Portal 2 Midnight Release? (Updated)

If you guys head back over to the Aperture Science again, you'll notice a different countdown, the potato count is going down fast. A friend informed me that it might be a midnight release countdown. So it looks like Valve will release a game early instead of late. I will post a screenie later of the site, I am currently on my tablet and cannot do so.

I was finally able to get a screenshot for you guys and along with the picture is new text:

10:50 - Engaging starch-based power cells
11:00 - Reboot safety test protocol initiated...
11:00 - Relaxation chamber locks released...
11:00 - Involuntary hazard mitigation associates have assumed testing positions...
11:00 - Pre-release lethality assessment initiated...
12:40 - Calculations complete for Audiosurf. Recalculating a new launch projection...

Just 5 more games that need completion, I wonder what will happen if all games get completed. Maybe an even earlier release?

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Portal 2 Update

The Aperture Science site has changed once again, but it's not a major difference, the GLaDOS output text has changed into:

08:57 - Default boot scheduled to finish in 64:33:14
08:58 - Activating emergency distributed computing grid...
09:00 - GLaDOS@home starting...
09:01 - Recruiting cpus to force faster boot sequence...
19:55 - Calculations complete for The Wonderful End of the World. Recalculating a new launch projection...
11:55 - Calculations complete for 1... 2... 3... Kick It!. Recalculating a new launch projection...

Two of the Potato Sack games have been completed and only eleven remain.

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Portal 2

 
A couple of days ago www.aperturescience.com showed a countdown for Portal 2, now that countdown has changed. First a message is typed out from what seems to be our beloved GLaDOS:

09:00 – Hello again.
09:00 – I’ve been waiting a long time for this.
09:00 – I know it’s arriving later than expected.
09:00 – But I have a message for you:
09:00 – April Fools.
09:01 – I’m joking.
09:01 – Seriously, though:
09:01 – You’ve been surprisingly competent at
09:01 – generating electro-chemical energy to jumpstart the system.
09:01 – But now we need raw computational power
09:02 – to speed up the reboot process.

After awhile, the page changes into this:

On this changed site, Steam is keeping track of the Potato Sack games and it seems like if a certain amount of players buy the pack or play the games, Valve will release Portal 2 early.

If this is true, then that will be a first for Valve since they always aren't always the most reliable when it comes to their releases. I can't wait for the more secrets they will have in Portal 2 and their files, hell, I can't wait for the game itself. Too bad I have to wait awhile to actually get it, wish I could though.

Make sure to keep checking the website to see if Valve changes everything, I'm going to be keeping a tab on it.

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