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Portal: Still Alive Coming Exclusively to Xbox 360 (Updated)

by Chris Faylor, Jul 14, 2008 11:20am PDT

Related Topics – Portal, Portal: Still Alive, , xbox 360, Valve, PC, E3 2008

An expanded edition of Valve's wit-driven puzzle effort Portal will hit Xbox 360 this fall as an exclusive downloadable Xbox Live Arcade release, Microsoft announced today.

In addition to the already-released single-player game, the Xbox Live Arcade edition of Portal will include additional test chambers through a new challenge mode, and new achievements.

Traditionally, a game's status as "Xbox 360 exclusive" refers to consoles, not PCs--suggesting that a PC release of Portal: Still Alive is quite possible, especially given Valve's past emphatic support of the platform.

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By: ElArabDeMagnifico x Show Full Post

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Anyone sick of all these fucking exclusives? I want to get just one or two systems, not all of them.

Jul 14, 2008 4:01pm PDT

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Anyone sick of all these fucking exclusives? I want to get just one or two systems, not all of them. : ElArabDeMagnifico
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- The exclusives are a pain for many, but when you think about it, it's always been this way. : Medieval Barber

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By: House x Show Full Post

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Will it not have any story or voice-over? I loved Portal, but don't have much interest in it purely as a puzzle game.

Jul 14, 2008 1:20pm PDT

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Will it not have any story or voice-over? I loved Portal, but don't have much interest in it purely as a ... : House
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By: Kristian Joensen x Show Full Post

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I see no reason to assume this will come to PC.

Jul 14, 2008 11:46am PDT

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I see no reason to assume this will come to PC. : Kristian Joensen
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  I see no reason this will not come to PC. : carrioN luggagE
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    You mean except for the fact that they just fucking said "exclusively to Xbox 360"? I don't want lefto... : The_Archon
    - Portal was quite playable on the 360, thanks. : SinistarX
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      Because every exclusive has never been cross-developed or ported. : carrioN luggagE
      
      I understand it MAY be ported to PC, that's not my concern. My concern is that they are treating PC enth... : The_Archon
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      Portal is a FPS? : deadhorse
      
      First-person? Check. Shooter? Check. : The_Archon
    - It's sad that the PC enthusiast crowd seems to have so many ignorant people speaking for it these days. :... : rasputinreborn
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    Well it is more reasonable to assume that an "Xbox 360 exclusive" game will not be coming to PC than it i... : Kristian Joensen
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      Just like Bioshock was also an exclusive. I think Valve has stonger PC gaming ties than Microsoft ones. : carrioN luggagE
      
      Mass Effect, rather. I had Bioware on the mind. : carrioN luggagE
      
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      Just like Mass Effect ? Who is to say it is not just as some geniuine Xbox 360 exclusive ? There are game... : Kristian Joensen
      
      Just looking at Valve's gaming history is all. : carrioN luggagE
      
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      isn't Mass Effect on the pc? : pandastrong
      
      Was released as a 360 exclusive initially. : carrioN luggagE
    - "exclusive" in the console world means "exclusive to other consoles". They don't really pay attention to ... : DOOManiac
    - No, it's not reasonable to assume that at all. It would be if you just meant the language, but past histo... : Conan
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  Yeah, it's Xbox exclusive, just like Gears of War, and Mass Effect, Halo, Halo 2, Fable... lolz. : CyCo_PL
  - Yeah and most of those were timed exclusives, they've referred to games that received simultaneous PC rel... : flooq

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By: dilutedq x Show Full Post

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ahahaha fucking hilarious. I truly hope they keep this 360 exclusive just to put all those people who think valve owes it to them to always release stuff on the PC first, consoles afterwords. Such an ignorant point of view.

I truly never questioned the average reading comprehension of the average person until the whole debacle here with Epic and Crysis, and how they said PC gaming was going to die because of piracy. Or they blamed everything on piracy...

When none of that was ever said.

Jul 14, 2008 8:32pm PDT

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ahahaha fucking hilarious. I truly hope they keep this 360 exclusive just to put all those people who th... : dilutedq
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  Play portal with the controller? Haha no thanks valve. : theflux
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    yeah, that's pretty much how I see it...Games like Portal will probably always be more fun for me on PC t... : naios
    - Well some FPS can be pretty freaking fun on the console, even when hindered by a controller vs kb + m, C... : theflux
- The average reading comprehension of the average person? Would that be less than or equal to the average... : The_Archon

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By: Schnapple x Show Full Post

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aka Blue Shift 2

Remember the gig with Half Life: Blue Shift? It was going to be the part of the Sega Dreamcast Half-Life port that was going to be console exclusive.

Gamers pissed and fucking moaned until finally Valve let up and announced that Blue Shift would come to the PC as well.

And then it came out - and people hated it. Gamers pissed and fucking moaned because they thought it was pointless and stupid and Valve was just being greedy.

And ironically the Half-Life port to the Dreamcast never even came out due to the Dreamcast being killed off and Sierra/VUG deciding to cut their losses on the port.

