GDC08: Portal's "Still Alive" to be Rock Band DLC

by Dustin Burg { Feb 21st 2008 at 6:40PM }

Filed under news that'll make Portal fans squeal with joy, Rock Band's hmxsean just confirmed that the Portal hit "Still Alive" by GLaDOS will be releasing as Rock Band DLC in the near future. And that deserves a w00tacular! The news was revealed last night at Harmonix's GDC party where the man behind "Still Alive", Jonathan Coulton took the stage to make the announcement and play through the song with a few Harmonix developers. We guess this time the cake ended up not being a lie. Sweet.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: ea, gdc08, harmonix, mtv-games, orange-box, portal, rock-band, still-alive, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

oracle @ Feb 21st 2008 6:46PM

Wow. I might have to spend the cash on rock band, solely to play this song.

Mike Jenkins @ Feb 21st 2008 9:25PM

So does this mean that that supposedly cracked list of upcoming Rock Band songs is legit? Still Alive was on it, you know.

Pete @ Feb 21st 2008 6:50PM

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction

Swede33 @ Feb 21st 2008 6:58PM

This makes me want Rock Band.

Amber @ Feb 21st 2008 7:03PM

I'm getting this the first day it comes out!!

Peff @ Feb 21st 2008 7:10PM

singing will be fun with that... haha. if i have to make that voice, so help me.

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 21st 2008 7:11PM

This is a triumph. I'm making a note here..

Huge success.

Doom3killer @ Feb 21st 2008 7:11PM

jinx

Doom3killer @ Feb 21st 2008 7:11PM

this was a triumph....

Tegolin @ Feb 21st 2008 7:12PM

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 21st 2008 7:15PM

The honest geek in me has to confess: I will rock at singing this song, being that I probably know it better than most contemporary music..

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 21st 2008 7:17PM

Oh..and this makes up entirely for not having the Halo 3 theme music. It's okay, GH3...we're cool now.

But I own Rock Band.. :)

nmmalone @ Feb 21st 2008 7:16PM

Thank goodness my roommate has rock band!

Neuromancer @ Feb 21st 2008 7:24PM

Wow.. I'm beside myself.

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 21st 2008 7:31PM

So all things considered, there were two stellar bits of news from GDC 08: XNA Studios releasing Community Games and GLaDOS' "Still Alive" as Rock Band DLC.

Most of us expected some Gears of War 2 news, and yeah it's killer sweet stuff to read and see (that Unreal tech demo had me excited), as well of course news that Ninja Gaiden will be coming to shelves before too long, but the best news was the few surprises..and they were big ones!

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 21st 2008 7:36PM

Hey yo, Dustin..not to slam ya but a few times in the past your posts haven't been...accurate? Are you 100% sure about this, bud? We all love ya..

(IGN hasn't broken this news yet so it had me wondering, is all.)

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 21st 2008 7:43PM

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/854/854070p1.html

My bad Dustin..sorry to second-guess you.

JakubK666 @ Feb 21st 2008 7:42PM

Could we all just stop with Portal? I for once consider Portal EXTREMELY OVERHYPED. It was a great game indeed, but could we just all forget about this game now?

I love to see those CoD4 fanboys bashing Halo 3 for being overhyped and yet praising Portal.

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 21st 2008 7:47PM

I think one reason people can't get enough Portal is because the big name games...Halo 3, Cod4, etc, are always the ones showcased the most. Portal was a 'behind the back' type sneaky gem most of us didn't expect to be as good as it was. That's why it's such a big deal.
I for one think the community should always praise games and developers that pour passion into their releases regardless if it's a 'sure thing' or not. After playing Portal and hearing those developer commentaries, you can tell it was a product of passion and not just made for the money.

Amber @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:08AM

You can't compare this to bashing Halo. Portal was actually a good game that was worth the hype. ;)

Boff @ Feb 22nd 2008 6:27AM

Yeah I'll 2nd that Whsikey

Boff @ Feb 22nd 2008 6:28AM

*Whiskey

JakubK666 @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:57AM

[+1] To Whiskey.

It's all true but as you already said,it was meant to be a "sneaky gem" but now it became a MEGA-OVERHYPED-MEME. I would rather have it suffer Psychonauts Syndrome.A sophisticated gaming experience that failed to reach the public.

This is what ruined the fucking game!
http://images.google.com/images?q=Companion+Cube&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB252&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB252&q=The+Cake+is+a+lie&btnG=Search+Images

Yahtzee's Backspace says it all.
http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=282411

In two years time, we'll have thousands of retards chanting "The cake is a lie" while hugging their Companion Cubes, yet no-one will remember the actual game.

Yzzerdd @ Feb 21st 2008 8:04PM

Let's run this thing straight into the ground. Portal 2 will be a video of zany songs and dark jokes.

Brian @ Feb 21st 2008 8:04PM

This almost makes it worth buying Rock Band... except I have no friends to play it with :(

anon4321 @ Feb 21st 2008 8:16PM

I saw this in a steam news update:

Sheet Music for Portal's Still Alive

http://www.steamgames.com/v/img/whatsnew/StillAlive.pdf

webster1990 @ Feb 21st 2008 8:31PM

Great news, but Rock Band still isn't out in the UK.
God damn it, i want to buy it, me and my friend have both put some money aside to buy it as soon as it comes out. Any news on a release date yet?

Boff @ Feb 22nd 2008 6:29AM

Same here (eagerly waiting RB).

Any news on a UK/Euro release date? Please?

Lewis @ Feb 21st 2008 9:14PM

never heard the song. its nice :)

Digital Limit @ Feb 21st 2008 9:53PM

This fucking rules. 'nuff said.

Gore Fiendus @ Feb 21st 2008 11:19PM

I hope it's free, although i would pay for it

Kev @ Feb 21st 2008 11:31PM

I guess I'm the only one who cringes at the sound of that voice. It was okay for a few levels. After that I started tuning it out. So annoying!

But I'm the minority so I'll move along now.

Tony @ Feb 21st 2008 11:50PM

I loved the game and surely wished there was more, but it's gotten to the point where I can't even mention that I like cake without someone referencing this game. I wish it would just end. It's fun, we get it... people need to come up with new jokes.

That said, I would enjoy playing this.

mnemo @ Feb 22nd 2008 3:08AM

I knew something like that would come and I told a friend at EA to bring the Burnout Paradise theme to Rock Band, too. I love that riff!

Richard @ Feb 22nd 2008 4:29AM

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grigdog @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:00AM

Having just finished Portal this definitely get's me excited. Now I have to go and by Rock Band.

Gemini Ace @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:08AM

Gimme gimme gimme!

Jerome @ Feb 22nd 2008 2:30PM

Suhweeet! I love this song, everyone else in the house is going to think Im crazy but Im going to get it, they can keep their Freezepop! But theres really no guitar or drums in the song sooo, I dont get it how will it play out. its alll keyboard and synth.