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Haven't Played Portal Yet? Don't Worry, It's Finally Time To Try The Cake: It's Free

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Posted May 12, 2010 - By pklepek





Portal Designer Kim Swift Leaves Valve, Joins Dark Void Developer

Oh, Valve. In celebration of launching their digital distribution service for games, Steam, on the Mac platform, Valve's offering their much-lauded Portal for free on PC and Mac until May 24.

"Portal used to cost money," reads a hilarious message on Valve's website. "Until May 24th, it's free. End of story. Well, technically speaking, there are some strings attached. Fortunately, they're entirely decorative. We just like the way they look, swaying in the gentle breeze created by a million people simultanously fainting from shock at the news that Portal is free."

Valve quickly gets to the point, a message most people who have played Portal can agree with.

"Now you have no reason not to try Portal."

With the secretive Portal 2 likely to make an appearance next month at E3 in Los Angeles, there's no reason to avoid Portal any longer. Seriously. It's free. How can you go wrong with free? Get on it, man!

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  • ryan31394

    El empanada es una mentira. The writing tries to tell you.....

    Posted: May 13, 2010 2:04 PM
    ryan31394
  • YBnOrMaL

    Only difference now is that I'll be able to play it on my pc, instead of my 360. I am d/ling it to see anything different, and maybe now I'll be able to get past level 18...For shame, I know. I still haven't been able to see if the cake was a lie yet...

    Posted: May 13, 2010 11:12 AM
    YBnOrMaL
  • michael32321

    they need to get rid of steam because the program is nothing than spyware and malware if valve was smart they wood lose steam

    Posted: May 13, 2010 4:27 AM
    michael32321
  • SirCitadel

    seriously, valve is too cool for school.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 11:39 PM
    SirCitadel
  • helldragon

    hmm.... i already played through it on the 360.... now i guess ill just play it on my pc :P

    Posted: May 12, 2010 10:31 PM
    helldragon
  • kidtendo

    So this means.. once it's the 24th, it'll not be free anymore? that's a shame... but it's great that it's free for now even if not forever!

    Posted: May 12, 2010 8:26 PM
    kidtendo
  • B1ack_Blob

    lol @ dpsx7. Do you just hang around this site to wait for valve related articles to bitch and moan about steam? No gamer in the world agrees with you, gtfo.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 7:40 PM
    B1ack_Blob
  • Spartan593

    got it on my 360, but hell, if its free why not again?

    Posted: May 12, 2010 6:51 PM
    Spartan593
  • BigDogW

    Is any one besides getting a server error when trying to play or download form steam

    Posted: May 12, 2010 4:54 PM
    BigDogW
  • miva2

    checking steam immediately~

    Posted: May 12, 2010 4:19 PM
    miva2
  • The_US_Assassin

    so so sweet! dude now i can actually play games on my mac! i will be picking up LFD2.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 3:35 PM
    The_US_Assassin
  • Symicide

    Oh and silly Mac. You're always going to be the little engine that almost could. xD

    Posted: May 12, 2010 3:33 PM
    Symicide
  • Symicide

    Sometimes I wish I had to put my game disc in to play it. Cause then I'm 99.9% of the time guaranteed it's going to work. But Steam is amazing.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 3:32 PM
    Symicide
  • DPsx72

    Sorry, free is not good enough to infect my PC again with the Steam virus. Let me know when the game releases a clean copy.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 3:29 PM
    DPsx72
  • emma4vr

    I am super stoked - I have never played "Portal" before, but I am a huge L4D and L4D2 fan. WOO!

    Posted: May 12, 2010 3:03 PM
  • jewishguynoway

    OMG! AWESOME!

    Posted: May 12, 2010 3:03 PM
    jewishguynoway
  • Wildcard273

    That's cool. I've never played Portal before and I've never understood the "The Cake is a Lie" joke. Sweet.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 2:53 PM
    Wildcard273
  • Snake3602

    It is not free. This is a lie.... and so is the Cake! The demo is free... but that's all.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 2:45 PM
    Snake3602
  • IamtheBat

    I actually have never bought portal and have had steam for more than a year now, well i'm thankful.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 2:45 PM
    IamtheBat
  • Thunderkleize_

    Is there anybody who has steam that hasn't bought Portal? This might only be for the Mac kids.

    Posted: May 12, 2010 2:20 PM
    Thunderkleize_

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