High Voltage Software, best known for The Conduit, is set to deliver its most ambitious game yet next year. Called The Grinder, the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter is like a Nintendo console version of Left 4 Dead. Gamers become special bounty hunters gunning for the undead, vampires, werewolves and more. Of course, The Grinder is the result of everything HVS learned with The Conduit and not only looks better, but features more on-screen characters than ever before. But best of all? In addition to a full set of deathmatch options, the title boasts a four-player cooperative online mode.
The developer showed off The Grinder at E3 2009 and IGN came away very impressed. In today's developer diary, HVS producer Josh VanVeld chats about some of the gameplay refinements the company has introduced to the experience in the short time since.
We sit down with Eric Nofsinger and talk The Conduit, The Grinder, and much more in this exclusive interview.
Had such high hopes for the game. It makes more sense now than ever, especially in the digital marketplace.
Normally, the end of the year is a slow time for game releases. Everyone who’s anyone has already launched during the holiday season, and the stragglers don’t seem to get much attention. Then again, all those folks that picked up new consoles for Christmas need something to play, so maybe there’s some cleverness in a last-week release.
Who knows? Either way, these games are coming out just before the clock rolls over to 2013.
oh type 0, maybe one day i'll be able to play you in english. <3 the demo was so awesome. maybe once SE is done with their obsession with lightning we might finally get you, if is psp or vita port idc, JUST COME OVAH HERE!
I also downloaded and played the demo and it was so good. So good that I wish I never bothered downloading it in the first place because now I know how much of a good thing I am missing.
I can't find any US release for any of these on amazon or gamestop...I assumed they were for US because they all had ESRB ratings except for the iOS games.
Type-0 is listed as canceled on gamefaqs as well, and was released in October in Japan. POssession and the Humans is also listed as canceled. Author game is cancelled in the US it looks like. The Grinder is cancelled for Wii, and TBA for 360. Unchained blades looks to be a digital title releasing on the 1/3...
Is The Grinder still headed to Nintendo Wii? If this survey is correct, the answer is "yes"
It was promised this year.
So yeah i think they will ( sega will )
Conduit 3 is basically confirmed for Project cafe i think.
Im not surprised if they do the same with The grinder ( which looks tons better!)
Game looks awesome and looks to be a mix between Left 4 Dead(awesome) and HVS' Hunter: The Reckoning games(pretty cool).
yea it does look like it going be preety cool when finshed.
for some reason, playing the conduit only makes me want this more! but seriuosly, the better redo all those animations. i dont want my ak-47 to be a skinned SCAR, nor my SMG to be the exact same gun from the conduit. and the better change the death animation from seeing my hand again. thats to signature for the conduit to be redone in another title