Hey everyone!

We'd like to talk a bit more about Portal Stories: VR, what it is and clear up some confusion.

Portal Stories:VR is our own brand new mini story set in the Portal Universe. It's completely separate from Portal Stories: Mel and it will be releasing as a new game on Steam, available for free.

It features 10 brand new puzzles, specifically designed to work using the 360 room scale that the HTC Vive offers.
Inside Aperture, you'll be able to use the new "Aperture Science Instant Teleportation Device" and the "Aperture Science Apparatus Retrieval Tool" to solve the new tests.
But new puzzles and tools aren't everything! We've also got new dialogue, music and models!

We've been working on Portal Stories: VR for a couple of weeks, and in that time we've got an amazing amount of work done.
Everyone has been working extremely hard, and we still have plenty of work ahead of us, but we're confident we'll be done on time for the Vive release.

Just like with Portal Stories: Mel, PS:VR will be releasing completely free.
You will NOT need to have either Portal 2 or PS:M installed in order to play PS:VR.

That said, a lot of you don't have a Vive and would still love to play it, we totally understand that.
Once we've released Portal Stories: VR, we'll be looking at making the game more accessible and try to get it to work with traditional inputs.

To be clear: Portal Stories: VR is *NOT* a VR port of PS:Mel. It is a special set of puzzles, created specifically for VR.

FAQ:
Q: Do I need to own a Vive for this?
A: Yes, for now, we'll be looking for other input methods later.

Q: Why Unreal Engine and not Source (2)?
A: Unreal Engine supports SteamVR natively. Source doesn't, and Source 2 isn't released yet.

Q: Can you even release portal stuff in Unreal?
A: Yes. We've got permission from Valve's legal team.

Q: Why don't you have Oculus Rift support?
A: We don't have Rift units, so we can't do any testing for it.

Q: How much is this going to cost me?
A: Nothing, it'll be free!

Q: Do I need to download Portal Stories: Mel again?
A: Nope, this will be a separate game on Steam.