"The Conduit" Developers Announce New Wii-Ware Racer

[lost]

It looks like although "The Conduit" is still without a publisher it's development house, High Voltage, is still developing more new games.

From WiiFanboy (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com).

It would appear that High Voltage made a pretty penny or two from their last WiiWare release, Gyrostarr, as the company has announced they're working on a new game for WiiWare. Titled High Voltage Hot Rod Show, this game will be hitting WiiWare this fall and features a "unique stunt system" that gives players "multiple ways to build boost." The game will utilize the company's Quantum 3 engine technology and has support for up to 4 players via local split-screen, features 5 racers, and has 6 different tracks.


You can read their original article over here. (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/10/11/high-voltage-announces-new-wiiware-racer/)

Click the headline for the video.

[lost]

Here we go...

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I think it looks like good fun!

[mkelehan]

Nintendo announced at their latest press conference that they're publishing The Conduit.

[Syl]

I really like what i've been seeing out of high voltage. If this is <$10, i'll probably pick it up.

[lost]

Nintendo announced at their latest press conference that they're publishing The Conduit.

I thought that was debunked?

[CapnBob]

Last official word I heard was that they've got a publisher but they just can't announce who it is yet?

[Evil Avnovice]

Last official word I heard was that they've got a publisher but they just can't announce who it is yet?

Yep. That currently seems to be the word floating around the internet. (GameCyte (http://www.gamecyte.com/interview-high-voltage-softwares-eric-nofsinger-explains-how-freedom-feedback-and-fans-channel-into-the-conduit))

Can you tell me who your publisher is?

EN: No, we can’t yet. Unfortunately, we’ve got the gag order, it’s in the hands of lawyers. We really do want to tell people. It’s a done deal, it’s just a matter of the last bits of contract negotiation on that going back and forth. Until that gets sown up, I can’t really say.

GameCyte: But we can say you have a publisher.

EN: You can say we have a publisher.

GameCyte: How long have you been in negotiation? What was the point at which this company said “Yes, let’s do this?”

EN: It’s been about a month that we’ve been in serious negotiations with them. I mean, we’d talked to many other folks before that, but then it sort of got whittled down to the best condenders. I will say that the publisher that we did go with… we didn’t necessarily go with whoever was the highest bidder; we went with the publisher we felt would be the best partner, and would be willing to work with us and make sure that we could continue to make a triple-A title, and was very open to the idea of starting on a sequel.

[Rash]

For a fun pick-up-and-play multiplayer racer for WiiWare, this does look fun. Since Gyrostarr was 700 points, I'd be surprised if this title went for any more than that.

If this and The Conduit take off, I think High Voltage will very much join the ranks of "serious developers." I mean, they've already stated their newfound enthusiasm for developing non-licensed material. Things can only go up from here.