A Reckless Disregard for Gravity , was released on April 1, and people quickly noticed that each of the games had glyphs symbols and hidden files that led to the ARG. As the ARG has progressed, it has quickly spiraled into an elaborate story. The indie games have been updated so that Aperture Science login screens pop up when certain steps are completed. All games now have Portal -themed levels and content.
This is one of the best forms of advertising out there when it's done right, and Valve certainly has done it right. Not only does this increase awareness of Portal 2 's release, but also encourages players to buy the other smaller titles in order to follow the ARG.
Not to mention how the gamer community springs to action when these games start — a wiki and several IRC channels were set up within a day of the ARG's start. Find the rest. Team Fortress 2 was also updated via Steam, making the Potato Hat available but further deepening the mystery with the game's update notes, which read:. What does it all mean? Right now, we've got more questions than we have answers. Not your father's Xbox controller Brush up on your driving skills in Forza Horizon 5 with the controller the pros use.
Is this all leading up to some Portal 2 announcement? The ARG may have started with last week's Potato Sack sale of various indie games on Steam where updates to those games seemed to have added things like mysterious glyphs and more odd content to those titles. Today those same games have gotten even more and even odder updates, according to the Steam news page.
One of the updates for the game Cogs says, "Due to a change of management, the previously instituted magic word has been replaced by that to which you are more traditionally accustomed. Another update for the game Kick It says, "Day one. Missed call. Partied all night with that platinum midget fellow and Urbano.
I want to decide who lives and who dies. No, forget that.
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