pa rel=”lytebox” href=”http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/portal_update.jpg”img src=”http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/500x_portal_update.jpg” class=”left image500″ width=”500″ //aValve’s brilliant first-person puzzler Portal has just been updated. Not normally a big deal, but when that update adds a new, mysterious Steam achievement and some hidden radio transmissions and this is Valve we’re dealing with, we’re right to be curious./p
pToday’s Portal update, officially, features the following addition: “Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations.” Not officially noted there is the a href=”http://steamcommunity.com/stats/Portal/achievements/”new Steam achievement/a “Transmission Received” which goes undescribed by the developer, but involves the use of Portal’s in-game radios./p
pAlso included, as spotted by Steam forumgoers are a bunch of new sound files, all prefaced with the word “dinosaur.” According to members there, those sound files feature Morse code encoded transmissions./p
pWhile we have no idea at this point what Valve is planningmdash;the Steam mob is currently pounding away at a solution and Morse code experts are encouraged to join the fraymdash;we wouldn’t be surprised if the Half-Life and Left 4 Dead developer was planning a Portal related announcement. If it were to announce Portal 2, we a href=”http://kotaku.com/5015122/more-details-on-portal-2s-bad-guy”wouldn’t be surprised/a. If it were to announce a sequel to one of its games emin its own game/em, we’d simply be impressed./p
pGiven the close relationship between Portal and Half-Life, we could also be looking at a separate game announcement. Whatever the case, we’re excited and keeping a close eye on updates./p
pa href=”http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1168990″Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum manage/a [Steam Forums - thanks, Alex!]/pbr clear=”both” style=”clear: both;”/
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