Portal 2 is on its way.
And so is some original music to go with the thing that will destroy your social life and make you forget meals, friends and sleep.
On Friday, Valve announced that an original song by popular recording artist The National will be included in its upcoming game, Portal 2.
Portal 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the title that earned over 30 Game of the Year Awards in 2007. The sequel adds new characters, game mechanics, and multiplayer co-op to the award-winning formula that made the original a global phenomenon in gaming.
"The inclusion of the original song, Still Alive, in the first Portal game was part of what made the game special," said Chet Faliszek, writer at Valve. "For Portal 2, we wanted to extend the use of music. When Bug Music mentioned to us that The National might be interested, we jumped at the opportunity to work with them."
Portal 2 is due for release worldwide the week of April 18 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac. The game is currently available for pre-order for $44.99 and will require a Mac with a 2.0 GHz or faster Intel Core Duo processor, Mac OS X 10.6.6, 2 GB of RAM, 7.6 GB of hard disk space and a GeForce 8600M or ATI Radeon HD 2400 or faster graphics card to install and run.
