{"id":11388,"date":"2011-04-19T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"portal-2-now-available-on-steam-local-retail-later-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/11388-portal-2-now-available-on-steam-local-retail-later-this-week","title":{"rendered":"Portal 2 now available on Steam – local retail later this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are thrilled to report that Valve’s long awaited puzzle solving sequel, Portal 2, is now available for purchase on Steam. The game is going for $49.99 (R343), or you can double up and buy a two pack for $89.98 (R315 each). <\/p>\n

Portal 2 has won a variety of pre-release awards, including Game Informer’s Best of Show award at E3 2010. <\/p>\n

“The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers.”<\/p>\n

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“The game’s two-player cooperative mode features its own entirely separate campaign with a unique story, test chambers, and two new player characters.” <\/p>\n

Editing tools are also confirmed to be released after the game’s launch. <\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, local console gamers and PC gamers who don’t have the bandwidth to burn to download Portal 2 will have to wait until Friday to get their retail copy. On the plus side though, the local PC retail version can be found for around R310, making it a bit cheaper than the Steam version.<\/p>\n

The console version is currently on pre-order at dedicated games retailers for around R430. Purchasing the PS3 version will get you a free download code for the PC version, making it an ideal option for multiplatform gamers. <\/p>\n

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Are getting Portal 2? Do you already have it on Steam? <\/a><< Discuss Portal 2 in the forums<\/p>\n

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PC gamers get early access to Portal 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}