Valve maintains the mystery after Portal 2 announcement

05.03.2010
With the insane new content that has spawned from Portal in the past few days, it's not very surprising to find out that Portal 2 is, in fact, a real game being created. That much was set in stone when announced the sequel as its next cover story. When combined with the , here's what we've been able to deduce regarding the game today.

Even though Portal 2 is official, Valve isn't done messing with its fans' heads. While the company issued a very brief release today regarding the game, a hidden message was planted in the text. Here's the announcement:

Steam forum members quickly decoded the underlined parts of the message to discover a password combination that produced the following set of images, adding even more intrigue to Portal 2's multiplayer.

Today's developments have made three things very clear--Portal 2 is coming, Valve isn't done messing with our heads, and the fans are ready for whatever mysteries are thrown at them.

SOURCES: [Game Informer], [GameStop], & [Steam Users' Forums]