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Long Before Friendslop, Portal 2 Made Co-Op Cool

Long Before Friendslop, Portal 2 Made Co-Op Cool https://ift.tt/jMpcx4l April 18, 2026 marks the 15-year anniversary of Portal 2's release. Below, we reminisce about its memorable story, novel cooperative two-player mode, and enduring comedy. There was a time in the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 era when Valve was spoiling us with games, packaging some excellent titles in The Orange Box and bringing us back-to-back Left 4 Dead entries. But the company hit a stride with the 2011 release of Portal 2, which might be its finest accomplishment of that generation. Following up from 2007's Portal, Valve would still have had a hit if it had only made and released the single-player campaign, but the developers went the extra mile with the addition of a full-fledged co-op campaign--which itself would have been an equally worthy sequel to Portal on its own, and in retrospect, was a harbinger for cooperative and social games trending today. Continue Reading at GameSpot
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New Steam Demo Showcases The Blend Of Doom, Vampire Survivors, And Parkour That Is Dieseldome: Oil And Blood

New Steam Demo Showcases The Blend Of Doom, Vampire Survivors, And Parkour That Is Dieseldome: Oil And Blood https://ift.tt/yHokQS8

What if the Roman Empire never fell, and instead discovered gasoline and gatling guns? This is the alternate history Turkish developer GHST Studios is presenting in Dieseldome: Oil And Blood, and a new demo has been released on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest.

Dieseldome mixes gameplay elements of Doom and Vampire Survivors, as it puts players in the role of a gladiator sentenced to death by combat. They then must fight their way through hordes of enemies in fast-paced first-person action where speed and mobility play a major part in each battle--the player can bounce off of obstacles and run along walls while fighting.

Defeating foes, completing parkour-style challenges, and winning "bets"--the Dieseldome equivalent of quests--earns XP, which unlocks power-ups for the rest of the run. At the end of a run, the player will receive in-game money, which can then purchase permanent upgrades for future runs.

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