By Donski |
October 4, 2011 |
Categories: DLC, Free Stuff, Xbox 360
The fine folks at Valve are doing their best to prod you along into more scientific endeavors. Their latest ploy? Releasing a free cooperative pack, putting you back in the halls of Aperture Science and into the adorable little bodies of Atlas and P-Body. Go ahead and click that link to start downloading the Peer [...]
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By DAKing240 |
September 30, 2011 |
Categories: DLC, Free Stuff, Xbox 360
Valve today announced the free DLC update for its bestselling game franchise Portal 2 will be rolled out across all regions on Xbox LIVE starting October 4th. The free DLC, titled “Portal 2: Peer Review”, is available to all owners of Portal 2 for download on  Xbox 360. In “Peer Review”, you and a friend will continue the story of [...]
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By tazartheyoot |
September 8, 2011 |
Categories: Community, Events, Xbox 360
For those unaware, MAGFest is a 10 year old video game and music convention held in Virginia. Like all good conventions, it started small, but has grown exponentially, with last year’s event selling out all 3000 available passes. With such good word of mouth for the show, the people behind MAGFest decided that for their [...]
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By NukaColaJunkie |
August 12, 2011 |
Categories: XBLA, Xbox 360
Twelve years ago, Valve said let there be Counter-Strike beta, and there was much rejoicing. Today, Valve has announced that soon there will be a touch of CS added to XBLA. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), will tout new characters, weapons, and new maps as well as updated maps, including everyone’s favorite, Dust. In addition, [...]
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By Donski |
April 23, 2011 |
Categories: Reviews, Xbox 360
Let’s talk sequels for a moment. Sequels are a tricky balancing act. In the big, bad business world, no one would be crazy enough to fund a sequel if the original didn’t generate enough interest and profit to see a projected return on investment. Conversely, titles that warrant aforesaid funding often have rabid fanbases that [...]
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By NukaColaJunkie |
March 28, 2011 |
Categories: Videos, Xbox 360
The next Portal 2 trailer is here! This time Atlas and P-Body show us the finer points of cooperation. Apparently this is a skill that we, as humans, lack (in the quantity of about six seconds to be exact). Of course, you’ll have to watch the trailer for yourself to see if what I’m saying [...]
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By Donski |
March 26, 2011 |
Categories: Videos, Xbox 360
Basix, a six-man Danish a cappella group, has released a video of their own take on “Still Alive”, GLaDOS’ swan song and fan-favorite of gamers world ’round. The cover stands on its own as it sounds ridiculously cool, but if that’s not enough, the video features almost four minutes of Portal 2 footage. Given that [...]
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By tazartheyoot |
March 22, 2011 |
Categories: Videos, Xbox 360
Yet another Portal 2 video for your eyeballs to soak in. Courtesy of Cave Johnson himself, we have videos showing off the “investment opportunities” that are available through Aperture Science. The first of these four videos, “Panels,” exposes the beauty that is the multi-useful room construction panels that will make up the environment of your [...]
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By tazartheyoot |
March 17, 2011 |
Categories: Videos, Xbox 360
Valve have just released a TV spot for their upcoming Portal 2, which shows off some new footage of Atlas and P-body, the two Aperture robots you will play as with a friend through Portal 2′s multiplayer mode. The TV spot doesn’t show off much, except for a little bit more slapstick humor between the [...]
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By Donski |
February 25, 2011 |
Categories: Avatars
You monsters should be happy to know that when you inevitably pick up Portal 2, it will come with a set of Avatar Awards for you to deck out your Xbox LIVE likeness with. Not that you need any additional motivation for your foray through Aperture Science’s test chambers. There’s cake at the end, and [...]
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