By Jim Rossignol on August 21st, 2010 at 10:48 am.
We don’t know too much about the robo-chums who make up the characters for Portal 2′s co-op game, but they’ve now got their own brief clip. No real spoilers here, by the way. Go take a look at GT‘s exclusive trailer.
GameTrailers, it’s been a long time since we said we loved you. Sorry about that.
21/08/2010 at 10:49 Dyst says:
I saw this earlier. Looks craaaazy good. I love the robot designs though, they’re pretty incredible. I hope they say witty things.
21/08/2010 at 17:34 pafnucy says:
Gee, guys, just read an interview or two. This is what multiplayer is gonna be like. You will be the robot.
21/08/2010 at 10:52 Skusey says:
I don’t like the orange one’s head, it’s all pointy.
21/08/2010 at 10:59 Sarlix says:
Something about them makes me think ‘bonanza brothers’ ha!
21/08/2010 at 12:06 Sarlix says:
For those who have no idea what I’m talking about http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1429&bih=681&q=bonanza+brothers&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
21/08/2010 at 12:15 YogSo says:
They remind me more of Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street.
21/08/2010 at 12:28 Spacewalk says:
Bonanza Brothers is a game that needs a requel.
21/08/2010 at 15:11 Hodge says:
Well the Bonanza Bros. were clearly modeled after the Blues Brothers, so I’ll go straight to the source and say they remind me of the Blues Brothers.
Bonanza Bros. does need an online team-based remake though. One team as the guards and one as the Bros, with potentially multiple teams of Bros competing for the loot. Indeedy yes.
21/08/2010 at 15:30 Sarlix says:
Oooo I’m liking that idea! Make it so!
21/08/2010 at 17:31 Longrat says:
They remind me of the red & yellow M&Ms
21/08/2010 at 19:14 sfury says:
http://www.dan-dare.org/FreeFun/Images/CartoonsMoviesTV/MonstersIncPoster.jpg
Ok, apart from the small round one, I’ve got nothing on this.
21/08/2010 at 11:04 Dzamir says:
Then… the blue one can shots 2 blue portals, and the orange one 2 orange portals… cool! :D
21/08/2010 at 11:25 Metalfish says:
^Things on list of game mechanics that will inevitably break my head.
21/08/2010 at 11:22 Trollface says:
Is it just me, or does the modified turret still look kinda excitable and childlike?
21/08/2010 at 11:46 v.dog says:
I think he just needs to go pee.
21/08/2010 at 11:24 dayeight says:
we love you too
21/08/2010 at 11:31 Tom says:
I hope Kevin Costner voices one of the bots, like he did with GERTY in the film ‘Moon’ by Duncan Jones.
21/08/2010 at 11:32 Tom says:
Dammit, I meant Kevin Spacey
21/08/2010 at 14:26 P7uen says:
There are 2 robots, why choose!
21/08/2010 at 15:06 bill says:
No. Kevin Costner would be awesome!
21/08/2010 at 19:10 sfury says:
Two robots voiced by Kevin Spacey and Kevin Costner would be a crack team!
They might make a 3rd that would be voiced by Kevin Smith but silent all the time. Won’t be a new for Valve.
21/08/2010 at 23:21 CTA says:
He was pretty amazing in that film. Some definite Crowning Moments of Heatwarming, which is surprising given that he was an AI.
22/08/2010 at 02:54 DigitalSignalX says:
A Kevin Spacey bot would indeed be one bot to rule them all. A silent-Smith bot though would still have to say something singularly profound near the end of the game though.
21/08/2010 at 11:43 RogB says:
that image IS a spoiler for me.. i’ve avoided all trailers and news so far and didnt know anything about these guys.. :(
yes, i know.. trying to avoid portal news and reading a pc games blog is rather silly.
21/08/2010 at 16:30 DJ Phantoon says:
Did you not know they were going to have a co-op?
