From the Vault — originally published January 18, 2011. Some links, videos or prices may be out of date.
Valve has finally revealed some details giving insight to the Steam/Playstation 3 functionality mentioned at last years E3 (2010). Apparently the PS3 version of Portal 2 will include cross platform play with the PC and Mac versions of the game for multiplayer games. Persistent cloud-based storage of PS3 saved games and cross platform chat with the aforementioned platforms will also be available features.
Those who purchase Portal 2 for PS3 may unlock a free Steam Play (PC & Mac) copy of Portal 2 when they link their PSN and Steam accounts.
“We made a promise to gamers at E3 that Portal 2 for the PlayStation 3 would be the best console version of the product,” said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. “Working together with Sony we have identified a set of features we believe are very compelling to gamers. We hope to expand upon the foundation being laid in Portal 2 with more Steam features and functionality in DLC and future content releases.”
“We designed the Portal 2 PS3 experience to be very straightforward for gamers,” said Josh Weier, project lead on Portal 2 at Valve. “PS3 gamers will be able to simply drop the Blu-Ray disc in the PS3, link to their Steam account from inside the game, and all their Steam friends (on PC and Mac) will be visible and accessible for chat and game invites.”
Portal 2 will be release in April of this year.
