** Steam: Portal free to play until 24th May **

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Steam said:
Portal used to cost money. Until May 24th, it's free. End of story.

Well, technically speaking, there are some strings attached. Fortunately, they're entirely decorative. We just like the way they look, swaying in the gentle breeze created by a million people simultanously fainting from shock at the news that Portal is free. Now you have no reason not to try Portal.

"I have a reason," some of you are probably typing into an angry email. "You see, sir, I own a Mac."

Well guess what: For the first time ever, Portal is also available for the Mac.

"Capitol news! But the excellent puzzle adventure Portal won over 40 Game of the Year awards; Surely it must cost at least five or six hundred dollars."

You'd think that, especially since it actually won over 70 Game of the Year Awards. But, like we keep saying, Portal is free. Free on the Mac. Free on the PC. But only until May 24th. So you only have a few days to decide if your free copy of Portal is worth the price we're currently charging - which is you ever-so-slightly moving your index finger just barely enough to click the big red "download" button right there to the left.

http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/400
 
One of the games I have never got around to even bother buying don't even know what the hell it's about (I assume to do with portals :D) :o:(


I could not agree more.

If you have not played this masterful puzzler, you are probably one of the nubs who keeping asking for spare copies of HL2. :D

I have Half-Life 2 played all of 17mins of it dunno what I'm doing in it :(
 
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I think the title is wrong, I don't think it's free to play, I think it's free to keep.

"So you only have a few days to decide if your free copy of Portal is worth the price we're currently charging" ...certainly implies as much.
 
I think the title is wrong, I don't think it's free to play, I think it's free to keep.

"So you only have a few days to decide if your free copy of Portal is worth the price we're currently charging" ...certainly implies as much.

It's no different than a free weekend for a multiplayer game really.

It's not being released as freeware, it's simply being made free to play for the time being to atract mac users (and Windows users who have yet to covert) to the Steam platform.
 
Well that's what I mean, I don't think that is how it works, I think it's effectively on sale for 2 weeks at £0.00, not the same as a free weekend.

I can't be 100% sure as I already own it so I can't really see what happens when you try to get it.

"Act before May 24th to get your free copy of Portal!"

^^ That certainly sounds like it's a copy for keeps, rather than just a free play.
 
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