How Valve’s Portal became a pinball game
Eighteen years after Portal took the gaming world by storm and 14 years after its hit sequel Portal 2, gamers can play Portal as a pinball machine. Thanks...
Portal launches marketplace and wallet to tackle Web3 fragmentation
Portal is launching its marketplace and crypto wallet in an attempt to reduce Web3 fragmentation. The new ecosystem services will target game developers and...
Portal Pay aims to bring interoperability to blockchain gaming
Web3 game distribution platform Portal is launching Portal Pay to enable cross-chain interoperability in Web3 games. The crypto payments solution is designed to empower...
The Portal: Companion Collection comes to Nintendo Switch today
One of the surprises at today’s Nintendo Direct Mini was the release date for the Portal games on Switch. Both games launch as the...
Xbox hires Portal dev Kim Swift to make cloud games (like Kojima’s)
Microsoft is getting serious again about cloud-native games. To that end, the company’s Xbox division announced today it has hired former Stadia game design...
Facebook’s Portal TV lets you watch shows during video calls
The Portal team at Facebook is today introducing its latest generation of devices for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger video calls, augmented reality experiences, and...
Facebook wants Portal to be the king of video calls, but there’s still work to do
In its race to catch up with Google Assistant and Alexa, Facebook is attempting to make its in-call experiences a major distinction. Doing things...
Facebook adds Windows support to Spark AR Studio
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the Spark AR Studio augmented reality app creation platform will now have support for Windows and Mac,...
Facebook’s Portal adds Instant Games and custom video call camera control
Facebook’s Portal smart display is adding support for custom video call camera control, Instant Games, and several other new features. The updates are part...
To make the cyber-thriller Searching, these indie filmmakers turned to video games
Techno thriller Searching is a video game movie — but you won’t find Dwayne Johnson battling demons on Mars (or critics on Twitter) or...