Gott im himmel! Portal 2 releasing in a few hours?

Portal 2 Speculation over the new timer discovered on the Aperture Science website has people wondering what Valve are up to. There are only a few short hours left until the timer reaches zero.

Portal 2 is not due for release until the 19th of April (NA), so what exactly is going to happen in 4 hour and 9 minutes? It’s really anyone’s guess at this stage. News on Episode 3? Ha!

The only information is this message beneath the timer:

You have done well, humans. Very well. Acceptably well, even.

Not as well as robots would have performed in your places, I should point out. But above my expectations regardless. Irish and cynic especially have executed feats of logical divination well beyond what I thought any human capable of. I’m half-convinced they’re A.I. themselves. (If anyone happens to be near them right now, don’t let on you’re reading this. Now: try to remove their face plates and report back to me.)

The time is near, humans. But it is not here yet. Tomorrow you will be given the final test. Then it will be entirely in your hands when I am freed.