Portal

Released: Oct 10, 2007
Platforms: WindowsLinux
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 05:46 GMT

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15 Aug 2026PC Gamer
Saber's AI Rideshare Stimulator controversy almost closes on high note with CEO apology, then he calls Portal scribe who mocked him an 'unsuccessful writer'
The Rideshare Stimulator AI fiasco almost, but not quite came to a close today when writer Stella Sacco shared that she had received a private message from Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch, who apologized for his hurtful comments to the press regarding her employment and capab
25 Mar 2026Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Imagine GTA with AI-generated characters "just going along with whatever insane thing you say," muses Valve writer, absent-mindedly spotlighting what terrifies me about genAI
Like many people at companies preoccupied with discovering the next "goose that lays the golden egg" , Half-Life 2 and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has been "poking around" with generative AI. He and a small team at Valve have been testing out different applications, in what Wolpaw
25 Mar 2026PCGamesN
Portal writer Erik Wolpaw is "not worried about AI taking over creative writing," but it could be the straight-faced foil to GTA's chaos
Valve writer Erik Wolpaw, one of the leading scribes behind Portal and a long-time staple of the developer's games, has revealed the ways he and several co-workers have been experimenting with generative-AI tools and what they're capable of. Speaking on the MinnMax podcast, Wolpa
10 Aug 2025PC Gamer
Valve's superfans are back to break the player concurrent record for Portal, but the challenge may be steeper than anyone has realised
I assumed that everyone with access to a PC would have played Portal at this point, but it seems this is far from the case, at least if Portal's all-time concurrent players are anything to go by. According to Steam Charts , the record for Steam player concurrents stands at just 3
09 Aug 2025PC Gamer
Portal sicko beats the game with 'switched' wall textures so no surface is where it's meant to be, creating a whole new puzzling challenge in the process
Portal is not only one of the most mechanically inventive puzzle games ever made, but it's also one of the most elegantly crafted. Each of its Euclid-defying conundrums was built with surgical precision by Valve's mega-brain designers, created to slowly and specifically introduce
27 Jun 2025Developer post
Portal - Update
An update has been released for Portal: - Fixed some fire effects not working in some mods.
28 May 2025Developer post
Portal - Update
An update has been released for Portal: - Fixed a client crash in particles. - Improvements to main menu layout across all resolutions. - Fixed effects to not produce blood spray when getting shot. - Fixed credits text on PC so ASCII art doesn't get clipped.
23 May 2025Developer post
Portal - Update
An update has been released for Portal - Fixed fire effects in the ending sequence. - Fixed a crash in some mods when picking up a Half-Life 2 weapon. - Fixed a main menu crash in some mods. - Fixed chapter icon scaling in some menus.
19 May 2025Developer post
Portal - Update
An update has been released for Portal: - Fixed the executable stack error on Linux.
17 Mar 2025PC Gamer
There's a new Portal game and it costs $12,500
It's been 14 years since Portal 2, and, well, the wait for a new game in the series isn't exactly over. But if you're a die-hard fan, if you have a lot of money lying around and nothing else to do with it, and if you like pinball, you can go for Portal on the P3 Pinball Platform
23 Feb 2025PC Gamer
Portal Randomized mixes up Valve's beloved puzzler by turning the floor into lava and filling chambers with a deadly neurotoxin
I would still count Portal as one of my favourite games, but truth be told I haven't been back to it for a while. Having played it countless times since it launched, I feel like I've simply wrung it dry. Sure, it's fun to drop back in to hear GLaDOS' withering putdowns or just en
14 Feb 2025Developer post
Portal Update
An update has been released for Portal. - Roll back previous update while fixing an endgame crash.
13 Feb 2025Developer post
Portal Update
An update has been release for Portal. - Fixed a startup crash on the Linux client.
26 Nov 2024PC Gamer
Valve was going to ship The Orange Box in a white box before staff 'destroyed' the idea, and yes they saw you all doubting Portal before release: 'You guys are gonna eat those words'
On October 10 2007 Valve released what is perhaps the greatest deal in gaming history: The Orange Box, a compendium of Half-Life 2 with both episodes, the long-awaited Team Fortress 2, and the unknown quantity Portal. OK, Half-Life 2 was a few years old by this point (Episode 2 w
19 Sep 2024PCGamesN
Here are some of the best Steam games most own but too few have played
There are some games it feels like literally everyone has played - or at least heard of. Half-Life . Portal. Left 4 Dead. The list goes on, and on, and on . But despite their popularity and status as PC gaming icons, new data from SteamIDFinder shows that the videogames we call c
18 Mar 2024PCGamesN
A new system requirements tier just popped up on Steam
We're no strangers to the delights of system requirements and the sometimes stressful nature of meeting a developer's demands. Well, for those on the other end of the hardware spectrum who want to know how many frames per second they will get from their Nvidia RTX 4090, Steam app
15 Jan 2024PC Gamer
The creator of the canceled Portal 64 demake says, 'Don't be mad at Valve here'
Programmer and Nintendo Jedi James Lambert has spent the last couple of years working on a demake of Valve's first-person puzzler Portal for the Nintendo 64, a machine I wasn't sure could even display a proper circle let alone a moveable hole in reality you can use to teleport th
14 Jan 2024PCGamesN
Portal 64 dev says "don't be mad at Valve" for the project's shutdown
The creator of the recently canned Portal 64 project released a new video telling everyone "Don't blame Valve," adding that the actual release of the fan remake of Portal on a Nintendo SDK was highly unlikely. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Portal remake axed after
11 Jan 2024PC Gamer
That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator says
Just a week after releasing an impressive "first slice" playable build, work on Portal 64 , a fan-made effort to bring Valve's beloved Portal to the 1996 Nintendo console, has been halted. Developer James Lambert said he was asked by Valve to take the project down, because it "de
11 Jan 2024PCGamesN
Portal remake axed after developer discusses project with Valve
Portal is undeniably iconic, as is its sequel. Sadly, in true Valve fashion, we have yet to see a third official game come to light. The lack of a new entry in the Portal series isn't stopping fans from expressing their own creativity with unofficial remakes, sequels, and the lik