Portal 2 confirmed

The sequel to 2007's most original and interesting game is coming! But Portal is going Xbox 360 exclusive...

Simon Brew

Ask many hardened gamers what their favourite title of last year was, and Valve’s Portal is likely to be somewhere near the top five. Originally the least-hyped inclusion on The Orange Box collection (that also brought with it Half Life: Episode 2, lest we forget), Portal proved to be something of a sensation, and one that – in spite of its truncated length – was quickly appreciated as one of the most intriguing and original videogames of recent times.

It’s now been confirmed that a follow-up is on the way, although it’s only confirmed thus far for the Xbox Live Arcade download service, for which it’s believed to be an exclusive. Portal 2: Still Alive will be out before Christmas, and this, for us, is as much an inducement for people to buy a 360 as something like Gears Of War 2.

Hurray, then. Unless, er, you don't want or own a 360...

14/07/08