Valve cancels Portal 2 E3 presentation, teases new surprise

It seems Valve has decided to withdraw their E3 contribution already. The company, being the crafty bunch they are, sent out an email to members of the press earlier today announcing the cancellation of the Portal 2 presentation, which was to take place on Monday, June 14 at this year's Entertainment Expo. However, the real news wasn't the cancellation of the event. Rather, Valve promised the event will be replaced by a "surprise." Any further details were not made clear, however, leaving fans to continue to hope for the inevitable unveiling of Half-Life 2: Episode 3.

The email, which can be viewed below, is actually quite cute, and worth a laugh or two.

Dear Subject Name Here,

Aperture Science is pleased to inform you that we have partnered with Valve to announce the gala CANCELLATION of the June 14 Portal 2 event at the Regal Theater. The event will be replaced by a surprise. And even though the cancellation of the event certainly counts as a surprise, we are pleased to further announce that the cancellation of the event is not THE surprise. However, per International treaties regarding the definition of the word "surprise", of which both Aperture Science and Valve are signatories, the time, date and content of the actual surprise will only become available as you experience the surprise.

If you'd like to ask fruitless questions about the E3 Portal 2 surprise or, more fruitfully, schedule an appointment to attend a Portal 2 screening at the Valve booth during E3, please contact Valve's Special Envoy to Surprises, Doug Lombardi.

Thank you for **RECORD SCRATCH!!!**

PS: The surprising record scratch is also not the surprise.

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