Great cant wait to get it But remember guys, Valve use a different Calendar http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve Time According to this Page Portal 2 will hit the Shelves at the Fall of next Year :D
In my opinion he fully deserverd it, Steam was a risky step for Valve as Game-Developer and now its a valuable option for everyone. Gamers receive instant updates and Developers have a wide range of possible customers and tools to manage everything. So yes i think its deserved.
@Erick: What i could say is that the UDK comes with a bunch of useful tools you can see whats included here http://udk.com/features.html which improves the productivity alot. Importing meshes from 3DS Max, Maya, XSI or Blender is pretty easy and you are able to edit them inside UnrealED. Importing ...
