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The Conduit (Wii)
Suggested IPO Price: 60.00 DKP
Submitted by lstormy10 (28) at 6:31 PM on April 17, 2008
Suggested IPO Price: 60.00 DKP
Submitted by lstormy10 (28) at 6:31 PM on April 17, 2008
| Publisher | Not Yet Known | Studio | High Voltage Software | Genre | Shooter |
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Washington D.C. finds itself the epicenter of an extraterrestrial attack and it's up to gamers, as the secret service's Agent Ford, to discover the truth hidden behind the invasion. To do that, he'll need a variety of guns and the skills to use them. High Voltage calls The Conduit a straightforward first-person shooter in the style of Halo, Medal of Honor Heroes 2 or Resistance: Fall of Man - basically, fast, run-and-gun battles and stylized weapons. The Conduit also features advanced enemy artificial intelligence enabling "human-like behavior" and a special device called the All Seeing Eye (or ASE), which, according to the studio, allows players to "reveal concealed objects and enemies, providing a deeper level of puzzle-solving."
The game will feature local and (at least 16-player) online multiplayer including gameplay modes such as deathmatch and capture the flag.
Release Date: Q1 2009
Source: IGN
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The Conduit's Release Date
IGN - June 11, 2008
Submitted by lstormy10 (28) at 5:58PM PST on June 11, 2008
"Development studio High Voltage Software yesterday announced a release time frame for its forthcoming Wii first-person shooter, The Conduit. The game is set for a "Q1 2009" debut, according to the company. Meanwhile, the developer confirmed that The Conduit will feature a, "... competitive online multiplayer component," but did not yet offer specifics."
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More screens from The Conduit
WiiFanboy - June 12, 2008
Submitted by arthurlucena (318) at 10:09AM PST on June 16, 2008
High Voltage knows how excited for The Conduit the Wii Fanboy community is. That's why they just hit us up with 18 screens for the game, with the vast majority of them being screens you've never seen before. Really, you should be checking out these screens. They look pretty damn good.
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Game Brochure
4Cr - June 18, 2008
Submitted by mrahaju (224) at 9:46PM PST on June 18, 2008
This promotional brochure introduce us to the story of this game, main characters (including Mr. Ford), adversaries (or enemies), weapons, locations, and ASE.
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First Look: The Conduit
IGN - April 17, 2008
Submitted by lstormy10 (28) at 6:32PM PST on April 17, 2008
"High Voltage Software, making games for 15 years, is one company well underway with a title built from the ground up for Wii. It's a first-person shooter that revolves around government conspiracies and alien cover-ups. It's using an advanced 3D engine that really makes the most of Nintendo's hardware. And it features a control scheme that fully utilizes the Wii remote. And right now, the game needs a publisher. It's called The Conduit and it takes place during present day."
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Wii Fanboy interviews High Voltage on The Conduit
WiiFanboy - June 16, 2008
Submitted by arthurlucena (318) at 9:20AM PST on June 17, 2008
We recently got the chance to pick some of the brightest minds at High Voltage about their upcoming game, The Conduit. Wii fans have been liking what they've seen from the game, but there are still many questions left unanswered. So, read on and find out more about upcoming Wii FPS, The Conduit.
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@Just_Ben,
As far as I understand it, second party only applied to game that are developed by companies that Nintendo (or Sony or Microsoft) has share of (might need majority share, but not wholly owned, or own 100% share, since that mean it is first party).
Is High Voltage owned by Nintendo ? I don't it is, but I could be wrong.
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@apujanata,
It wouldn't be third party, it would be second party ;P
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@Mushashi,
As someone who once considered buying Geist (even though I didn't like FPS, I considered Geist for it's puzzle and possession part, not shooting part) and are interested in Conduit (even though I didn't like FPS, I did play Metroid Prime 1 & 2, but didn't finish them), I have to say that I am more interested in Conduit than Geist. Even though I am not someone who are "graphic oriented", I have to admit that Geist's graphic are a little bit "under average". After playing MP1 & MP2, I couldn't bring my self to be too enthusiastic about Geist (something about this game really made think twice about buying it, even though I couldn't really point out what part of it I don't like, and I like lots of DS game and their "low res" graphic).
