Category: News

Aperture Science Website has Started an Unknown Countdown Timer. Possibly Portal 2 or Steam Related. Early Portal 2 Release Revealed

Not long now... GLaDOS!

If you go to the aperture sciences website its home page is still christmas related but a hidden page reveals a countdown clock. This clock is counting down to an unknown event. If you work out the time it comes to around 5pm GMT, Friday, 15th April which would be around noon on Friday, 15th April in New York or Friday, 15th April, around 9am PDT for example.

What will be revealed is anyone guess but it’s likely related to the recent annoying Valve ARG (alternate reality game) campaign that’s been happening recently so this might all just be a clever marketing trick or it might reveal a new announcement like Half-Life 2: Episode Three, Half-Life 3, an early release date for Portal 2 on PC or a cake. Whatever the case its intriguing because ticking clocks are normally either a very good thing or a really bad thing.

Go here if you want to see the clock yourself.

Updates and Edits:

  • Changed the times and dates, made a big mistake on those.
  • Added more text from the website.
  • Added even more text.
  • Added explanation about the website and what you need to do to get Portal 2 early.
  • Added my opinions.
  • Information about collecting all potatoes and potato guide.
  • Added specifics on how it works.
  • Pictures of what the 36 potatoes look like on Steam.

Read more to see all the updates.

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Steam 2K Sale: 40% off Civilization V and all Civilization V DLC

Civilization V: Shogun

As part of Steams four days of 2K Games Sales you can currently Save 40% on Civilization V and all Civilization V DLC.

 Before the sale:

  • Civilization V normal edition and all the DLC was £48.42 now £29.02. Total saving of £19.40.

If you were thinking of buying and playing the whole Civilization V experience then this is a great opportunity to save a bit of money.

Minecraft Patch 1.5 Out Next Week

Let's build some snowmen!

According to Notch the latest patch will be delayed until next week “There’s been significant feature creep (we’ve got powered rails now, and lightning hitting a pig will turn it into a zombie pigman), so we don’t have time to get it out this week.” So people waiting for the latest patch which includes weather, stats and achievements will have to wait a bit longer.

Steam Sale: Save 50% on Magicka Complete Pack

Maybe too early for a complete pack if they add more DLC.

Over on Steam you can save 50% on the Magicka Complete Pack which is part of their Midweek Madness. The Complete Pack includes Magicka, the Wizard’s Survival Kit, and the just released Magicka: Vietnam. The original game and the Magicka four pack are also available at 50% off.

View my Magicka Magicks Guide to see all the Magicks available for Magicka and how you get and use them.

Magicka: Vietnam Now Available

Get ready, we are approaching the drop zone.

The new DLC for Magicka is now available from all good online retailers. Magicka: Vietnam is like the original Magicka but in a Rambo, jungle, Vietnam setting.

“Magicka: Vietnam puts you in the boots of a Wizard GI. Venture deep into the Goblin-Cong jungle, with up to three fellow soldiers, to liberate prisoners from a POW camp and return safely to the evacuation helicopter.”

Check it out if you want new weapons, new enemies and more Magicka action.

Dead Rising 2: Off The Record has been Announced

Capcom has announced Dead Rising 2: Off The Record. This is Dead Rising 2 with photo freak Frank West, the guy from the first Dead Rising, he will be replacing Chuck Greene. Kind of strange concept for a new game when its gonna be similar, if they can smooth out the overall Dead Rising 2 experience and feature enough new content it should be worth playing through again.

Read more to see the full features list.

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Minecraft Update 1.5 Video Preview

This video shows the upcoming 1.5 update, which should arrive this week. Notch says that the “rain and especially thunder is waaay too common in this test, for demo purposes.”

It’s good that Minecraft is becoming more involving. I really like the rain effects and the snow makes it hard to see in front of you which snow does in real life.

Minecraft Official Release in November

Minecraft within Minecraft.

This November 11th Minecraft is finally released. On the same day as Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has said that:

The version we deem as the “full version” won’t be very different at all from what the game was like a week ago, and we’ll keep adding features after the release as well, so it’s really more of a milestone when we finally get rid of the Beta label, and some kind of goal for us to work towards.

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Dungeon Siege III Delayed

Not much of a dungeon.

Dungeon Siege III which was previously dated to be released on the 27th May, will now be released on the 17th June. Square Enix have described it as an “update” rather than a delay.

Sorry my homework’s not in sir – I updated the time I’d be writing it.
Updated you say? That sounds like it’s important. Off you go!

I guess they want to make it perfect before releasing it or they made a stupid mistake.