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Portal 2 delayed to 2011; end of all life on Earth averted

Even though E3 2010 has yet to begun, one of the games on the list that we are most anxious to see won't make its previously announced fall 2010 release date. Via their partner Aperture Science, Valve has announced that their puzzle-shooter sequel Portal 2, will now be released sometime in 2011. The game will still be shown at E3 next week.

In its press release, Valve and Aperture Science admit "public safety concerns factored into the decision" to delay Portal 2's release. Apparently we were all doomed to die if the game had met its fall 2010 release date. You can check out the full (and funny) press release after the jump:

VALVE ANNOUNCES MAKING GAMES IS HARD

June 9, 2010 -- Aperture Science, doing business as Aperture Laboratories LLC, in partnership with Valve today announced the successful completion of an ethics-review-panel-supervised release date restructuring process. Portal 2, the sequel to the ground-breaking title that earned over 30 Game of the Year awards despite missing its original ship date, is now targeted for a 2011 release.

Representatives from both companies acknowledged that public safety concerns factored into the decision. They went on to say that even though Portal 2 will arrive slightly later than planned, all life on earth won't instantaneously stop as every molecule in your body explodes at the speed of light, which is what would happen should a rip ever appear in the fabric of Valve Time.

"Also, the game will be even better," they added, missing an historic opportunity to create the first product delay press release to mention that a product is being delayed to make it worse.

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