As revealed at E3, Valve is planning to show Xbox Live Arcade some love withPortal: Still Alive. According to the company’s Doug Lombardi, however, this couldpave the wayfor even more Valve on your XBLA.
“It’s designed to give Xbox 360 gamers the chance to getPortal, for those who didn’t want to go through theOrange Box. It’sPortal, the game we all played and loved last year, plus 10-20 new challenges that you’ll unlock,” explained Lombardi. These extra challenges will be a timed exclusive, which Microsoft will be able to snorgle for the rest of 2008.
Lombardi was asked whether we could see more Vavle on XBLA in the future and had this to say:“We’ll certainly consider it. If you look at what we’ve done on Steam, we try to make all our games available and we’re always reviewing the prices to keep them current. We’d love to do that, butPortal: Still Aliveis our first step at doing that beyond the PC.”
Could we seeCounter-Strikeon XBLA? Will it be a viable way to bringEpisode Threeto consoles? All these questions and more … may or may not be answered. One day. Maybe.
