New Portal pinball table may be the closest we’re gonna get to Portal 3

Fans of Portal 2 have been waiting nearly 14 years now for another official entry in the beloved action-puzzle series. In the meantime, those fans have had to settle for DLC, fan mods, and odd, Aperture-Science-themed spin-offs that capture the look and feel of the Portal universe in a number of decidedly non-Portal games.

Now, it seems we can add a full-fledged physical pinball table to that list of spin-offs, with the announcement of a full-size, fully licensed Portal-themed pinball table built on Multimorphic's P3 pinball platform. Pinball News' write-up has more details than the actual press release, noting that the table was developed in conjunction with the team at Valve "to ensure all the features are accurately represented and they had access to all the assets from the Portal and Portal 2 games."

That means new stylized Aperture Science art on the side of the table and new "Test Chamber" animations on the large display that runs underneath the playfield itself. It also means Ellen McLain and Marc Silk reprising their iconic roles as GLaDOS and Reggie, respectively, to record new spoken reactions to in-game events. Watching the promotional trailer and hearing a fully animated toy sculpt of Reggie intone "I'm making a note here: huge success!" in his trademark British accent is sure to make even the most jaded Portal fan grin at least a little bit.

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