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Valve's acclaimed puzzle-action hybrid Portal will be given a sequel, according to the game's lead designer Kimberly Swift.
"Well, I believe Doug Lombardi who is our lead marketing director atValve, has announced Portal 2," said Swift in an interview with G4TV.
Lombardi had previously stated that more Portal was on the way, but Swift's comment is the first mention of a true sequel to be made thus far.
No further details on the project were provided.
Portal won the Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year last night in San Francisco. It also took home the awards for Innovation and Best Game Design.
Hot on the heels of winning game of the year at the Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC, Portal's lead designer Kimberley Swift revealed that a full-fledged sequel is in the works. During an interview with G4, Swift was asked about the possibility and replied that Valve's Director of Marketing, Doug Lombardi, has announced Portal 2.
Given the success of Portal, a sequel is in no waysurprising, but it is nice to see that it will be a full blownfollow-up instead of just a download of extra content. The question ishow the game will be released on consoles; the original was of coursepart of the Orange Box, which also included the Half-Life 2 games and Team Fortress 2,and sold as a retail product. While it will most definitely beavailable to download to PC users through Steam, it would be nice tosee Valve distribute the game on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStationNetwork as well.