• Portal is a single player only, action, first-person shooter puzzle-based video game and is part of The Orange Box compilation. In Portal, the only weapon you have is a "Portal Device" in which you use to solve the many well designed puzzles throughout the game.

• Fast Facts

  1. Developer: Valve Corporation
  2. Publisher: Valve Corporation
  3. Genre: Action, puzzle, first-person shooter
  4. Mode: Single player
  5. PC version can also be downloaded separately via [http: //www.steampowered.com/ Steam], Valve's content delivery system.
  6. ESRB rating: Teen (T)
  7. Release date: Oct. 10, 2007

• Gameplay

  Players assume the role of "Chell", being challenged through the Portal room using her weapon, the portal device. Players must use momentum and strategies to complete the needed tasks as Chell navigates through the "Enrichment Center" for "Aperture Science Laboratories".

• Players

  1. Chell is a non-speaking character who is only named in the credits.
  2. GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is a computer artificial intelligence (AI) that monitors and directs the player.

• Awards

  1. 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards: Game of the Year, Innovation Award and Best Game Design
  2. IGN.com: Best Puzzle Game for PC and Xbox 360, Most Innovative Design for PC, Best End Credit Song (for "Still Alive") for Xbox 360
  3. GameSpot's Best of 2007: Best Puzzle Game, Best New Character(s), Funniest Game, Best Original Game Mechanic
  4. 1up.com Editorial Awards: Game of the Year (PC), Best Narrative (PC) and Best Innovation (PC and console)
  5. GamePro Editors' Choice 2007 Awards: Most Memorable Villain
  6. Joystiq: Game of the Year 2007
  7. X-Play: Most Original Game
  8. Official Xbox Magazine's 2007 Game of the Year Awards: Best New Character, Best Original Song, Innovation of the Year
  9. GameSpy's 2007 Game of the Year awards: Best Puzzle Game, Best Character, Best Sidekick
  10. A.V. Club: Best Game of 2007
  11. Penny Arcade: Best Soundtrack, Best Writing, Best New Game Mechanic
  12. Eurogamer: First place in its Top 50 Games of 2007 rankings

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