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Portal 2 Pre-orders Begin, Are Aperture Science's Recommended Valentine's Day Gift

by Alice O'Connor, Feb 14, 2011 12:00pm PST

Related Topics – Portal 2, xbox 360, Trailer, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac

If you disagree with buying chocolates, flowers or diamonds to give as Valentine's Day gifts, you'll be delighted to hear that Apeture Science has produced serious scientific research supporting your beliefs. Apparently, the perfect gift is pre-ordering a copy of Portal 2 ahead of its April 20 release. Coincidentally, pre-orders for Valve's first-person puzzler began today, with various bonuses offered by different retailers.

Steam offers a free copy of the original Portal, GameStop has exclusive skins for co-op robot pals Atlas and P-body, while Amazon offers $5 in Amazon credit. The PC/Mac edition is currently $44.99 at all three retailers, while the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions are $54.99. The PS3 edition also includes a PC copy.

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Comes out on my birthday! I'm really looking forward to this, can't wait to try out the co-op with a friend.

Feb 14, 2011 12:06pm PST

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Comes out on my birthday! I'm really looking forward to this, can't wait to try out the co-op with a fr... : Beelzebud
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youtube link to non-suck hd version that isn't slow as fuck. fuck you shacknews video jesus christ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMK78ikjOrg

Feb 14, 2011 2:29pm PST

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youtube link to non-suck hd version that isn't slow as fuck. fuck you shacknews video jesus christ. http... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  I hate it when people don't link to the original source. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5I3VnCHWsU ... : Teleporting Muffins
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    real original source here http://store.steampowered.com/app/620/ : watcherxp
    - But they uploaded it to youtube before updating the steam page:( : Teleporting Muffins
  - I hate when people get pissy about linked material. : haysoos

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Haha, I really love that video and it's good idea about Valentine's day stuff.

Feb 15, 2011 11:22am PST

Haha, I really love that video and it's good idea about Valentine's day stuff. : commanderxp90

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the music was the best part

Feb 15, 2011 9:22am PST

the music was the best part : donjuancarlos

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Amazon.de offers these skins as their pre-orderbonus. Strangely though, only amazon.de
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/03/videogames/V/images/exclusive_content_skins2.jpg

Feb 15, 2011 7:21am PST

Amazon.de offers these skins as their pre-orderbonus. Strangely though, only amazon.de https://images-eu... : PanDaruBox

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The PS3 edition also includes a PC copy.

Uh...wow!

Feb 14, 2011 1:14pm PST

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The PS3 edition also includes a PC copy. Uh...wow! : lectR
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- That's been known for a long time. Since E3, I think. : Walterbennet
- They don't like money. : The_Turbinator
- <3 Valve : exmx

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Sort of disappointed in the Steam offer, since the first game has been available free previously. And it's Valve's game! Maybe some super cool secret bonus will be revealed later. I'm not a day one purchaser anymore but I'll get this pretty early.

Feb 14, 2011 1:24pm PST

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Sort of disappointed in the Steam offer, since the first game has been available free previously. And it... : radioactivez0r
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  Buy the ps3 and get the steam version for free. So technically the steam version is 'free' day 1 [for som... : rjklevels
  - ps3 version. not the ps3 itself. : rjklevels
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    Could you buy the PS3 version (I don't own a PS3), activate the PC version through my Steam account, and ... : djdisco
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      Supposedly, Valve will have some sort of steam sign-in for the ps3 copy linking it with the pc version. T... : rjklevels
      
      I should have originally worded that 1st comment differently. lol. Ps3 version is steam too. Just not ... : rjklevels

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Anyone buy on Steam yet? Wondering if the free portal can be gifted at least since I already own.

Feb 14, 2011 2:13pm PST

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Anyone buy on Steam yet? Wondering if the free portal can be gifted at least since I already own. : BioSector
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  The store page says: Pre-Purchase Offer Pre-Purchase includes a free copy of Portal. Already own Por... : pyide
  - Cool, on the road so I didn't check myself. Thx : BioSector

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Valve yet again making great stuff since the begining! Now where can I get that game I saw in the video? :P Already pre-ordered Portals 2, it was going to happen anyways...

Feb 14, 2011 2:07pm PST

Valve yet again making great stuff since the begining! Now where can I get that game I saw in the video... : Batmanshack

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Valve, you are my favorite.

Feb 14, 2011 12:08pm PST

Valve, you are my favorite. : passingstranger

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