Valve/NVIDIA Offer "Portal: First Slice Free" to GeForce Users

[warcrow]

Just got this press release from Valve:

Valve and NVIDIA Offer Portal: First Slice Free to GeForce Users

Leading Developer and Graphics Company Offer Award-Winning Game Via Steam

January 9, 2008 - The most recent Steam® Hardware Survey (http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html) shows more Steam gamers play on NVIDIA GeForce hardware than any other graphics platform. In an effort to further support this popular PC gaming configuration - Steam games plus NVIDIA hardware - Valve and NVIDIA have entered into an agreement to collaborate on development, distribution, events, and more.

Effective immediately, all NVIDIA gamers may receive a free copy of PortalTM: First Slice, a special version of the award-winning new game from Valve, by visiting www.steamgames.com/nvidia1 and "Taking the test." Steam will then auto-detect the presence of NVIDIA hardware and make Portal: First Slice available immediately, free of charge. To make it easy for all NVIDIA customers to redeem this offer, a link to the Steam offer will also be included in all NVIDIA drivers.

"More Steam gamers, including myself, play on NVIDIA hardware than any other GPU," said Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve. "That's a testament to the company's long history of innovation and quality. By working together with NVIDIA to expand our development, distribution, and marketing efforts, we're increasing our ability to serve the millions of NVIDIA customers logging onto Steam and help us prepare for our next generation of content."

Throughout the coming year, the companies will also be working together to support competitive gaming events for Counter-Strike® and Team Fortress® 2 and will continue to work together to define and support the breakthrough features of tomorrow's games and graphics hardware.

"Valve's endorsement of our technology and tools is yet another example of how the world's leading gaming companies are working with NVIDIA," said Roy Taylor, vice president of content relations at NVIDIA. "Portal is the hottest new, award-winning title from Valve, and we're delighted that Valve will offer First Slice exclusively to GeForce customers."

Portal: First Slice is now available to all NVIDIA customers. For more information about the offer or to take the test, please visit www.steamgames.com/nvidia1

Man, I'm so glad I have an 8800GT. I'm at work--anyone with Steam and an nVidia card want to let us know what's new, how big/long the DL is?

 

[dougp]

Time to reinstall Steam on my i9300 and get the game, then play it on my asus >=)

 

[Modeps]

wrong forum, noob.
oh, and it looks like its just an extended demo. lame.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: Modeps
wrong forum, noob.
oh, and it looks like its just an extended demo. lame.

 

[jandrews]

Originally posted by: Modeps
wrong forum, noob.
oh, and it looks like its just an extended demo. lame.

uhh...yeah that is lame, if its not a free game why would anyone even want it? No thanks.

 

[Fenixgoon]

the cake is a lie

 

[40sTheme]

Doesn't work... I click 'already have steam installed' and it comes up with and external protocol request. I click Launch Anyways, and nothing happens... just disappears.
EDIT: That's on Firefox. In IE, nothing happens when I click 'already installed'.

 

[ja1484]

So is this just a portion of the full game found in Orange Box?

Or is it kind of like Half-Life: Linkup where it's a demo, but is new material that isn't found in the full title?

If it's the latter, I'd play it in a heartbeat. More Portal is always good.

 

[chizow]

Sweet, can check out the buzz without buying it. Hopefully it looks decent, trying to play CS:S after the latest batch of new games makes me want to gouge my eyes out.

 

[pontifex]

"Taking the test."

does that mean answering "yes, I have steam" or "no I don't have steam"?

 

[tigersty1e]

Oh yay!!

A free Portal game.

I better buy Nvidia cards from now on. What a lame attempt at getting people to buy Nvidia cards.

I better install my old skool Nvidia card and get this game.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
Oh yay!!

A free Portal game.

I better buy Nvidia cards from now on. What a lame attempt at getting people to buy Nvidia cards.

I better install my old skool Nvidia card and get this game.

its not an attempt to get people to buy nvidia cards. they are rewarding nvidia owners because there are so many of them that use steam.

