***UPDATE*** MAR 5th 1:33:08 PM These Images come from a program given by the old BBS pass/user combo plus a new pass/user combo found by the underlined text in the Steam News. It seems like it is over for now.
http://portalwiki.net/index.php/APF_Images
***UPDATE*** MAR 5th 11:50:32 AM Looks like it is all for Portal 2!
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/05/april-cover-revealed.aspx***ALERT*** THE ARG IS NOT OVER YET!!! http://store.steampowered.com/news/3559/ LETTERS ARE UNDERLINED…THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN AN UPDATE NEWS!!!!
***UPDATE*** 5:15:38 PM CONFIRMED BY ME they have changed the game ending, play for yourself or watch this to see the change:
http://www.xfire.com/video/2393cf/
***UPDATE*** 4:33:49 PM Portal has been updated once again.
Portal Update Released
March 3, 2010, 2:24 pm – Valve – Product Update
Updates to Portal have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.
Portal
Added valuable asset retrieval
***UPDATE*** 1:31:30 AM:http://i.imgur.com/Vu8U9.gif These were received from a login on a server found via the in-game radio transmissions. They were cleaned up and colored for clarity. The ARG seems to be stopped here, waiting for more images to come in.
***UPDATE*** 9:50:25 PM We are definitely dealing with an ARG
Ok this is in response to a recent Portal update which contained the update:
Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations
The source can be found here.
MUCH debate on the issue has sprung up including this Steam forum post which contains the entire archive of theories and what is known so far in a mere 308+ pages. So far it seems there is a new Achievement available which involves collecting the radios hidden in each level and most likely in the final area after the Party Submission Position. There are 26 to collect in order to receive credit for the achievement which so far no one has managed to get (source). Each time a piece of the Achievement is unlock thee radio plays a new sound file, some of which are decoded in the forum thread. This is quickly turning into one of the biggest conspiracies that Valve has ever had, even headed towards ARG properties. Possible speculation is that it has something to do with Portal 2 or maybe the much anticipated Half-Life 2 Episode 3. We will try and keep you informed as new developments come up (and as I finish reading the forum).
I do NOT appreciate being teased like this. How cruel they are.
…INTENSE!
Oh god, valve needs to stop being such a cocktease.
I can confirm this as well, this was… interesting..
I’ve been saying ever since my first playthrough of HL2: Episode 2, way back when The Orange Box first came out…Portal 2 and HL2: Episode 3 are going to be the same game!
This only supports my theory.
I dun think that it will be the “same” game, however I think their storylines will be wholly intertwined.
Because we all still wanna play regular halflife, and then portal as well.
XD but IDK, I trust valve XD
The new ending was great. GlaDOS didn’t lie about everything it seems.
[...] this is little more than a clever segway to the second part of the last Portal ARG which I covered here. So stay tuned as I cover the second part of this amazing [...]