

As I write this, only 7 days after launch, there are over 76,000 available user-created maps available for download and play. The Perpetual Testing Initiative is available to all Portal 2 owners and adds the ability to create brand new test chambers via an in-game map editor and post these directly to the Steam Workshop for others to play and to select maps from the workshop to play in your own game. Unlike the Team Fortress 2 items, there are no associated micro-transactions and all mods are freely available for all to use.įinally, effective from 8th May 2012 Portal 2 was added to the Steam Workshop. Alongside the Skyrim Creation Kit – available free to all Skyrim owners – this feature allows players to create and share mods with the community. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was added to the Workshop in February 2012. Store and the creator will earn a share of the profits. If accepted for use in game by the TF2 Team, the items will be sold through the in-game Mann Co. Through the Steam Workshop users can submit their created items and have them rated by the community. The Steam Workshop was introduced in October 2011 as a centre to aid in the creation, publishing and distribution of items and hats for Team Fortress 2. This piece of free DLC adds Portal 2 to the small list of games currently supported by the Steam Workshop, alongside Team Fortress 2 and Skyrim.

The Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative is officially underway. Articles // 18th May 2012 - 9 years ago // By Ross D.
