Portal Writer Wants Valve to Make Portal 3
Of the numerous successful franchises that Valve has produced over the last several decades, Portal is one that many in the gaming community hold in extremely high regard. With inventive puzzle-solving mechanics, an intense, foreboding atmosphere, and various memorable characters, the Portal series remains special for a number of players. Though, the lack of a new franchise installment has recently caused one of the original writers to speak up.
As a studio, Valve has had a long, storied history since its inception back in 1996. While the company is primarily focusing its attention on Steam, as well as the ongoing development of the Steam Deck, there have been several rumors in terms of releasing new installments of certain franchises. However, a recent podcast interview, in a sense, proved that as far as Portal is concerned, a new, mainline installment doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.
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In the newest episode of Kiwi Talkz, a gaming based podcast, Erik Wolpaw, one of the co-writers of the original Portal games, at the end of the interview, urged Valve to green light Portal 3. Citing the success of Aperture Desk Job, Wolpaw asked fans of the series to reach out to Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve, to let him know how much they want a third game in the Portal series.
Perhaps the most poignant moment in the interview was when Wolpaw mentioned how he wasn't getting any younger and that pretty soon, Wolpaw and several other Portal alumni will be «too old to work on Portal 3.» Given that the last mainline installment in the series, Portal 2, was released back in 2011, that sentiment is fairly understandable.
It's certainly possible that Valve is
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