Portal

Macworld Rating

5.0 out of 5 Mice, May 12, 2010

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Macworld's Portal Coverage

Portal A triumph of gameplay—Valve launches on the Mac with a bang.
Portal is free for Macs, PCs until September 20 If you haven't yet experienced the wonder of thinking with portals, there's never been a better time to start: Valve has made Portal free for the Mac and PC until September 20 as part of its "Learn with Portals" initiative.
Lab report: Mac vs. Windows graphics performance The Mac has come a long way as a gaming system, so it's a good time to explore the graphics performance differences between Mac and Windows, with so many games now common across both platforms.
Valve reveals Portal 2 teaser video At the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Valve showed a video teaser of the upcoming Portal 2.
Steam gaming service: Where is it? Valve’s Steam gaming service is slated to launch Wednesday, though so far the digital distribution service has yet to go live on Steam’s website.

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