Portal 2 Editor Announced April 28, 2012

Valve has officially announced that they plan to release an editor which will give players at home the opportunity to create their own challenge rooms.  Dubbed the “Perpetual Testing Initiative” DLC this editor, coming for Mac and PC will allow owners of Portal 2 to create their own Portal puzzle rooms and test in them.

I would make a joke here about Wheatley wishing he could have this type of technology but instead I will just show this short informative film.

The Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Inititive will release through STEAM and have fully integrated STEAM functionality.  You can expect it to be released May 8 to owners of Portal 2 on the PC and Mac.

While there was no mention of a console version of this, remember, if you have a copy of the game on Playstation 3 you may also have a CD-Key included in the game’s package for a free copy of Portal 2 for PC or Mac on STEAM.

Quinni-Con 2012 Starts Today April 28, 2012

For those of you close to my neck of the woods I wanted to give you a heads up that a gaming and anime convention is going to be hosted at Quinnipiac University this weekend, and is going on right now as I type this.

Quinni-Con 2012 is a free fan-created convention hosted by Quinnipiac University.  The convention’s primary theme will be anime and otaku culture.  There are going to be panels of all sorts of subjects, cosplay and there will also be gaming tournaments for Street Fighter x Tekken, Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Soul Caliber V.

Details about the convention can be found here.  Online web registration is no longer active but on-site registration is being offered.  If you’re a fan, go and give it a look, it’ll continue on through Sunday!

Quakecon 2012 Registration Open April 28, 2012

Every year in Texas a celebration happens for all things made by id Software. Responsible for games such as RAGE, Doom, Quake and Wolfenstien, the Quakecon was originally a fan created convention so people could get together, discuss their love of the games, and play against each other in the games that they love.

Quakecon 2012 is going to be happening at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas August 2nd to August 5th.  Registration is now open.  Price is free to all attendees but if you wish there are still packages available for purchase that include swag like t-shirts and posters.

Registrants can go here to register.  Game on!