Remember when Portal 2 slipped to 2011? Well, the exact date has now been announced by Valve, and they’re rather proud of themselves.

Valve announced that Portal 2 -- the sequel to the ground-breaking title that won over 30 game of the year awards, despite missing its original ship date -- will now be available the week of April 18th, 2011. This two month slip not only marks the shortest delay in Valve’s proud tradition of delays, it represents the approaching convergence of Valve Time and Real Time. Though this convergence spells doom for humanity, it will not affect the new Portal 2 release date.

The shortest delay ever for Valve, 2 months...