


Representatives from both companies acknowledged that public safety concerns factored into the decision. Portal 2, the sequel to the ground-breaking title that earned over 30 Game of the Year awards despite missing its original ship date, is now targeted for a 2011 release. Note the comment about the original Portal winning four trillion rewards despite not making its original release date.Īperture Science, doing business as Aperture Laboratories LLC, in partnership with Valve today announced the successful completion of an ethics-review-panel-supervised release date restructuring process. = TEASER =I don't like publishing press releases, but like last time, this is just too good not to share. It will be "PORTAL-2-THEMED-FOR-GOD'S SAKE," says Valve. The release also notes that the "surprise" planned for E3 (this isn't it either) has nothing to do with an extra Left 4 Dead 2 episode, Half-Life: Episode 3, Source Engine 42, or Portal 3. No actual reason for the delay was cited, but continuing with a tradition that kicked off a week ago, the witty release explains that Valve and Aperture Science are blaming "safety concerns" as the cause. The studio is now expecting the title to hit at some point in 2011. Valve has announced that the follow-up won't be released in November 2010 as planned. Don't expect to play Portal 2 this holiday.
