Valve cancels E3 Portal 2 event, teases a surprise

2 June 2010

Just yesterday I was fawning over the prospect of Portal 2 at E3 this year. On one hand, you could argue that it is a franchise that would be better served with a single release, but on the other, I can’t wait to see where Valve plans to take it.

Sadly, Valve has announced that the previously scheduled E3 Portal 2 event has been cancelled. On the plus side, they are promising surprise in its place. Half Life 2: Episode 3 anyone?

Portal 2 will still be making an appearance at E3, and we will be sure to get the inside scoop from the Valve booth. 

Below is the email sent out to press, written entirely from the perspective of Portal’s Aperture science group. 

“Dear Subject Name Here,

Aperture Science is pleased to inform you that we have partnered with Valve to announce the gala CANCELLATION of the June 14 Portal 2 event at the Regal Theater. The event will be replaced by a surprise. And even though the cancellation of the event certainly counts as a surprise, we are pleased to further announce that the cancellation of the event is not THE surprise. However, per International treaties regarding the definition of the word “surprise”, of which both Aperture Science and Valve are signatories, the time, date and content of the actual surprise will only become available as you experience the surprise.

If you’d like to ask fruitless questions about the E3 Portal 2 surprise or, more fruitfully, schedule an appointment to attend a Portal 2 screening at the Valve booth during E3, please contact Valve’s Special Envoy to Surprises, Doug Lombardi.

Thank you for **RECORD SCRATCH!!!**

PS: The surprising record scratch is also not the surprise.”

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