# Portal opens Gen8 early access to 20 hand-picked creators

In Brief: Portal is picking 20 creators to get early access to Gen8, an engine the company says is nearly ready to ship. The chosen creators will make games side by side with the team and help steer Portal's dev tools. Gen8 lands third on the Portal 2.0 roadmap, arriving after Studio (official site)

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| Published | 4 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/portal-opens-gen8-early-access-to-20-hand-picked-creators/