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@apujanata,
I am just saying that High Voltage is in a similar situation to n-Space. They had original FPS game, had Nintendo as publisher but this did not result in major sales success. Neither company had a history of making AAA games too.
A friend showed me Geist, it has a lot of shooting. To me, that is an FPS :-), even if you do other actions in the game.
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@lstormy10,
Well, IF Nintendo is the publisher, and IF The Conduit have good sales, the anti-Nintendo will claim : Conduit is NOT third party game, because it is published by Nintendo
while pro-Nintendo will claim : Even though Nintendo publish it, the game are NOT made by Nintendo, hence it is third party.
This (third party vs. Not third party) is the uproar I meant (I forgot to mention the IF it has good sales in my previous post).
Personally, IF Nintendo are interested, the best scenario for High Voltage (IMO) is Nintendo became the publisher, or the other tier 1 publisher (like mentioned by Just_Ben)
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@Mushashi,
Is Geist really an FPS ? IIRC, it is only partial shooter. The main theme of the game is possessing enemy.
Taken from Gamespot Review :
"It's a good thing there's more to Geist than first-person shooting. Fortunately, it's not long before you're transformed into a ghost, and the game gets considerably more interesting from there. Geist's single-player adventure is fairly short and should take you maybe 10 hours or fewer to complete, but it's got a good amount of variety. There's quite a bit of shooting, including more than a few battles against thick-skinned boss opponents. The nature of the action changes considerably depending on the host you possess and whatever weapon he or she happens to be carrying. You'll also get to possess everything from animals to conventional appliances while finding your way around Volks Corp. and uncovering the intentions of its eccentric leader."
Once I considered buying Geist, but when it came out, I don't have any spare money, so I didn't get it (I did get Chibi-Robo around the same time, probably several month before).
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@Mushashi,
You are talking about a game from the GameCube? From 2005? Kind of a bad example, isn't it?
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@Just_Ben,
Nintendo published a exclusive FPS game from another developer on the NGC, Geist by n-Space. Recent Nintendo published original western games do not seem to be great sales successes. Maybe someone has reliable sales figures to disprove that?
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@apujanata,
I guess it will be part of the bet who is the publisher. Nintendo is one of the possible publishers on my list to. Nintendo wants core games (hell they even wanted a GTA) on the Wii. It will be a major difference if Nintendo/EA/Ubisoft/Activision publishes it, or they get a publisher from the 3rd "line". At least in sales it will be a big difference.
But I really don't think Nintendo is out of the Picture here. This game closes the whole the Wii has in its current lineup (A well done, fast, "good" graphic driven FPS) and Nintendo knows it. Nintendo tried hard to fill let fill that gap by third party. But if they don't want to, I think Nintendo can live with second party.
To be honest, if it is half as good as promised I want it, and I want it now!
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@apujanata,
Why would there be uproar in the gaming forums if Nintendo is the publisher?
I also agree that the FPS genre on Wii has great potential. Metroid Prime 3 and Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 along with RE4 for Wii showed that the FPS genre can be done very well on Wii as well as showing that there is still ways the controls can be improved.
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@lstormy10,
Imagine : What will happen IF Nintendo is the publisher ? I'm sure there will be uproar in the gaming forums. (No, I don't have any insider knowledge about Nintendo and High Voltage, so this is not a leak, just pure speculation).
I wish that this game will have good multiplayer. i didn't play Goldeneye (didn't have N64), so if Conduit's multiplayer can be almost as good as Goldeneye, I will buy it.
I see lots of potential in Wii FPS, ever since I played RE4 for Wii, which is much better than RE4 GC (wii-mote is a significant improvement over analog stick for FPS/FPA).
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@lstormy10,
One selected quote from the interview:
"IGN: You still haven't announced a publisher. Have you gotten serious about aligning yourselves with one yet?
