Portal 2 adds PS Move support next week
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Valve's puzzler on PS3 to support Sony's motion controller with new update November 6; "In Motion" DLC also out that day for $10.
PlayStation 3 gamers will be able to control Valve's puzzler Portal 2 in an all new way next week. Sony has announced that Portal 2 for PS3 will support PlayStation Move with the arrival of a new update November 6. The game's entire single-player and cooperative campaigns will support motion control through the free update.
Additionally, Sony announced that the Portal 2 "In Motion" downloadable content will arrive alongside the update next Tuesday. This content was developed by Sixense with an aim to be the "defining experience" for PlayStation Move, Sony said. It will be available for $10 and PlayStation Plus subscribers can enjoy a 30 percent markdown, bringing its cost to about $7.
The Portal 2 "In Motion" DLC includes 20 test chambers that scale in difficulty from tutorial levels to advanced scenarios. Gamers can play as either Atlas or P-Body in the content and leverage new motion features like 1-to-1 object control, "Portal Surfing," and scaling cubes.
Gamers who enjoy the Portal 2 "In Motion" DLC may be happy to know there appears to be more motion-control content for the game in the pipeline. Sixense said the new content is "just the beginning," but did not elaborate further.
Also out November 6 will be a digital version of Portal 2 through the PlayStation Network. No price for the full-game download was announced. For more on Portal 2, check out GameSpot's review.
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.
44 comments
This Move support would have been more effective if they added it Day 1; Sony stay late this generation.
Who Cares :P
PS Move
Kinect
All motion sensitive and touch screen controls need to p*ss off
im sick of them already, i dont want them to take over :(
@Ravenlore_basic Yeah this sounds like a really cool edition to the game. Motion controls done right would be fun. I hope this is one game done right.
Duh, I gave away my PS move away last week. Then again, I traded Portal 2 many months ago, Still have the PC version tho'
1 Like I still wish Valve would release the original Portal on PSN. I already own that game on Steam but I would definitely pick it up for $9.99 on PSN with trophies.
1 Like Dear Valve, Great game, but let's get these F***ing DLCs out faster. I've been playing BF3, BL2, Dishonored... I almost forgot that Portal 2 still exsisted. GET THE CONTENT OUT FASTER! - Sincerly, Frustrated gamer.
1 Like @Codester_41 If it were any developer other than Valve, that would be a reasonable request. However, Valve simply doesn't care how long the players have to wait for something. For example, Half-Life 3 is always three or more years away, at any given moment.
@Spartan_418 @Codester_41 So glad they went for episodic content instead of full sequels. Imagine the wait if that was the case.
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6 Like @GamerMani Guess someone couldn't figure out simple puzzles.
No worries, the next Call of Duty will practically play itself for you, no thinking required. You just shoot anything that moves and walk down the hallway tot he next over the top action scene.
PS3 Portal 2 version is already great as it came with the PC version for free, it allowed you to play with PC gamers/friends along with PS3 friends, and it came with Steamworks. Pretty radical.
I suppose this is nice for Move fans as well.
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Guess someone couldn't figure out simple puzzles.
No worries, the next Call of Duty will practically play itself for you, no thinking required. You just shoot anything that moves and walk down the hallway tot he next over the top action scene.
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3 Like @GamerMani @sortajan .........Doesn't have any big titles ????...... dude.... just go play some COD and stop embarrassing yourself....
Portal 2 should have gotten a lot more DLC by now, awesome game. I just traded mine 2 weeks ago
4 Like Hell ya!!! Portal 2!!! Gotta love Valve and of course GLaDOS ;)
Nahhh maybe just Valve, awwwh who am I kidding GLaDOS was awesome too lol
2 Like Great. PC gets the level editor, PS gets this DLC and so far nothing new for the Xbox version of Portal 2. I guess this is just bad karma for that Skyrim DLC debacle.
1 Like @mboettcher It is bad Karma for Microsoft and putting so many limits on their stuff. Valve would have added steam works to the 360 version but Microsoft wouldn't allow them too.
1 Like @mboettcher Good point.
Clearly Valve understands the PS3 more than Bathesda.
Honestly Bethesda's excuse for no DLC for Skyrim on PS3 is lame and insulting,but this is the wrong place for this for that.
@zzamaro Yeah, why a Microsoft console doesn't play nice with a mostly Microsoft Windows based world is beyond me. The things I'll do for Halo and Gears of War.
I think I might knwo why they don't cross-platform well...
Microsoft wouldn't sell as many games on the console if they were available on the PC.
The 'Xbox' was designed with the DirectX API so there really shouldn't be an excuse why they couldn't simply port the games with mouse/keyboard support.
@maxordw @mboettcher Kinect isn't accurate enough to do many of the more advanced levels with.
@Toysoldier34 @maxordw Because HD cameras would have made the Kinect prohibitively expensive this generation. Kinect might be a good peripheral, but probably not until next generation when there is more processing power to crunch HD video data.
@Toysoldier34 @maxordw @mboettcher
Actualy, this was on the PC. The levels were created as part of a promotional bundlefor Sixsense's Razer Hydra controller. Here's the evidence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_1Ao2cd5BM
It is quite literally the same thing. On the positive side, you don't have to spend over 100 dollars for it this time.
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