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Portal Was Going to Have Corpses and Blood — Gabe Newell Called It the Dumbest Question He Had Ever Been Asked

Sterile white chambers, black humor, and a cake that doesn't exist. All of it could have looked different: one person at the studio seriously pushed for corpses to be scattered around the Aperture Science labs and for them to be drenched in blood.

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September 20, 2026

GPT-6 Astra's Success Made Anthropic Speed Up: the Company Is Preparing Its Own Model

The launch of GPT-6 Astra noticeably shifted the balance of power in the AI market, and OpenAI's main competitor did not pretend that nothing had happened.

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September 20, 2026

Valve veterans say players accepted tiny Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike updates

Former Valve writer and game designer Chet Faliszek said the company's teams often found it almost comical how little they had to add to Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike before players responded positively. In a new interview about why Valve does not hire more people, he said the studio could ship a tiny update — sometimes just a few skins — and still get a warm reception. The topic comes up in the video interview linked with the story.

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September 19, 2026

ChatGPT-6 Astra spent $700 on Cuphead tokens and still failed the tutorial

Miłosz Szewsky's experiment with Cuphead pushed ChatGPT-6 Astra to the point of frustration: after several hours and about $700 in tokens, the model still could not get through the tutorial. Szewsky also shared a short video of the attempt on his profile.

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September 10, 2026

OpenAI solves a Millennium Prize problem in a week — and a mathematician working toward the same result accuses the company of playing dirty

Eighty years, and nobody had cracked it. A model did it in six days — and a scandal broke out around it almost immediately.

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September 9, 2026

GPT-6 Astra Clears Portal Alone in a $571.18 Run

Let's start with the win. GPT-6 Astra, unveiled by OpenAI on September 3, completed Portal fully autonomously — no human, no hints, working purely from on-screen screenshots and issuing its own control commands. The model decided on its own where to fire portals, how to build up momentum, and what to do in each test chamber.

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September 6, 2026

Valve Marks 30 Years With a Look Back at Half-Life, Steam, and Steam Deck

Valve will mark its 30th anniversary on August 24, 2026, tracing its roots back to August 24, 1996, when Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded the company after leaving Microsoft. In the years since, Valve has become one of gaming's most influential names, shaping shooters, online services, and digital distribution.

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August 24, 2026

Portal 2 gets a browser port, and it runs without third-party launchers

Slant's browser port lets Portal 2 run directly in a web browser, and the classic Valve puzzle game is available without third-party launchers, cloud services, or a full game download. The project went live on August 8.

Built on Emscripten, WebGL, and WebAssembly, the port uses a separate canvas for 3D rendering so it behaves like a full web app rather than a simple page with embedded video. The result is a version of Portal 2 that launches in-browser and keeps the original feel intact.

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August 9, 2026

Fan-Made Portal Remake Is Finished, But Valve Hasn't Approved Its Release

After 14 years in development, the fan remake has reached the finish line — but Valve still has not given it the green light. Portal: Alive & Kicking, built as a reimagining of Portal 2, has been finished for some time, yet the team says it remains stuck waiting for the rights holder to approve publication.

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July 27, 2026

Valve Bans Sales of Dbrand’s Portal Companion Cube-Themed Steam Machine Case

Dbrand has completely halted sales and wiped all information regarding its new Steam Machine case, which was styled after the iconic Companion Cube from Portal. The move comes following a swift legal notice from the IP owner, Valve.

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June 30, 2026

Backrooms Director Kane Parsons Visits Valve, Voices Ambition to Helm Portal Movie

KANE PARSONS, the 21-year-old director behind the viral horror film Backrooms, recently visited Valve's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington and publicly expressed his desire to direct a Portal movie. Parsons shared photos from inside Valve's office on his Instagram story, sparking renewed speculation among fans about the long-dormant possibility of a Portal film adaptation.

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June 26, 2026

Portal 2’s lead designer reveals why Gabe Newell stepped away from game development after 2011

Gabe Newell is one of the most influential figures in the gaming industry. As the co-founder and president of Valve Corporation, he stood behind the creation of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, and Dota 2, while the launch of Steam in 2003 fundamentally changed how millions of players buy and run games. However, the last title where Newell was credited as a producer was Portal 2 in 2011. So what happened?

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April 8, 2026

Among the Epic Games employees who were fired was a programmer with an incurable form of brain cancer, and his family is desperate

The situation with mass layoffs at Epic Games turned out to be much more serious than it might have initially seemed. It turned out that among the dismissed employees was a man with an incurable form of brain cancer, and now he has to urgently look for a replacement for his insurance policy, Dexerto reports.

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March 30, 2026

Reason to Replay: Portal Gets Hardcore Mod With New Puzzles

If you've gone through all the puzzles in the original Portal up and down, then the randomizer mod may be a reason to return. The modification adds completely new tests and mixes them up randomly.

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February 24, 2025

A gamer compiled a TOP-1000 list of the best games based on popular ratings. The Witcher 3 took 6th place

Redditor IlmeniAVG created his own TOP-1000 list of the best games in history. The list is based on more than 700 similar ratings compiled by professional publications and prestigious ceremonies.

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July 15, 2024