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Valve’s award-winning Team Fortress, Portal and Portal 2 writer, Erik Wolpaw, has discussed the changes in the relationship between Chell and GLaDOS in Portal 2. In an interview with Gamasutra, the man who put the words into GLaDOS’ voice box discussed the way in which GLaDOS now perceives Chell, given the events of the first …

Almost nine minutes of co-operative gameplay footage made it out from the PAX show floor this weekend, and it’s got everybody buzzing. Our only minor complaint concerning the last game was probably its length, and Valve have also moved to address this issue announcing that both co-op and single-player campaigns will both each be longer …

Valve have revealed that they actually implemented competitive multiplayer in Portal 2 but abandoned the mode because it swapped puzzle-solving for what quickly became “chaos”. Portal 2 writer Erik Wolpaw told 1UP that the multiplayer was kind of like Speedball with portals and, basically, didn’t work. “Along with co-op, [we had] the idea of sort …

Valve is certainly keeping the Portal 2 footage flowing since its recent showing at GamesCom in Germany. These two latest videos are stunning gameplay shorts demonstrating how Repulsion Gel and Faith Plates come into play. Lovely.

A brand new trailer showing the much-anticipated co-op mode of Portal 2 has hit the web – and it’s looking pretty interesting. Need more? Of course not.

Valve has confirmed that Portal 2 will be released on 9th February 2011. Valve originally revealed that Portal 2 would be delayed until 2011 during E3 – through an ‘Aperture Science’ e-mail – but didn’t give a specific date of release. The studio told us today at Gamescom that The Office actor and co-writer Stephen …

The voice of Duke Nukem, John St. John, has confirmed that Valve is making Defense of the Ancients. How does he know? He’s just finished lending his voice to the title, that’s how. St. John poster on Twitter a few days ago: “Had a great time in Seattle last week recording for DotA. The guys …