Last week at EA's press event, Valve captain Gabe Newell announced an enigmatic, first-person physics puzzler called Portal. You are gifted with a handheld tool that combines Half-Life 2's Gravity Gun with the power to shoot "portals" in aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚny surface. You'll be tasked with finding routes across seemingly impassable obstaclesꦗ and obtaining unreachable items with this new toy.

Yesterday, a low-res version of the Portal training video/teaser we saw at the event was leaked via You Tube ( ), so Valve is letting us share the official trailer with you today. You might want to hit that Movies tab now. But be warned: we haven't been able to find our socks for a♒bout a week now.

The central element of the game might seem suspiciously familiar for those who have played the portal-ridden Prey. But the true origins of Portal come from the impressive Narbacular Drop - a free game created by students laterও hired by Valve.

This single-player surprise add-on will ship along with Episode Two and its long-lost multiplayer sibling, Team Fortress 2 for the 🌟PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this holiday season.

July 19, 2006