Half-Life Episode 3: Portal 2, is what I'm expecting.

" This is a triumph   I'm making a note here:New Ending.   It's hard to overstatemy satisfaction. Sequel Announcement.We do what we must because we can.For the good of all of us.Except the ones who want Episode 3. "

"   maybe getting all the radios and then beating the game unlocks the Borealis for use in TF2" 
 
I can confirm that this is unfortunately not the case :( 
Borealis in TF2 would have been awesome. 
All it unlocks is the Portal Gun in TF2 :(

If you leave cookies and milk out by the chimney, Gab Newell will finally give us a date for Ep. 3!

Sorry duders but it's not EP3 or Portal 2 i think the announcement that Valve will make is that Steam is comic to Mac OS X  with HL and Portal 1 
Here is a link on some leaked news  http://www.macworld.com/article/146840/2010/03/valve_mac.html

" @strangeling: The original ending is the same as the video, except fade out at 9 seconds and cut out the rest. "

I have looked into this and it looks really awesome. I appreciate Valve for pulling our strings, Lost style, with something like this.

This means that you get your cake! :D

is the difference interesting enough to warrant replaying the game to see it, or should I just watch the video?

" Sorry duders but it's not EP3 or Portal 2 i think the announcement that Valve will make is that Steam is comic to Mac OS X  with HL and Portal 1 Here is a link on some leaked news  http://www.macworld.com/article/146840/2010/03/valve_mac.html "

I honestly hope Portal 2 and EP3 are one in the same. 

Another reason Valve rules.

Wow, I played through the whole game again to see that ending with my own eyes before I came here. mind is blown

This is like Deja Vu. I swear I seen this ending before, I swear it.

" Wow, I played through the whole game again to see that ending with my own eyes before I came here. mind is blown "

@SJSchmidt93 said:

" @Toxic said:

" Wow, I played through the whole game again to see that ending with my own eyes before I came here. mind is blown "

I almost did this.  Thank God I pressed play instead. I expected the change to be... a little bigger than that. "

I'd actually rather that they didn't integrate HL and Portal, I wasn't such a big fan of Half Life but I loved Portal. 
 
That being said, a quick cameo wouldn't be that bad I suppose.

Any chance of them doing this for the consoles? I don't want to watch this , I wanna just played the game again. I'm on a new HD, an excuse to replay this game would be nice.

" Any chance of them doing this for the consoles? I don't want to watch this , I wanna just played the game again. I'm on a new HD, an excuse to replay this game would be nice. "

The tone of Half Life and Portal are so radically different, that I honestly think that you might be stupid if you're sure that Ep. 3 and Portal 2 are the same game.

There is no video......

Who gives a shit

Came here expecting to rage...but really, they haven't changed anything. 
Replace *fade to credits* with this, and that's all you really need to do.

" is the difference interesting enough to warrant replaying the game to see it, or should I just watch the video? "

This is crazy!

Sooo... to those of us that already beat Portal back when it came out.. we just get to be confused by not knowing about the "new" "canonical" ending that they patched in unless we watch it online?  They can't just make a fancy intro move in said sequel that clears it all up?
 
sigh
 
Taking advantage of patching to go just a tad bit in the wrong direction me thinks.  Features, maps, new chapters, bug fixes.  That all makes sense for a patch.  Flat out changing the story is lame sauce.
 
Not that it's a huge big deal or anything, it just seems kind of lame.

That is indeed wild.
I'll be interested to see if Portal 2 is as short as the first one. Something tells me the first one was intended to be more of a tech demo, and the sequel will be more fleshed out.

" maybe Episode 3 is the Portal sequel"
MIND BLOWN

Jeff, this is perhaps the best-written news story of all time. By the way.

" Sooo... to those of us that already beat Portal back when it came out.. we just get to be confused by not knowing about the "new" "canonical" ending that they patched in unless we watch it online?  They can't just make a fancy intro move in said sequel that clears it all up?  sigh  Taking advantage of patching to go just a tad bit in the wrong direction me thinks.  Features, maps, new chapters, bug fixes.  That all makes sense for a patch.  Flat out changing the story is lame sauce.  Not that it's a huge big deal or anything, it just seems kind of lame. "  

An Xfire-embedded video on GiantBomb. I didn't think it could ever happen.

I found this same xfire video just after the update on a forum... BLEW MAH FREAKING MIND!!!

Wait, did they just change the ending to reward those who found all the BBS clues? So if people failed to find all those clues would Valve had just left Portal's ending as it was?
 
Maybe there are clues lying around somewhere for ep3 and no one's found them yet. Maybe that's why ep3 is taking so long, Valve have been waiting patiently for years for people to find their esoteric clues :(

" Wait, did they just change the ending to reward those who found all the BBS clues? So if people failed to find all those clues would Valve had just left Portal's ending as it was?  Maybe there are clues lying around somewhere for ep3 and no one's found them yet. Maybe that's why ep3 is taking so long, Valve have been waiting patiently for years for people to find their esoteric clues :( "

played portal on the orange box and loved it. I want to buy it separately on arcade.

Here's an update of the forums up to page 35 of the thread:
 
 From what I've understood, the 32 characters are in fact a sort of mash code for an old dial-up modem BBS phone number. Apparently someone has connected through a dial-up network, but is being constantly disconnected due to everyone phoning in. BTW - The location of the phone number is around the same place that Valve was founded. Since it is BBS and therefore 'old technology,' it seems to be on the right track considering that all the sounds are named as 'dyno.' 
 
 
Also, Valve seems to be making fun of everyone. There is a gnome with a cake (the gnome from Left 4 Dead perhaps?), a mousetrap (perhaps referring to a lab rat), and also a pig in a gyroscope (which I believe means 'When pigs fly' - as to when they expect us to figure the puzzle out).

From there, I recently discovered that the thread was expanding faster than I was reading, so I decided to stop reading.

Valve is pretty insane.

 
 

HL and Portal are (two of) my favorite games, so I guess I'd be happy with either a sequel for Portal or Episode 3, but if I had to choose.... goddammit, I want Episode 3!!!
In the Freeman with trust! :)

Half Life 2: Episode 3: Chapter 1: Portal 2

wonder if you can use GMod to see a different view and see whats actually dragging the player...

This video reminded me just how aged the source engine is. TF2 doesn't show it, but any of the other source engine based games do.

" This video reminded me just how aged the source engine is. TF2 doesn't show it, but any of the other source engine based games do. "

This is why I love Valve.

The cake was never a lie.  She's getting some cake.  All you need is faith

 I WANT PORTAL 2 AND EPISODE 3

I wonder where the party is...