve HQ - it's as cool you'd imagine it to be

  Want to see what it’s like to work in the palace of Gabe? These chaps recently got a tour of Valve HQ in Bellevue.

• Half-Life 3 not confirmed by this Honest Trailers take on the Portal series

  Half-Life 3 still hasn’t been confirmed, but allow this funny tear-down of the Portal series by Honest Trailers to ease your impatience.

• If Valve made a Smash Bros. game, it might look like this

  Valve could clean up with a Steam all-star crossover beat-em-up like Super Smash Bros. The proof’s in this neat fan-made trailer.

• Portal Nvidia Shield release date announced

  Portal arrives on Nvidia’s Shield portable next week.

• Portal announced for Nvidia Shield, console marked down to $199 through April

  Nvidia has announced it’s teaming up with Valve to bring Portal to Nivida Shield, the video card maker announced today during the GPU Technology Conference.

• GLaDOS teams up with NASA to explain fusion and fission

  Here’s a little bit of fun; GLaDOS voice Ellen McLain lent her vocal talents to NASA for an educational video explaining nuclear fusion and fission. The whole thing is wrapped up in a pretty typical GLaDOS plot and fairly adorable as well as informational. Take a look below.

• Portal now available for Linux on Steam

  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 and Half-Life films "as real as anything in Hollywood", says JJ Abrams

  Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams weren’t just idly shooting the breeze; initial steps have been taken to produce Portal and Half-life films.