So that's why Conduit 2 is being delayed every month

Jeez HVS, get it together.

I know little of details of video game development, but I'd imagine the people who are working on the 3DS port already did most or all the work they can do for Conduit 2.


This is some neat news from High Voltage. Could this be a move to position themselves for more contract work once the 3DS comes out?

Could be a big seller if it releases in 2011

They better lease out their engine this time around. They could make enough money to not have to be forced to do shovelware projects just to fund the projects that they are actually passionate about.

It sounds like the improved 3DS hardware (e.g. shaders) may negate many of the benefits of their engine -- sure they can port it quickly, but does it still outclass dedicated engine companies' stuff? Perhaps they can push the 3DS hardware like they did the Wii and get some really spectacular stuff going. Of course, then there are other hurdles -- strategically, they may want to keep it to themselves again, and I'm not sure how much work they'd have to do to make the engine ready for other companies to use, including support infrastructure.

One thing I will never understand is how people like and/or are excited about games in The Conduit series. I have no faith in Conduit 2 and I can careless about the supposed 3DS version. I think the only HVS game I enjoyed is Hunter: The Reckoning. Now if HVS can make another game in that series then I would be at least remotely interested.

I think people are a little excited over HVS games such as The Conduit because HVS is so passionate about it. They seem to be the only dev I can think of that are taking the Wii gamers and the platform seriously and doing all they can to deliver something to us that we will want to play. Sure their first game might not have been all that great from a gameplay/art perspective, but it was quite impressive from a technical and graphical one.

Because of HVS and The Conduit we know have fully customizable controls as a standard in FPS that come out way and they have been taking lots of gamer input into consideration towards making The Conduit 2 everything we hoped that The Conduit 1 would have been. So if we seem a little excited over what they are doing (when it comes to original games) then it's mostly because they are too.

I keep an eye out for Conduit news because High Voltage Software seems to be one of the few third party developers that are constantly trying to do something great and different for the Wii. That is a very small space to shout about since there too many first person shooter games out there, but it is a space that I'm interested in. Granted, High Voltage's results so far leave a lot to be desired, but it's refreshing to seem them keep trying when other developers and publishers complain and quit.