In the time it has taken for Earth to complete a single spin on its axis, the gaming community has been out in full force and picked apart the newly launched Portal: Companion Collection for the Nintendo Switch.
The first discovery came from self-proclaimed “Switch tinkerer” OatmealDome. In this case, the modder managed to unearth some Half-Life 2 content tucked away in the Portal: Companion Collection’s files.
“The entirety of Half-Life 2 (minus maps and music) is present in the ROM,” they wrote via Twitter. “Likely based on the NVIDIA Shield port, with a little Xbox 360 sprinkled in.”
They go on to add, “Also, I should note that having at least some Half-Life 2 leftovers present in the ROM is expected, considering Portal 1 is just a fancy mod of Half-Life 2. That being said, there are a lot of files that shouldn’t be here (HL2-specific models, NPCs, voice clips, etc).”