Portal: Companion Collection Surprise-Launched

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Tuesday's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase brought with it plenty of major reveals between old games being brought to the Switch and new adventures set to arrive in the coming months. Classic franchises like Mega Man Battle Network and Pac-Man World were confirmed to be coming to the console and Atlus closed out the presentation by revealing Persona 5's long-awaited Switch version for later this year. Alongside these major reveals came the announcement that one of gaming's most iconic puzzle games, Portal, would be arriving to the Switch very soon.

Since its debut in 2007, Portal has become one of the most widely-acclaimed puzzle franchises in the gaming industry. Valve's puzzle platformer tasking players with using the iconic «Portal gun» to warp through physics-based puzzles would go on to spawn a sequel in Portal 2 and a variety of spinoffs. Though the Bridge Constructor: Portal spinoff had previously come to Switch, the Nintendo platform had yet to see a version of the original game. Now, today's Nintendo Direct has officially revealed Portal: Companion Collection will be releasing today.

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Portal: Companion Collectionofficially revealed its surprise launch through a brief sizzle trailer during Tuesday's Partner Showcase narrated by the series' primary antagonist, GLaDOS. The trailer featured short gameplay segments from both Portal and Portal 2 with GLaDOS revealing that the compilation would be releasing later today. The Companion Collection marks the first time a Valve-developed game has released on a Nintendo console with the previously-mentioned Bridge Constructor Portal developed by indie developer ClockStone.

While Portal: Companion Collection marks Valve's first official