Hey, Details on Portal 2's (Free!) Downloadable Content

Just as soon as Valve says Portal 2's getting downloadable content, BAM--the company reveals it.

Right now dubbed "Portal 2 DLC #1" (why would they name it #1 if we weren't getting more?), the summer-bound downloadable content will include "new test chambers for players, leaderboards, challenge mode for single and multiplayer modes, and more." I wonder what "more" could mean?

As mentioned yesterday, the downloadable content released for Portal was simply a collection of more test chambers. In that pack, the story didn't continue, there was no further interaction with GlaDOS. There's a larger cast of characters to play around with in Portal 2, so perhaps "more" ties into them.

I've asked Valve if we can expect any new narrative in the add-on, but have yet to hear back.

Even better, you won't pay a dime for this. The content will be free across every platform Portal 2 is available on--PlayStation 3, PC, Mac and Xbox 360. Valve's desire to distribute free content post-release has been a point of contention with Microsoft in the past (see: the lack of updates for Team Fortress 2 after The Orange Box was released), but that's not standing in the way of more testing. Onward to science.

Hell yeah Portal. Very excited about this.

Nice of Valve to release it for free too, they're certainly good at building user gratification.

cool, even thought i dont own the game...yet :)

Nice

Free is good

Kudos to Valve for strong arming microsoft into letting them put out free DLC.

Neat.

It must have really hurt Microsoft to let that DLC be free.

I <3 Valve.

Science!

At first, I read that as "Portal 2's (Free!)". Needless to say, I am now a bit disappointed, even though I know that I could never run the game in the first place.

So glad it's free on 360 ... was my only option for buying it and I was afraid we might get screwed on this kind of stuff. Yes please. 

Wow. Very good news.

PK going crazy on the news! Great job. Awesome news, Valve is so generous :)

Gimme!

IT'S BETTER THAN CHEAP! IT'S FREE!

Hey, that's super neat.

the generosity of PC developers never ceases to amaze.. DLC for a GOTY contender, and it's free.

I probably would've paid for it even if it weren't free.

Very awesome that it's free also on consoles.

Valve should be getting great community support by doing this, even if I probably would've bought the DLC if it costed money!

I take it MS doesn't want to be outdone in the DLC department by Sony or else they would have charged for this update.  Regardless, I have the PS3 version and as soon as PSN goes back up I will have the PC version as well.

" I wonder what "more" could mean?"

Happy for you 360-folk in this case then. I'm sure as hell looking forward to it!

" Science! "

Might go and buy it on 360 now, I won't have access to a PC for 3 weeks and I don't think I can not play this game any more.

I wish they would update TF2 on the xbox. I was really keen to try it but there didn't seem to be anyone in a game when I turned it on which I guess must be because it doesn't get the updates PC gets. Can't understand why Microsoft would have a problem with this.

I wonder how they managed that with Microsoft...

Free!? That's like, extremely affordable!

Oh fuck yeah.

" I take it MS doesn't want to be outdone in the DLC department by Sony or else they would have charged for this update.  Regardless, I have the PS3 version and as soon as PSN goes back up I will have the PC version as well. "

Finished Portal 2 about 3 hours ago. This news pleases me.

Good, fuck Microsoft.

Awesome, looks like I'm not going to sell my copy of Portal 2.

Free DLC? Well, I certainly can afford free ^^

Will the new chambers have any story to them at all? Or just "Here you go Chell, here's some non-descript chambers to solve"

Surprised it's free on Xbox, but I'm pretty they'll only get one freebie. Valve updated Left 4 Dead with the Survival Mode for free and then had to charge for everything else.

Sweet Challenge rooms! I was disappointed they weren't in the game at first, glad to hear they are making their way in!

Yay!

" I wonder how they managed that with Microsoft... "

SPAAACE!!!

more.....HATS

" @Guibone said:

" I wonder how they managed that with Microsoft... "

Probably because they it was going to be free on PSN, and MS didn't want to be left behind. "

FREE!!!!

If PSN is up by then I'm in.

Rats, I bought the PC version thinking it would be the one that would get all the freebies, now I'm separated from all my 360 friends and can no longer rub their faces in it ...

Hell yeah, I wasn't expecting this for the 360 version.

SPACE!

Great, I knew it coming out on the PS3 would force Microsoft into releasing DLC for free. Validation! Hopefully. We'll see when #2 comes around I suppose.