Anyway, I bet Still Alive comes out for the PC at some point and if it doesn't then it probably won't be a big deal anyway.

Jul 14, 2008 11:55am PDT

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aka Blue Shift 2 Remember the gig with Half Life: Blue Shift? It was going to be the part of the Sega ... : Schnapple
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By: skankcore x Show Full Post

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Huh? This doesn't sound like Valve's modus operandi. Needs more details.

Jul 14, 2008 11:24am PDT

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Huh? This doesn't sound like Valve's modus operandi. Needs more details. : skankcore
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  Its probably simply just a challenge game with new test chambers. I can see them being released for free... : manlyman
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    Hm, that's unlikely methinks. Why give away your products? : rasputinreborn
    - Advertising revenue, good reputation (which goes a long way in the world of PC games), etc... plenty of r... : TerranUp16

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By: Wisp! x Show Full Post

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I'm confused. Valve releasing free content on the 360 but not the PC?

Jul 14, 2008 11:25am PDT

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I'm confused. Valve releasing free content on the 360 but not the PC? : Wisp!
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    Valve never charges for extra content. Never. It's part of their design philosophy and they state it freq... : Wisp!
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      so were episodes 1 and 2 free? it sounds more like an expansion pack to me. : maulla
      
      From their description this just sounds like some new test chambers to play around in. Episode 1 and ... : Wisp!
- This will not be free. It will likely be a bunch of new levels, basically. Who knows if there will be a... : rasputinreborn

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By: deathofrats x Show Full Post

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Wow... I guess Valve have forgotten who put them on the map. Gonna join Epic and their pc-gamers-are-shit bandwagon?

Jul 14, 2008 12:27pm PDT

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Wow... I guess Valve have forgotten who put them on the map. Gonna join Epic and their pc-gamers-are-sh... : deathofrats
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  Not really b/c it is still coming to PC. : kodt
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    Except it's not. : navelskrutt
    - Info straight from the developers, huh? : deadhorse
- So they're just not allowed to do a unique spinoff for a specific platform? I don't see any way an XBLA v... : kungfusquirrel
- The continued success and support of Steam suggests otherwise. I'm not too worried, this just sounds l... : dpgagnon
- How the fuck did this imply that? : SFtheWolf
- it specifically says 2008 exclusive : dantastic

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By: SFtheWolf x Show Full Post

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Is this any different than the challenge levels and achievements already on PC?

Jul 14, 2008 3:17pm PDT

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Is this any different than the challenge levels and achievements already on PC? : SFtheWolf
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- Those are in the Orange Box for the 360 so i'd imagine it'll add on to that. : boredguy

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By: Zerbyte x Show Full Post

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It sounded more like the original game with added levels, not a whole new game.
Leave it to Microsoft to not tell the whole tale.

Jul 14, 2008 11:25am PDT

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It sounded more like the original game with added levels, not a whole new game. Leave it to Microsoft to... : Zerbyte
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By: Stucky_101 x Show Full Post

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Did Valve just betray us!? How could this be Xbox exclusive!?

I trusted you Valve, how could you!!! :'(

Jul 14, 2008 11:48am PDT

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  - I think GLaDOS made the announcement for valve... : tedrotheredro

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Notice they said "2008 Exclusive", I wouldn't be surprised to see it on the PC Jan 2009.

Jul 14, 2008 11:36am PDT

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Notice they said "2008 Exclusive", I wouldn't be surprised to see it on the PC Jan 2009. : aethyr
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- Yeah it's likely this will be XBOX only to start, but then they release it on the PC sometime (hopefully ... : ovrlrd

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Traditionally, a game's status as "Xbox 360 exclusive" refers to consoles, not PCs--suggesting that PC release of Portal: Still Alive is quite possible, especially given Valve's past emphatic support of the platform.

That's from the article, so everyone save their outrage for at least a couple minutes.

Jul 14, 2008 11:56am PDT

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- So ? Doesn't mean it will come for PC. When I read "Xbox 360 exclusive", I tend to think "not coming to P... : Kristian Joensen

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By: NFXFSX x Show Full Post

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I'll still buy it though. :(

Jul 14, 2008 11:58am PDT

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I'll still buy it though. :( : NFXFSX

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By: Sebasti0n x Show Full Post

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there were some additional maps for the pc version of portal made by one of the portal creators... anybody remember where to get those?

Jul 14, 2008 11:46am PDT

there were some additional maps for the pc version of portal made by one of the portal creators... anybod... : Sebasti0n

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By: Demond4231 x Show Full Post

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It would be funny if they downloaded user created maps.

Jul 14, 2008 11:38am PDT

It would be funny if they downloaded user created maps. : Demond4231

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By: quadeh x Show Full Post

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I'll get it, but I'd prefer a PC release.

Jul 14, 2008 11:25am PDT

I'll get it, but I'd prefer a PC release. : quadeh

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By: bluewagon x Show Full Post

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no pc version? :(

Jul 14, 2008 11:24am PDT

no pc version? :( : bluewagon

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