The only spoiler is OH HEY DATS WUT DEY LOOK LIKE which I found acceptable considering I carefully choose what spoilers I intake. They haven’t really released anything that drastic.
21/08/2010 at 11:46 Baka says:
Fudge, I wanted to get into Portal 2 absolutely unprepared and vowed to ignore every gameplay trailer.
And now there’s a big fat “These are the new characters” on my favorite frontpage. sadface.
Guess there wasn’t really a way around something Valve wanted to make so obvious. Still.
21/08/2010 at 11:52 kenoxite says:
Draw mustaches on those robot faces! QUICKLY!
21/08/2010 at 16:30 DJ Phantoon says:
And monocles!
21/08/2010 at 19:11 sfury says:
Also – hats!
21/08/2010 at 12:29 Guildenstern says:
Somehow they look like main characters from a silly buddy cop movie.
21/08/2010 at 12:50 sleepygamer says:
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=6947591
I watched that, like, 5 times. And then a bunch more times just for the music.
21/08/2010 at 12:57 GHudston says:
I could not be more excited for this. Though they remind me of the M&M’s mascots…
21/08/2010 at 13:01 LashLightning says:
I think it’s actually a blue and a purple portal.
21/08/2010 at 13:08 unholy waffle says:
I knew they’d make you use two separate for two halves of one portal in portal multiplayer…Here come the griefers.
21/08/2010 at 14:04 OptionalJoystick says:
@unholy waffle
Two separate what? AHPDs? But only the little guy shoots any portals. There’d be four portals in total if the Bert shot his.
Of course, you’re still going to need actual teamwork, so griefers will be an issue anyway.
21/08/2010 at 14:22 unholy waffle says:
No, One shoots the orange, one shoots the blue.
21/08/2010 at 14:28 unholy waffle says:
Actually, maybe I’m wrong about that. The fat one fired twice in that video. They both have portal guns, however. My guess is that they have two separate functioning portal guns if they didn’t split up one gun.
21/08/2010 at 16:32 DJ Phantoon says:
Don’t be silly. He’s not fat, he’s the Mario design. The other one is Luigi.
21/08/2010 at 13:09 Spence says:
I was about to rage there. Good thing you corrected yourself.
21/08/2010 at 14:09 Inigo says:
Could be set before the events of Portal 1 – GLaDOS has her old voice.
21/08/2010 at 14:15 Dozer says:
faintly disturbed by the idea of robots needing to blink and communicate by nudging one another with their elbows. I really don’t get anthropomorphic robots.
21/08/2010 at 14:29 Dominic White says:
If you’re faintly disturbed by cartoon *robots*, furries will blow your mind forever.
21/08/2010 at 15:11 Stense says:
Ahhh, they’re so sweet.
21/08/2010 at 16:00 ilpalazzo says:
m&ms
21/08/2010 at 21:29 Merzbau says:
DAMMIT YOU PEOPLE HAVE RUINED PORTAL 2 FOR ME, NOW I KNOW THERE WILL BE MAGIC HOLES IN IT
THANKS A LOT
21/08/2010 at 22:32 Frank says:
I HEARD THERE WILL BE A COMPUTER AND A JOKE IN IT TOO.
GOD DAMN I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY I BOTHER ANY MORE. EVERYTHING GETS SPOILED THESE DAYS.
22/08/2010 at 03:42 artrex says:
Just think of them as mechanical receptacles for a pair of transplanted human consciousnesses. You know… “bring your whole-body-paralyzed loved one to work day is the perfect time to get her the body of a modified turret!”
That makes far more sense, is far more likely, and above all, is MUCH less disturbing, right? Right?
Less sarcastically, @Dominic, aren’t animals actually closer to anthropomorphism?
22/08/2010 at 03:43 artrex says:
Reply fail. The first part of my comment was meant for Dozer
23/08/2010 at 17:04 Matt says:
The blue one is plain and the yellow one is peanut, right? :D