{"id":28322,"date":"2023-04-11T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blushernext.com\/?p=28322"},"modified":"2023-04-12T14:15:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:15:09","slug":"portal-3-talk-was-just-a-joke-says-original-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blushernext.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/portal-3-talk-was-just-a-joke-says-original-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Portal 3 talk was just a joke says original writer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portal 2 there’s probably not going to be another one (pic: Valve)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hopes that Valve might finally make a Portal 3 have been dashed, at least in terms of the original writer being involved.<\/p>\n

Portal 2 in 2011 was the last traditional console game that Valve ever made. Everything since has been online-only PC games<\/a>, tech demos, and VR games, despite Valve once being known as one of the best game developers in the industry.<\/p>\n

Since the announcement of Counter Strike 2 there had been hopes they could return to making more games, with rumours of Left 4 Dead 3<\/a> and even Portal 3, but while Left 4 Dead 3 still seems a strong possibility a new Portal is now less likely.<\/p>\n

Back in 2022<\/a>, writer Erik Wolpaw said that if it was up to him a new sequel would be in development right now, but he\u2019s admitted that was meant as a \u2018joke\u2019 and that as far as he knows there is no Portal 3.<\/p>\n

Recent talk of a secret new \u2018ambitious\u2019 Valve game<\/a> had raised hopes that it could be Portal 3, but unless it has nothing to do with Wolpaw, and Valve is purposefully not telling him about it, that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n

\u2018I would like to make a Portal 3 but I understand that\u2026 other than the fact that I\u2019m largely joking when I say it, just to give Valve and the people I work with some c**p,’ he said on the My Perfect Console<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

He then worried that he was causing Valve \u2018internal strife\u2019 by making the suggestion and pointed out that Valve was actually a much smaller company, in terms of staff, than many people realised.<\/p>\n