 

[tigersty1e]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
Oh yay!!

A free Portal game.

I better buy Nvidia cards from now on. What a lame attempt at getting people to buy Nvidia cards.

I better install my old skool Nvidia card and get this game.

its not an attempt to get people to buy nvidia cards. they are rewarding nvidia owners because there are so many of them that use steam.

So are they not offering the game to new Nvidia owners?

 

[novasatori]

awesome

got it with my 6600GT heh

 

[Scooby Doo]

Install steam for a demo? No Thanks. :frown:

 

[SunnyD]

Includes HL2eathmatch, HL2:The Lost Coast, Portal Slice and Peggle Extreme.

Got it on my Dell D820 / Quadro NVS120M. Thankfully I use Steam.

 

[Piuc2020]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
Oh yay!!

A free Portal game.

I better buy Nvidia cards from now on. What a lame attempt at getting people to buy Nvidia cards.

I better install my old skool Nvidia card and get this game.

its not an attempt to get people to buy nvidia cards. they are rewarding nvidia owners because there are so many of them that use steam.

So are they not offering the game to new Nvidia owners?

They are but what he means is, this isn't an attempt to get people to buy nvidia cards because no one, I mean not even casual folks, would choose an nvidia card over an ati card JUST for a 10 minute demo.

 

[40sTheme]

K, it works for me now.

 

[SunnyD]

Oh the irony!

Go to Options->Video...

Notice the "Optimized/Runs Best On" icon...

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Piuc2020

Originally posted by: tigersty1e

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
Oh yay!!

A free Portal game.

I better buy Nvidia cards from now on. What a lame attempt at getting people to buy Nvidia cards.

I better install my old skool Nvidia card and get this game.

its not an attempt to get people to buy nvidia cards. they are rewarding nvidia owners because there are so many of them that use steam.

So are they not offering the game to new Nvidia owners?

They are but what he means is, this isn't an attempt to get people to buy nvidia cards because no one, I mean not even casual folks, would choose an nvidia card over an ati card JUST for a 10 minute demo.

at least someone gets it...

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: jandrews

Originally posted by: Modeps
wrong forum, noob.
oh, and it looks like its just an extended demo. lame.

uhh...yeah that is lame, if its not a free game why would anyone even want it? No thanks.

you're either being sarcastic... or a prick

You aren't going to get far in life if you expect hand outs all the time.

Anybody else try out peggle? The game is stupid... it seems like dumb luck to me.

 

[neothe0ne]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
Oh yay!!

A free Portal game.

I better buy Nvidia cards from now on. What a lame attempt at getting people to buy Nvidia cards.

I better install my old skool Nvidia card and get this game.

Did you say the same thing when Steam offered ATI card owners free Half-Life 2 Deathmatch? You probably didn't, hypocrit.

The "Runs Best on ATI" logo in new Valve games' video options window must be a lame attempt at getting people to buy ATI cards! Oh wait, it is, because Valve purposely chose to render the game in such a way that NVIDIA cards hold no significant advantage over ATI cards! Wow!

 

[tigersty1e]

What's all this backlash at me?

Next time I'll write (sarcastic) next to my post.


BTW, how's the game?

 

[nikkai]

Originally posted by: chizow
Sweet, can check out the buzz without buying it. Hopefully it looks decent, trying to play CS:S after the latest batch of new games makes me want to gouge my eyes out.

Prepare to throw up upsidedown... =P Anyone w/ motion sickness associated w/ FPS should stay FAR away =)

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
What's all this backlash at me?

Next time I'll write (sarcastic) next to my post.

You must know that there's little tolerability for thread capping here at atech... General school of thought is if the deal doesn't interest you - move on.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
Anybody else try out peggle? The game is stupid... it seems like dumb luck to me.

Peggle is awesome once you get good at it. Addictive game, but after beating extreme, I never bought the full version.