Valve's come up with the pre-order skinny for one of the year's most anticipated games - Portal 2 which is out on April 18th.Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve is as effusive as ever, stating, "
Portal 2 is shaping up to be the most innovative title in Valve's history, and to be a much larger experience than we originally planned.
"As such, we are aggressively promoting the title with more retail promotions than we have put behind any prior release."
So, what are these details? According to Valve:
"Special pre-order offers vary at participating outlets around the world and include a variety of dollars off and/or exclusive in-game content for those who reserve the game for purchase before it is released the week of April 18. These include $5 off the full price, exclusive in-game skins for the coop bots (Atlas and P-body), and more. Check your favorite outlet for details."
We headed off to the
Portal 2 site to see how this works in the UK. It points us at
Game... erm, it's £39.99.