Valve pushes Portal freebie
Doors open for game giveaway
Valve is making the original Portal available for free this weekend on Steam.
For those of you unaware of the innovative game, Portal is a first-person platformer, in which one has to solve a series of puzzles using a teleportation device.
Launched in 2007, Portal was critically acclaimed as one of the most innovative games of the year. It was followed up this year with Portal 2, which we also found rather good.
Portal is available through Valve's digital distribution platform Steam, where until 20 September, it is completely free. It can be picked up for both PC and Mac.
The offer is to promote Valve's "Learn with Portals" program which encourages school children to get creative and build their own levels. ®
COMMENTS
This was a triumph..
i'm making a note here
"Huge Success"
Semantics check, please!
Does 'where until 20 September, it is completly free' mean the game can be downloaded for free and played this weekend only, or does it mean it can only be downloaded during this weekend and playable indefinitely?
I built
a total perspective vortex out of my slice
Now all I need is a test subject to put in it
Bad idea...
I seem to have lost a weekend since I installed it
