The multiball is a lie? New Portal pinball table may be the closest were gonna get to Portal 3 Officially licensed spin-off features familiar voice talent; starts at $11,620. Kyle Orland Mar 18, 2025 3:20 pm | 26 You're not a real Portal fan unless this is the first thing I see when entering your living room. Credit: Multimorphic You're not a real Portal fan unless this is the first thing I see when entering your living room. Credit: Multimorphic Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreFans of Portal 2 have been waiting nearly 14 years now for another official entry in the beloved action-puzzle series. In the meantime, those fans have had to settle for DLC, fan mods, and odd, Aperture-Science-themed spinoffs that capture the look and feel of the Portal universe in a number of decidedly non-Portal games.Now, it seems we can add a full-fledged physical pinball table to that list of spinoffs with the announcement of a full-size, fully licensed Portal-themed pinball table built on Multimorphic's P3 pinball platform. Pinball News' write-up has more details than the press release, noting that the table was developed in conjunction with the team at Valve "to ensure all the features are accurately represented and they had access to all the assets from the Portal and Portal 2 games."That means new stylized Aperture Science art on the side of the table and new "Test Chamber" animations on the large display that runs underneath the playfield. It also means Ellen McLain reprising her iconic roles as GLaDOS to record new spoken reactions to in-game events, alongside a new Wheatley-esque personality core named Reggie, voiced by Marc Silk [Update: This post originally misstated the status of Reggie and his voice actor. Ars regrets the error]. Watching the promotional trailer and hearing a fully animated toy sculpt of Reggie intone "I'm making a note here: huge success!" in his trademark British accent is sure to make even the most jaded Portal fan grin at least a little bit.A bargain at twice the priceThe extensive Portal theming on the table seems to extend to the gameplay as well. As you might expect, launching a ball into a lit portal on one side of the playfield can lead to it (or a ball that looks a lot like it) immediately launching from another portal elsewhere. The speed of the ball as it enters one portal and exits the other seems like it might matter to the gameplay, too: A description for an "aerial portal" table feature warns that players should "make sure to build enough momentum or else your ball will land in the pit!" A shot of the upper playfield, including the fully animated Reggie toy sculpt. Multimorphic A shot of the upper playfield, including the fully animated Reggie toy sculpt. Multimorphic An "aerial portal" feature that lets players launch a ball over an acid pit. Multimorphic An "aerial portal" feature that lets players launch a ball over an acid pit. Multimorphic A shot of the upper playfield, including the fully animated Reggie toy sculpt. Multimorphic An "aerial portal" feature that lets players launch a ball over an acid pit. Multimorphic A Weighted Companion Cube locks balls in place for multiball. Multimorphic A Weighted Companion Cube locks balls in place for multiball. Multimorphic A look at a turret-themed animation playing on the LCD display below the playfield. Multimorphic A look at a turret-themed animation playing on the LCD display below the playfield. Multimorphic A Weighted Companion Cube locks balls in place for multiball. Multimorphic A look at a turret-themed animation playing on the LCD display below the playfield. Multimorphic The table is full of other little nods to the Portal games, from a physical Weighted Companion Cube that can travel through a portal to lock balls in place for eventual multiball to an Aerial Faith Plate that physically flings the ball up to a higher level. There's also a turret-themed multiball, which GLaDOS reminds you is based around "the pale spherical things that are full of bullets. Oh wait, that's you in five seconds."You can purchase a full Portal pinball table starting at $11,620 (plus shipping), which isn't unreasonable as far as brand-new pinball tables are concerned these days. But if you already own the base table for Multimorphic's P3 Pinball Platform, you can purchase a "Game Kit" upgradewith the requisite game software and physical playfield pieces to install on your tablestarting at just $3,900.Even players that invested $1,000 or more in an Index VR headset just to play Half-Life Alyx might balk at those kinds of prices for the closest thing we've got to a new, "official" Portal game. For true Valve obsessives, though, it might be a small price to pay for the ultimate company collector's item and conversation piece.Kyle OrlandSenior Gaming EditorKyle OrlandSenior Gaming Editor Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. He has journalism and computer science degrees from University of Maryland. He once wrote a whole book about Minesweeper. 26 Comments