Conduit developer High Voltage has said that its Wii exclusive is horror game, The Grinder, is no longer Wii exclsuive.
Speaking to IGN, High Voltage revealed, "Grinder is no longer a Wii exclusive. We plan to ship on Xbox 360, Sony PS3, and PC as well."
The studio added, "Bringing our third internal IP to all the current-generation systems allows us to show off what our company can really do and get it into the hands of the most gamers."
High Voltage said that it'll show off the game on the new platforms at GDC next month.
You know what they say it's better to rule in hell then serve in heaven. On the wii the grinder is a unique title and one of a few core games. On the other consoles it's a Left 4 Dead clone, and a run of the mill shooter.
I don't see this selling much more now that its going to be on the other consoles. It'll just cost them more to develop and p**s off the small fan base they've carved for themselves on the wii.
I don't care so much, really. I think High Voltage are all mouth and no trousers. I do agree with Monkey's point, but since they're an average developer, to me its no big deal. I wouldn't say they were like Rare on the N64. They're not as as good as them now as Rare are hardly the force they used to be and they were certainly not a patch on them in their heyday
Fair play that High Voltage know the value of a good original IP, shame they don't have the imagination or the artists to produce one.
From the screens, the game looks pretty awful. I don't see it competing with Left 4 Dead on 360 or PC, and I don't see PS3 owners going for it either. Its best chance was probably in pleasing shooter-starved Wii gamers, but they'll probably get mardy about it now and buy it in even fewer numbers. Fail on all counts.
You know what they say it's better to rule in hell then serve in heaven. On the wii the grinder is a unique title and one of a few core games. On the other consoles it's a Left 4 Dead clone, and a run of the mill shooter.
I don't see this selling much more now that its going to be on the other consoles. It'll just cost them more to develop and p**s off the small fan base they've carved for themselves on the wii.
Way to shoot yourself in the foot guys.
You are probably right.
I can see why they are releaseing this for other platforms too, but I don't think it is going to be any good. Looks like a Left 4 Dead ripoff.
If it is any good(I doubt it to be honest) I'll get it on the PC now.
Oh well. At least it is still another FPS on the Wii, regardless of whether it is exclusive or not.
I don't care so much, really. I think High Voltage are all mouth and no trousers. I do agree with Monkey's point, but since they're an average developer, to me its no big deal. I wouldn't say they were like Rare on the N64. They're not as as good as them now as Rare are hardly the force they used to be and they were certainly not a patch on them in their heyday
I'd say they're a poor imitation of what Rare were 10 years ago.
The trouble is, that may have been just about acceptable ten years ago, but times have moved on, yet their ideas remain stuck in 1999...
No they have a New Zealand operative( or at least one of them moved to New Zealand)
I thought that this was supposed to be for Wii because this type of game wasn't there on that platform. It seems a bit odd to drop the exclusive after they hyped up their exclusivity to Wii as a platform.
I'm not really too bothered about this move, High Voltage at first seemed to have promise but then it just sort of fizzled out.
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