The Conduit video preview
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Nintendo Wii, Preview, Video. Tagged with High Voltage Software, The Conduit.
G4TV’s X-Play has been lucky enough to get an exclusive preview of High Voltage Software’s upcoming Wii FPS, The Conduit. The video shows off a lot of gameplay footage, as well as the game’s producer, Josh Morton, explaining elements of the game and the way it is controlled.
The game does seem to be shaping up pretty well, though I’m still not entirely convinced by the visuals. I know the Wii isn’t going to be able to produce Far Cry 2 quality graphics, but the developer has been saying how the new ‘Quantum 3′ engine will be able to produce effects never thought possible on the Wii, but so far I have seen other Wii games do just as well, and some with better graphics.
Still, graphics don’t make a game and the gameplay looks like it could be enjoyable, which is the main thing. Hopefully we will be able to get some hands-on time in the new year with this title.
But if you guys want to play, then don’t forget that Sega will be showing the game off at the New York Comic Con in Feb 2009.
[Source: G4TV]
Sega to demo Wii titles at next years New York Comic Con
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Nintendo Wii. Tagged with event, High Voltage Software, House of the Dead Overkill, MadWorld, New York Comic Con, Platinum Games, The Conduit.
Sega of America will have their own booth at the upcoming New York Comic Con, February 6-8 2009 and will be showing off three highly anticipated Wii titles.
On show, and playable, will be demos of House of the Dead: Overkill, The Conduit and MADWORLD. But that’s not all, at the Sega booth will also be members of the Platinum Games (MADWORLD) and High Voltage (The Conduit) development teams. Plus we are told that there will be some “special zombie surprises!”
So if you can make it to the event, feel free to stop on by the Sega booth… and try to steal the demos, we want to play them!
[Source: Sega PR]
Simon Jeffery talks about The Conduit
Posted by George. Filed under George, Interviews, Nintendo Wii, North America. Tagged with High Voltage Software, Simon Jeffery, The Conduit.
It seems that every time Sega makes a big deal, they have Simon Jeffery talk to IGN and ignore us. This time is no exception, here is Simon Jeffery making Sega sounding like the Wii’s savior:
“SEGA is making considerable investment in core games for the Wii. We strongly believe that games like Mad World and House of the Dead Overkill have a great place on the Wii ….. Everyone is churning out wide market and family-friendly fare for the Wii platform, but there are millions of core gamers being underserved right now – and SEGA was delighted that HVS feel the same way.”
I guess it’s true, Sega does what Nintendon’t!
[Source IGN]
[Image Venture Beat]
Sega confirms The Conduit rumours
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Nintendo Wii. Tagged with High Voltage Software, The Conduit.
Just yesterday a rumor emerged saying that Sega was chosen to be the publisher of the highly anticipated Wii title The conduit, after someone stumbled across a folder on Sega America’s FTP site.
Well now the wait is over, as Sega and High Voltage Software have confirmed that The Conduit will indeed be published by Sega.
“Bringing The Conduit into our library is yet another show of SEGA’s belief that the Wii is more than a casual games console,” says Gary Knight, European Marketing Director at SEGA of Europe Ltd.. “As one of the most anticipated Wii games for next year, The Conduit will be the new benchmark for first person shooters.”
“High Voltage Software’s partnership with SEGA to publish The Conduit represents an important milestone for this studio,” said Kerry Ganofsky, CEO and founder of High Voltage Software, Inc. “SEGA shares our vision for the title and its tremendous potential, which is why we chose them from a long list of potential partners. With their support, we are confident that The Conduit will deliver the definitive shooter experience that Wii fans have been waiting for since the system’s launch.”
This should delight many Wii-owning Sega Nerds, even though the game may not have had the obvious in-your-face hype of other titles, it has been receiving a lot of praise and anticipation, especially since winning several awards at this year’s E3.
Full details in the official press release, after the break.
[Update] Rumor: Sega to publish The Conduit?
Posted by George. Filed under George, News, Nintendo Wii. Tagged with Publishing, rumor, The Conduit.
If you’ve never heard of The Conduit, its an FPS game for the Wii. It even looks rather good, something that is becoming rare on the console. There has been a lot of speculation as to who will be the publisher of the title, with (apparently) many publishers expressing their interest in the title.
High Voltage Software was meant to announce the publisher of the game during this years Nintendo’s Fall Media Summit, but due to legal/technical reasons could not. Well (I think you all know where I am going with this), some people saw a folder on Sega of America’s FTP called ‘The Conduit‘, that was removed rather quickly.
Sega has yet to respond to this news and no one got a screen capture. So this is a rumor, for the time being.
[Update:] One of the guys from Neo Gaf managed to get some screen dumps before it went down.
There is always a chance that it is a photoshop job - but it’s a bit of a weird thing to lie about. But we will still take it as a rumour until Sega announces otherwise.