HVS chief creator officer, Eric Nofsinger: No, not until they give us what we want and tons of money. Oh, and a monkey. [Laughs]
We are taking it real slow. We aren't in any rush. This is something I probably could have been a bit more clear about before; we have our own funding to completion. We know we want a publisher, but we want it to be the right fit for the publisher, High Voltage, the game, and the fans that have so vocally supported us."
The monkey and [Laughs] is in reference to High Voltage's previous remarks about not wanting a publisher to come in and "monkey" things up.
"IGN: How would you say the game has progressed since we last wrote about it?
Eric: The single-player portion of the game is near the point of being just bug fixes and fine tuning. And polish, polish, polish. A lot of our team and development effort is moving to multiplayer now."
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"Wii owners have rallied behind the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter, The Conduit, developed by High Voltage Software, since we first announced it. The game is still without a publisher, mostly because the software house is in no rush to find one. That being said, the company has created an E3 build which it will be showing behind closed doors next week. We chatted with HVS chief creator office, Eric Nofsinger, to find out what to expect from the rapidly developing FPS."
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@apujanata,
There is no danger in this title getting a publisher (for reasons I previously stated).
In fact, the development is moving along quite well and will show at E3. IGN posted the first gameplay video earlier this week - making it a much more different beast than Sadness. I suspect from what I know and have seen in the media that if development is far enough along (which it is far enough to have a good looking gameplay video already), then we will hear an announcement at E3 about the publisher that was chosen by High Voltage.
I personally guarantee that this title will have a publisher (and most likely it will be announced... soon).
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@apujanata,
Well we are betting on GLS and part of the bet could be if there will be a good or bad publisher with all the consequences. Of course this things is more risky before we know the publisher.
On the other hand: SE is here to predict sales, no matter what. Off course there are hard prediction (with many unknowns) and more easy predictions (Well of course Madden will sell, it sells year after year after year. So there is not a 100% margin possible, everybody knows it. If you are good you may are able to get 20% on madden).
It is part of the game to take risks ;)
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@Just_Ben,
I agree with you and lstormy10, that this game has almost zero possibility of not getting publisher, and not getting released. In fact, I believe that this game will be release BEFORE Sadness. I still don't know what to do about Sadness stock. In one hand, shorting them means going against Zukaus, and it is suicide going against him. On the other hand, that game still didn't get publisher, which means its current GLS is probably too high.
Just_Ben, remember that our style is different. You like living dangerously (future), while I prefer safe bet. Even if this stock get listed, I "probably" (not sure yet) not going to invest significantly in this stock BEFORE this game get a formal publisher. The reason is simple : If this stock get rolled back, all profit (and loss) that we enjoyed from this stock will go "poof", which mean that if I had made 1 Million profit on this stock, I will that "1 Million Profit" disappear, and my networth will go down (I assumed I will get profit when I invest in a stock).
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@apujanata,
You could think so, the fact that there is no publisher yet (so he is unkown) is something that adds more fun to the mix here.
No I still want this thing listed, A.S.A.P.
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@apujanata,
I wouldn't worry about High Voltage getting a publisher for the game. They have already made it publicly known that they have a large number (10 at last known point) of options for publishers already on the table. They are taking their time in looking at the different options to ensure that they pick the best partner. In addition, they have also publicly stated that they do not want a publisher just yet even if they had settled their decision on one of their options because they do not want a publisher coming in and "monkeying" (quote of High Voltage) things up. One last tidbit I would like to add is that they have reported that they have enough funding already to completely finish development on the game without the help of a publisher.
I see absolutely no risk in listing this title for trading sooner rather than later.
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@Just_Ben,
I agree that this game is very interesting as a stock for trading. I predict this stock will have good volume of trading. In fact, I have bid up the pending game.
However, AFAIK, this game still doesn't have publisher (even though I am sure that publisher will want to publish this game, since this game is in much higher / better development stage compared to sadness).
Therefore, I would suggest that trading of this stock wait UNTIL High Voltage got a publisher for this game.
We wouldn't want to have another case of Sadness (no publisher) or even Project hammer (have publisher, but cancelled), right ?
