Anyone who has played Portal and Portal 2 will know how special those games are, and will almost unanimously be in favour of a third entry in the first-person puzzle series. Of course, Valve being Valve, it feels rather unlikely that we'll see a new adventure within the confines of Aperture Science anytime soon, but that's not to say key creators are against the idea. Quite the opposite: one of the co-writers has plainly stated he'd "love to" work on Portal 3.
Speaking on the Kiwi Talkz podcast, Erik Wolpaw openly discusses his desire to continue work on the franchise. Asked if he'd be open to the possibility of writing Portal 3, Wolpaw says: "Oh yeah, I would love to. I’d work on another Portal in a second, but I can’t make it happen by myself." He goes on to explain that, with all of Valve's moving parts and quantity of employees, getting any single project off the ground would be difficult.
Ultimately, he ends the podcast making his wishes clear: "We’ve gotta start Portal 3. That’s my message to… to whoever," adding that he's "not getting any younger."
We can only hope that Wolpaw's desire is made reality, and that we'll all be playing the third entry in a few years' time. We wouldn't say it's totally out of the question; nobody expected a new Half-Life game, but Valve published the VR prequel, Half-Life: Alyx, in 2020 to critical acclaim. The company's still got it, in other words — let's hope we see that talent put into some new test chambers. Would you be keen for Portal 3? Slide on some propulsion gel in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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The only problem with a third Portal game is, how do you top the masterpiece that is portal 2?
Like the cake, the Half Life 3/Portal 3/ Left4Dead 3 is a lie
@PenguinL They still like to make games. Only at their own convenience and when they have something that'll push the industry forward.
Lego Dimensions Portal pack IS Portal 3
I don't even get what's holding Valve back - I mean sure, they're busy running Steam, but surely they aren't putting all the game devs to work on that? Being broadly "computer stuff" is about all the making a computer game and running a games platform has in common (e.g. you wouldn't put Naughty Dog to work running the Playstation store and PSN - even if they really had been a very naughty dog..). You'd have thought that if anything, they'd have more money to spend on hiring more people to make better games
Check out Portal Reloaded if you have a gaming PC. It's a fan mod that ads a third portal (through time), a new story, and is overall very well done. It'll definitely break your brain and make you feel like a genius when you finally solve the puzzles.
Still need 1 and 2 ported to PS4
I would like to see companion collection for ps5 first
Gabe doesn't appear to be very enthusiastic about single player games unless they're tied into PC VR ones,(ar least when they were pushing headsets). Remember when they bought the devs behind Firewatch only for their follow up game to get cancelled after members of the team split & went off to work on that Half Life VR game?
Even if they were to focus on some Steam Deck titles,still don't see Gabe warming up to Playstation anytime soon apart from selling their PC ports on Steam!
I'm sure he would but Valve hate the number 3.
They need to release a new game with the name Portal 2022, King of Fighters style, then the next one could be Portal 4, that way they will avoid using the number 3 on the title. Same with Half-Life and Left for Dead.
I remember the portal games with such fondness, truly brilliant
Why doesn’t he make it then?
Okay, let's see it!
I wonder how they can proceed with the story after the events of Portal 2, but the writers should be able to come up with something great. The recent Aperture Desk Job had something that would work well with Portal 3.
I'm surprised anyone who worked at Valve even knows there is anything above the number 2 (except for counting billions of dollars)
@danlk1ng
It's clear the higher ups at Valve don't really have much of a motivation to make games anymore, and frankly it makes perfect sense. Why would you fund an investment on a big budget game and risk it losing you money when you are the company that runs the money making behemoth that is Steam? It's a shame but most things in life can be traced back to money in some way, shape or form.
people usually hate third games anyway , because , reasons
what’s the point of trying to make a third game when it’s guaranteed to not be better
@The_Moose @PenguinL isn't Back 4 Blood basically a Left 4 Dead 3?
@skaarj217 absolutely not . not even in the slightest.
it’s garbage though .
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