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==== Sixense ====
==== Sixense ====
{{Main|Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC}}
{{Main|Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC}}
The '''Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC ''' is exclusive [[Portal 2]] downloadable content available to owners of the [http://www.razerzone.com/minisite/hydra Razer Hydra] ([http://store.steampowered.com/app/901666/ Purchasable on the Steam store]). The DLC includes specific levels and mechanics that make use of the ''Razer Hydra'''s motion detection capabilities.
The '''''Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC''''' is exclusive ''Portal 2'' downloadable content available to owners of the [http://www.razerzone.com/minisite/hydra Razer Hydra]. The DLC includes specific levels and mechanics that make use of the Hydra's motion detection functionality.


==== Peer Review ====
==== Peer Review ====
''Portal 2'' was set to receive a free DLC in Summer 2011<ref name="rockpapershotgun_portal-2-dlc">[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/29/portal-2-dlc/ Rock Paper Shotgun - ''Portal 2 DLC #1 Is FreeFreeFree''</ref> but unfortunately it became a victim of [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time ''Valve Time'']. The DLC is expected to introduce [[Challenge Mode]] for Singleplayer and [[Co-op]]<ref name="rockpapershotgun_portal-2-dlc"/>, [[Leaderboards]]<ref name="rockpapershotgun_portal-2-dlc"/>, and a whole new Co-op course<ref>[http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23795094 Steam Forums - ''Back from Valve: Information on the upcoming DLC'' by Disapproval]</ref>. In the [http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=6409 September 30th blog post], Valve announced the DLC to be called 'Peer Review' and will be released on Wednesday 5th October.
''Portal 2'' was set to receive free DLC in summer 2011.<ref name="rockpapershotgun_portal-2-dlc">[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/29/portal-2-dlc/ Rock Paper Shotgun - ''Portal 2 DLC #1 Is FreeFreeFree''</ref> The DLC is expected to introduce [[Challenge Mode]] for single-player and [[co-op]], [[leaderboards]], and a new co-op campaign.<ref name="rockpapershotgun_portal-2-dlc"/><ref>"[http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23795094 Back from Valve: Information on the upcoming DLC]", Steam Users' Forums, thread by Disapproval.</ref> In a blog post on [http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=6409 September 30], Valve announced the DLC to be titled "Peer Review" and will be released on October 5, 2011.


=== Portal 2 in Schools ===
=== Portal 2 in schools ===
During [[Gabe Newell]]'s keynote at the Games For Change festival, Gabe mentioned that Valve were beginning working with schools to build curricula around Portal 2; looking into, as Stephen Totilo of Kotaku summarised, "how to teach attraction, repulsion... they need to be clear on what their metrics are... what the outcome is, what they're optimizing for".<ref>[http://kotaku.com/5814405/ Kotaku: "Liveblogging Whatever Smart Stuff Gabe Newell Has to Say Today"].</ref>
During a keynote presentation at the {{w|Games for Change|Games For Change}} festival in 2011, Valve director Gabe Newell mentioned that the company was beginning to work with schools to build curricula around ''Portal 2'', looking into "how to teach attraction, repulsion... [they] need to be clear on what their metrics are... what the outcome is, what they're optimizing for".<ref>[http://kotaku.com/5814405/ Kotaku: "Liveblogging Whatever Smart Stuff Gabe Newell Has to Say Today"].</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==