Free Portal 2 DLC Arriving Mid-September

[llafnwod]

That link should have been to Valve time [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time].

 

[Firetaffer]

September is NOT summer.

You say September, and I think early fall, not late summer.

You say September, and I think late winter, not early fall :3.

 

[mjc0961]

Sounds good, especially the free bit. Looking forward to it.

I find it funny that they're acting defensive about the whole summer release date thing. Nobody considers September part of the summer except this guy apparently.

Nobody but him and everyone else who knows how to read a calendar. As long as it comes out before September 23rd, it came out in summer.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Oh, hey. It's Portal 2. I forgot about this game shortly after release.

Possibly the worst video game purchase I've made this year. At least DLC will make me pick it up again, even if for a very short while.

What other games did you buy?

I'm imagining Dynasty Warriors Gundam, Kung Fu Panda, Splatterhouse, and Duke Nukem. He thought all those were great.

Is Episode 3 the new Duke Nukem Forever. It's just missing the really fitting subtext. They should call it Episode 3: endless or Episode 3: wakeup.

P2 is one of my favorite games of the year; glad to see I wont have to pay to get more content for the ps3 version either. Now they just have to figure out how to get the mods onto the consoles and they will officially be the coolest.

 

[ResonanceSD]

I certainly understand why people are surprised. I mean, Valve is normally so good at getting <a href=http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Episode_Three>additional game content out in a timely manner.

Source: <a href=http://kotaku.com/5832185/portal-2s-first-dlc-will-still-technically-arrive-this-summer>Kotaku

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Do you have to pay for your TF2 updates?

Also The Escapist, we get our news from Kotaku

 

[Pinkamena]

Oh Valve time, how I love you.

 

[castlewise]

In case it hasn't been posted. I think it will be free for XBL. I seem to remember that companies get one free DLC and then have to start charging.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Really need to get Xbox Live set up when I move out.

 

[Ldude893]

If I got my Valve Time [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time] calculations right, the Portal 2 DLC will come out on November 2012.

 

[scorptatious]

Huh. I actually completely forgot they ever made a promise like that. Better late than never I suppose.

 

[The Hungry Samurai]

Yay! Some good news for sept (2012)

 

[Buizel91]

Pfft, since when has Microsoft ever let any dlc be completely "free"

That's what i was thinking...

I'm starting to wonder why we can't have the TF2 updates now...

 

[FreakSheet]

Is Episode 3 the new Duke Nukem Forever. It's just missing the really fitting subtext. They should call it Episode 3: endless or Episode 3: wakeup.

P2 is one of my favorite games of the year; glad to see I wont have to pay to get more content for the ps3 version either. Now they just have to figure out how to get the mods onto the consoles and they will officially be the coolest.

Its called Half-Life because you'll be waiting half your life for it.

Fitting enough?

 

[TerribleAssassin]

Woo! More Portal!

I've not really played it since I wiped my hard drive though, so I look forward to more Portals!

 

[teisjm]

I don't see why they even feel a need to apologize, most other companies would've charged 5-10$ for the DLC these days.

 

[DarthSka]

Whoo! It's mid-September! (Looks for DLC) Awww.

 

[Kopikatsu]

Pfft, since when has Microsoft ever let any dlc be completely "free"

Pfft, since when has Microsoft ever let any dlc be completely "free"

Frankly, they have no choice. PC, Mac, and PS3 will be free, so if theirs ain't it could only be on them. (like how they didn't have cross platform with PS3, PC, and Mac)

Or maybe they'll charge Valve, and Valve will take the loss, which would be very noble on their part.

It's the latter. Microsoft ONLY allows free DLC/patches if the developer pays for it.

 

[onewheeled]

Woohoo, today's the first day of Autumn! That must mean that Valve fulfilled their promise, and got that Portal 2 DLC out by the time Summer ended, right??

...right?