You've probably already heard, but Portal 2 has received a second delay, pushing out the previous release date of February the 2nd, 2011 by roughly 2 months to the 18th of April.
Games are delayed for many reasons, and some of them sadly have little to do with making them better. Nintendo are masters of this, often delaying a game for many months to avoid a conflict with other products that could impact on their bottom line.
Luckily, Valve generally delay their games for much better reasons, and Portal 2 getting even more time in development to be as polished as possible can, in my opinion, only be a good thing.
In a characteristically whimsical statement, Valve had this to say of the delay:
'VALVE ANNOUNCES SHORTEST DELAY IN VALVE HISTORY
Valve today announced that Portal 2 -- the sequel to the ground-breaking title that won over 30 game of the year awards, despite missing its original ship date -- will now be available the week of April 18th, 2011. This two month slip not only marks the shortest delay in Valve's proud tradition of delays, it represents the approaching convergence of Valve Time and Real Time. Though this convergence spells doom for humanity, it will not affect the new Portal 2 release date.'
Valve today announced that Portal 2 -- the sequel to the ground-breaking title that won over 30 game of the year awards, despite missing its original ship date -- will now be available the week of April 18th, 2011. This two month slip not only marks the shortest delay in Valve's proud tradition of delays, it represents the approaching convergence of Valve Time and Real Time. Though this convergence spells doom for humanity, it will not affect the new Portal 2 release date.'
April 18th is just 2 days before my birthday! I think I know what I'll be treating myself to when I'm cutting the cake (...is a lie!).
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