The Biggest Gaming News For February 25, 2022
If you're reading this news round-up, you must have already finished Horizon Forbidden West, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, and Elden Ring. That's the only reason you could possibly find the time to check the news, now that loading screens no longer exist. Congratulations on all your accomplishments, and welcome to the final Friday news round-up of the month. Today, we've got a surprise new Portal-related game announcement from Valve and some potential leaks from the rumored multiplayer mode for The Last Of Us Part 2. We've also got some fun community creations from Elden Ring if you aren't sick of hearing about it yet. Finally, the game industry is coming together to donate to and show support for Ukraine as it continues to defend itself from a Russian invasion. Here's are the biggest news stories from Friday February 25, 2022.
If the release of the Steam Deck wasn't enough, Valve also announced a new game today. Aperture Desk Job is a free "playable short" coming on March 1 to PC and the Steam Deck. A trailer for the game reveals that Aperture Desk job is set in the Portal universe and features a GLaDOS-like AI character. Over on the Steam page for the game, Aperture Desk Job is described as a reimagining of the walking simulator genre in a "lightning-sparked, endorphin-gorged world of sitting still behind things."
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The Last Of Us Part 2 launched without the popular multiplayer mode from the first The Last Of Us, Factions. While Naughty Dog has confirmed its working on multiple projects, we don't yet know when or if Faction 2 is coming. This week, a modder discovered multiplayer skins within the The Last of Us Part 2's files. In a YouTube
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