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Lovers of "Portal" will not be denied! Information culled from the April issue of Game Informer continues to sneak its way into our hearts and minds, and there's definitely some shocking bits of be discovered. If you're looking to play "Portal 2" without any prior knowledge (good luck!) you'll probably want to stop reading here.

For the rest of you, it seems that the events of "Portal 2" will take place hundreds of years after the first game. Basically Aperture Science has been abandoned and left to rot, with test chambers slowly being overtaken by the surrounding environment. It would explain the Game Informer cover, which shows off an outdoor, almost jungle-like world.

Despite the huge jump in time, the game will still star Chell, the heroine from the first game. When we last saw her, she was being blown to smithereens, laying lifeless outside of Aperture Science. And, thanks to a new ending, we heard her being dragged away by some sort of robot. Dragged to suspended animation, perhaps?

Meanwhile, the aforementioned co-op campaign will apparently have players controlling two robots (pictured in ASCII format) as they try to find humanity in their cold, metallic shells. Or something.

And speaking of robots, GlaDOS is back! Apparently the different parts of her psyche (you remember, the ones you tossed in the incinerator?) have taken over different parts of the facility. Familiar faces are always nice, even if they don't have faces.

I'm just wondering how they'll be able to expand the "Portal" concept into a full-fledged game and not a two-hour romp. Thoughts?

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