Valves new Portal spin-off will help you get to grips with the Steam Deck

Date:
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 11:40:21 +0000

Description:
Valve has announced Aperture Desk Job, a free short set in the Portal
universe thats designed to introduce players to the controls of the Steam Deck.

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Valve has announced Aperture Desk Job, a free playable short set in the
Portal universe thats been designed to help players get to grips with the new Steam Deck .

Valve describes Aperture Desk Job as a game that re-imagines the been-there-done-that genre of walking simulators and puts players in the lightning-spanked, endorphin-gorged world of sitting still behind things.

In Aperture Desk Job, youll play as an entry-level employee on their first
day working for Aperture Science. Your job is a product inspector and while its not entirely certain how thatll play out in the game, the trailer makes
us think its not going to be the smoothest process. You can watch the short trailer for yourself below:

Managing expectations, Valve explicitly states that Aperture Desk Job is not
a sequel to Portal. Instead, it's more of a tech demo set in the expanded universe of those games, having been specifically designed to walk players through the controls and features of the Steam Deck. And if that doesn't strike you as particularly thrilling, Valve adds that it does so while not being nearly as boring as that sounds.

For those on PC who want to have a go, its worth noting that the listing
notes that the game requires a controller in order to play and that playing with a keyboard and mouse isn't supported.

Aperture Desk Job will launch for free on March 1 2022, with its official Steam page already up and visible. How does Elden Ring play on the Steam
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Valves Steam Deck launched officially on February 25 2022 but, as with most gaming hardware right now, its kind of hard to just go out and buy one due to supply constraints. Instead, you can make a reservation to order one, with a current expected order availability date of after Q2 2022.

In our review of Steam Deck , weve given it four and a half stars out of
five, describing it as "a brilliant device with a huge amount of potential" and a good option for those who already have a huge Steam library but arent especially keen on a gaming laptop. Console players may, however, find it a little more difficult to look past the Steam Decks rougher edges and we
reckon it's less a Switch rival and more a gaming laptop alternative.

Having a short designed to showcase just what a bit of gaming hardware can do always feels like a nice touch, especially when it's set in an already
beloved universe and doesn't appear to be short on Portals trademark humor.



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