Portal 2: Community Edition promises to take the game's modding potential to new heights, and it's out in open beta now

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PC Gamer · 6 min read · games

Portal 2: Community Edition entered open beta, bringing a new lighting engine, volumetric fog, expanded scripting, and an overhauled Hammer editor to the 14-year-old title. Built on Strata Source, a CS:GO engine fork, it's a community-maintained build aimed at mod creators.

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Appeared in 2026-04-20.