Throughout this week there have been hints and rumors that Valve is going to unleash Portal 2 to the hungry masses earlier than its April 19, 2011 release date. Some speculated that it would be today. Early this morning, a countdown appeared on the Aperture Science Website that further hinted at this. But when it went down to zero, the result was not quite what was expected.

As you probably know, if you’ve been following along with Gamertell’s Black Friday 2008 coverage, Amazon has been doing a countdown to Black Friday 2008 in its video games section. Each day, there’s a different deal going on. Today’s (November 25, 2008) is sort of a “make your own DS bundle” day. If you buy the limited edition pink breast cancer ribbon DS or metallic silver DS for $129.99, you can get a free copy of Personal Trainer: Cooking. So you save $20.

Personal Trainer: Cooking is a Touch Generations DS game which is basically a virtual cookbook. The game will talk to you, it has video demonstrations, it can be navigated with voice commands and it keeps a shopping list of ingredients to buy…

Ah yes, another countdown to another highly anticipated game. Xbox 360 owners are about to suffer from some serious over exertion of their pleasure centers. In anticipation of another blockbuster title for the Xbox 360, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the SCI FI channel are teaming up to countdown to the November 20, 2007 release of Mass more »