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arthurlucena posted on The Conduit (Wii) at 8:53AM PST on July 4, 2008. Article: High Voltage already daydreaming of Conduit sequels"Chatting to That Videogame Blog, Nossinger revealed that The Conduit has "enough story [...] and enough ideas" to justify making further The Conduit games, though admitted that sales would influence whether such follow-ups were developed. "We're building a brand with The Conduit," added colleague, Matt Corso (remember our interview with him?), dollar signs spinning in his eyes. Let's not forget to keep our eyes firmly on the first one, eh, chaps?"
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@mrahaju,
You may want to change the title of this article submission to something better describing such as game brochure or digital preview. High Voltage has meant this to be a kind of preview for gamers that shows off artwork and story as well as a preview for potential publishers. It has nothing to do with the actual manual for the game.
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arthurlucena posted on The Conduit (Wii) at 7:01PM PST on June 17, 2008. RE: Wii Fanboy interviews High Voltage on The Conduit1 bids
mrahaju posted on The Conduit (Wii) at 6:51PM PST on June 17, 2008. RE: Wii Fanboy interviews High Voltage on The Conduitinteresting snippet for graphic enthusiast :
"The team says that it feels a lot more like they're making a 360/PS3 title than a Wii title. Our Quantum 3 engine tech is amazing, and when players see the final polished results, it's going to look incredible."
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arthurlucena posted on The Conduit (Wii) at 9:20AM PST on June 17, 2008. Article: Wii Fanboy interviews High Voltage on The ConduitWe recently got the chance to pick some of the brightest minds at High Voltage about their upcoming game, The Conduit. Wii fans have been liking what they've seen from the game, but there are still many questions left unanswered. So, read on and find out more about upcoming Wii FPS, The Conduit.
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arthurlucena posted on The Conduit (Wii) at 10:09AM PST on June 16, 2008. Article: More screens from The ConduitHigh Voltage knows how excited for The Conduit the Wii Fanboy community is. That's why they just hit us up with 18 screens for the game, with the vast majority of them being screens you've never seen before. Really, you should be checking out these screens. They look pretty damn good.
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lstormy10 posted on The Conduit (Wii) at 5:58PM PST on June 11, 2008. Article: The Conduit's Release Date"Development studio High Voltage Software yesterday announced a release time frame for its forthcoming Wii first-person shooter, The Conduit. The game is set for a "Q1 2009" debut, according to the company. Meanwhile, the developer confirmed that The Conduit will feature a, "... competitive online multiplayer component," but did not yet offer specifics."
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The Nintendo editor at IGN, Matt Casamassina has reported that since IGN ran the initial reveal article about The Conduit, the developer, High Voltage Games has received calls from 10 publishers about publishing the game for the Wii. This is good news for the title and shows that we will see this released on the Wii in the future.
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@apujanata,
Factor 5 is developing a game for Wii but has stated that it is on the more casual side of things.
By what High Voltage has shown thus far, I believe that they will be able to find a publisher (it is not like Sadness where not even gameplay images have been seen).
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@apujanata,
"Our goal is to be the most technically innovative Wii developer on the planet."
The most technically innovative developer on GC was Factor 5.
If Factor 5 doesn't get back to Wii development, and if High Voltage can deliver what they promised, and IF The Conduit can get published (and have good sales), then High Voltage can be the "most technically innovative developer" on Wii.
I believe that there is a market for FPS on Wii, as proven by sales # of Resident Evil 4, RE: Umbrella Chronicle, and Metroid Prime 3 (to a certain extent).
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@lstormy10,
I wish them good luck in fniding publisher. Maybe NOA are willing to step in ?
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lstormy10 posted on The Conduit (Wii) at 6:32PM PST on April 17, 2008. Article: First Look: The Conduit"High Voltage Software, making games for 15 years, is one company well underway with a title built from the ground up for Wii. It's a first-person shooter that revolves around government conspiracies and alien cover-ups. It's using an advanced 3D engine that really makes the most of Nintendo's hardware. And it features a control scheme that fully utilizes the Wii remote. And right now, the game needs a publisher. It's called The Conduit and it takes place during present day."
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